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Nintendo Switch now supports digital game sharing amongst multiple consoles
- Thread starter Atheerios
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We've known about the ability to have your account on multiple systems since May I figured this was obvious based on that, guess not.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20..._account_on_multiple_nintendo_switch_consoles
This is new and very welcome though.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20..._account_on_multiple_nintendo_switch_consoles
This is new and very welcome though.
I would imagine that save files are locked on to the console itself and since Pokémon Let's Go doesn't support cloud saving, you don't get access to your save files at all.
Could have at least noted it somewhere... lol
You can't note this, because it requires rolling out the feature with the support pages at the same time. :/
It's a standard policy.
That's fine. It's the way it works on PS4. Still great since even if that makes the limit 2 people, who can play the game at the same time, that's still 1 extra person you can share games with than we had before.
Actually no, just use their site. Thats another update introduced just now.
I assume you can just disable automatic cloud saves on your secondary device. And if you're using it to play Splatoon 2 it doesn't matter anyway lmao.
Oh god, watch GameFreak restrict this function on their games.
No.
Any user can play on primary console.
On secondary console only buying user can play.
Well, you can share your own saves with people who wanted to play your progress of your games. And to get access to your profile, of which you share, they would need you to consent to share your profile and sensitive information.
Very strongly suggesting Nintendo is "trusting" the players to work out what the players wanted themselves within the limitations set forth by Nintendo, the rules of play.
So you can do something like primary on my brother Switch and and does the same with mine.
The bad point is that we'll need constant internet connection but I guess you can gameshare that way.
... Whatever, having better communication channels with costumers is not something to be applauded, but coming from Nintendo it should still receive a mention other than just patch notes...
True... It could go either way.
My password: hunter2
Oh wow. Nintendoes what Sonydon't. Please add this feature to PSN, Sony.
Edit: Ok, didn't realise Sony does kind of let you do this by deactivating all systems at once but they don't let you deactivate individual systems remotely, which is what I actually want.
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They did--in the support documentation for people who might be looking for how to do this.
Yeah but good news is there have been plenty of megatons recently
Ain't nobody got time to read dat, when massive backlashes were going on.
Not as far as I can tell. Trying to deactivate a PS3 or PSP through the website just takes me to instructions on how to do it from my console. :/
Of they did add that feature for PS4, then sorry, my bad.
No other way for that to work. The ticket is signed to the account owning it and that's how its installed properly. They'd have to rework their entire ownership verification to allow different accounts to use it, and that would fuck up their detection of piracy users trying to access online.
You have a weird definition of megaton. A lot of the online stuff are people in a bubble arguing with each other. The casual Switch owners I know are in mostly for the cloud saves and the low price. The minutiae doesn't matter. This is good news nonetheless.
I suspect we'll be sitting here in March 2019 looking at their online subs and people wondering why the 'negative' reaction didn't matter.
So, I can login on a second Switch under my account and allow someone else to play the game as long as I am logged in? Awesome
Read my other posts... I know it's not a Megaton by casual standards, but still...
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