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Yeah, Nintendo is an awful company. Unlike some other awful game companies, at least they create pretty good games. But they really love trying to squeeze ever

Yeah, Nintendo is an awful company. Unlike some other awful game companies, at least they create pretty good games. But they really love trying to squeeze every cent and milking their customers to a point where it's disgusting. My partner purchased a the latest Zelda and I can't even play it on my account on the same device: I need to buy another copy of the game (which obviously will never happen).

alexilliamson 3y ago
That's odd... My partner bought the game and I can play it on the same device with my profile.
- bluefirebrand 3y ago
  Digital copies are linked to one account, physical copies can be shared freely. Don't buy digital, it's never worth it.
  - alexilliamson 3y ago
    She bought digital and I can play it though.
  - astura 3y ago
    They can be downloaded to a switch and once they are on the switch an account playing that switch can play any digital games on the switch. They don't even tell you which account "owns" the game.
    - bluefirebrand 3y ago
      I think this is only true if they are local Switch profiles. If they are linked to a different Nintendo online account they need to buy their own copy of the game? Maybe I'm wrong about that...
      - astura 3y ago
        You're wrong about that.
        bluefirebrand 3y ago
        Interesting. I spent a bit of time reading Nintendo's FAQ on this topic and it seems you're right. They are a lot more permissive with their digital copies than I expected, honestly.
  - circuit10 3y ago
    Buying digital is worth it to me because I’m very disorganised and I will lose the cartridges
  - ygjb 3y ago
    My kids are both actively playing TOTK on their profiles on my switch with a single digital purchase. There have been other games where this has been problematic (Animal crossing I think limited some features per device instead of per account).
  - WhyNotHugo 3y ago
    Some games simply have no stock of digital copies (at least not in the Netherlands). And haven’t had in months.
astura 3y ago
This is wrong - Nintendo allows people who are using the same switch to play each other's games that are downloaded to the switch. It's not even labeled anywhere which account that game belongs to. My husband an I pay each other's digital purchases all the time.
semiquaver 3y ago
I don’t disagree with the sentiment but you’re straight wrong on the need to buy multiple copies of a game to play on different profiles on a single switch.
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kmeisthax 3y ago
Your partner needs to change the home console on their account to the one you play on. Then you'll be able to play with different accounts. Usually most people only have one Switch so this never is a problem. However, if you've switched consoles and you didn't do System Transfer, you need to manually switch over the home console in order to get your offline play rights back. Alternatively your partner may have explicitly set their home account to someone else's system. There's a mildly pirate-y[0] thing you can do with a friend where you log into your account on their system and they log into your system with their account, and then you have a shared game pool. In order to be able to play on your own account you need to swap the home console associations around so your friend's Switch is your home console and vice versa. But if you do this you can never play your own games on other accounts, since your friend's the one who took that half of the license. [0] As in, it bends the rules of the DRM in ways Nintendo probably does not intend and thus probably violates a license agreement somewhere
AlwaysRock 3y ago
Well you have some odd settings. My nieces and nephews can download and play games on their switch hundreds of miles away from me using my profile. Whenever I get a new game they are excited because now they have that game as well as long as they use my profile on their account. Nintendo does a lot of stupid shit but this is one of the few things I think they have been really good about.
sleepybrett 3y ago
all companies are awful once they get big enough to hire awful lawyers.
Daz1 3y ago
Every console does that. PS5, Xbox, whatever. Purchases are account-linked.

alexilliamson 3y ago

That's odd... My partner bought the game and I can play it on the same device with my profile.

bluefirebrand 3y ago
Digital copies are linked to one account, physical copies can be shared freely. Don't buy digital, it's never worth it.
- alexilliamson 3y ago
  She bought digital and I can play it though.
- astura 3y ago
  They can be downloaded to a switch and once they are on the switch an account playing that switch can play any digital games on the switch. They don't even tell you which account "owns" the game.
  - bluefirebrand 3y ago
    I think this is only true if they are local Switch profiles. If they are linked to a different Nintendo online account they need to buy their own copy of the game? Maybe I'm wrong about that...
    - astura 3y ago
      You're wrong about that.
      - bluefirebrand 3y ago
        Interesting. I spent a bit of time reading Nintendo's FAQ on this topic and it seems you're right. They are a lot more permissive with their digital copies than I expected, honestly.
- circuit10 3y ago
  Buying digital is worth it to me because I’m very disorganised and I will lose the cartridges
- ygjb 3y ago
  My kids are both actively playing TOTK on their profiles on my switch with a single digital purchase. There have been other games where this has been problematic (Animal crossing I think limited some features per device instead of per account).
- WhyNotHugo 3y ago
  Some games simply have no stock of digital copies (at least not in the Netherlands). And haven’t had in months.

astura 3y ago

This is wrong - Nintendo allows people who are using the same switch to play each other's games that are downloaded to the switch. It's not even labeled anywhere which account that game belongs to. My husband an I pay each other's digital purchases all the time.

semiquaver 3y ago

I don’t disagree with the sentiment but you’re straight wrong on the need to buy multiple copies of a game to play on different profiles on a single switch.

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kmeisthax 3y ago

Your partner needs to change the home console on their account to the one you play on. Then you'll be able to play with different accounts. Usually most people only have one Switch so this never is a problem. However, if you've switched consoles and you didn't do System Transfer, you need to manually switch over the home console in order to get your offline play rights back. Alternatively your partner may have explicitly set their home account to someone else's system. There's a mildly pirate-y[0] thing you can do with a friend where you log into your account on their system and they log into your system with their account, and then you have a shared game pool. In order to be able to play on your own account you need to swap the home console associations around so your friend's Switch is your home console and vice versa. But if you do this you can never play your own games on other accounts, since your friend's the one who took that half of the license. [0] As in, it bends the rules of the DRM in ways Nintendo probably does not intend and thus probably violates a license agreement somewhere

AlwaysRock 3y ago

Well you have some odd settings. My nieces and nephews can download and play games on their switch hundreds of miles away from me using my profile. Whenever I get a new game they are excited because now they have that game as well as long as they use my profile on their account. Nintendo does a lot of stupid shit but this is one of the few things I think they have been really good about.

sleepybrett 3y ago

all companies are awful once they get big enough to hire awful lawyers.

Daz1 3y ago

Every console does that. PS5, Xbox, whatever. Purchases are account-linked.