If they have the disk version but not the digital version.
I'm not much of a fan, I just don't think the two versions gimmick is the scumbag move people are making it out to be
Why would we need to check? Nintendo Soup is a reputable source on Era.
It's a bad tradition that cannot be defended. Any defense I've seen makes no sense, and it gets even worse when you see dlc and expansions getting split aswell. It makes this "two versions for two kids" shit incredibly stupid. Like, do people really believe this?
Because there is no way to really check what games you own? Unless Nintendo goes fully digital or locks all dlc purchases to be purchased through the game application. Every platform has this issue.
It would be a popular feature in general, but in the scenario you described kids would more than likely want their own game in order to play against or with each other.
Well I guess I was thinking more from the parents perspective and only having one switch.
I mean a dependency on the system level, not the eShop level.
It's region-specific for digital versions of the game. I have a JP copy of Shield, and the game doesn't recognise Shield DLC bought from the EU eShop.
What a sad, lonely little world you must live in.
The DLC codes on cards let you choose which version you want when you register the code at the eshop.
Every Switch has a record of what games have been played on it. It shouldn't be too hard to implement barriers to accidental purchase (while admittedly making purchasing the DLC on a console that hasn't played the game harder).
Just cause you played it doesn't mean you own it, Demos/Trials for example. While this isn't an issue on Switch(right now) Microsoft/Sony/Steam have multiple ways to play games without owning like Plus/Gamepass/free play days etc.
Really? When I purchased it back in March/April, it did not say that in the text at the bottom and said it was region specific.
Again, the images were changed from last time I had this problem.Pretty dumb, customer services usually are lenient about reverting a purchase at least for North America so I hope they turn a blind eye.
It's very clear which DLC goes for which. For the Pokemon Sword version it literally just looks like this:
You might have seen the fine print for the NSO, which is not available for purchase in every region (which means those regions would have to register their account and their online in a different region).
That's simply not true. Pokémon Sword / Shield has the same title ID across every region, there's 0 difference between regions for this game.
Sony just lost a class action in Australia last week about digital refunds.
If that was really the main reason, why can't they put both versions on one game card? Allow the player to choose which version to play when they start up the game. Fire Emblem Three Houses had 4 different routes, which also generated a lot of discourse and encouraged people to play through the game multiple times.
