Which oddly is better because I did not want saves to become overwritten.
Nintendo Switch now supports digital game sharing amongst multiple consoles
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Which oddly is better because I did not want saves to become overwritten.
I love how low-key and under(non?)stated this feature is, yet it's literally the best thing about the entire update and Nintendo Online combined. Sadly I have no one to take advantage of with this yet but I will at some point I'm sure, especially if my brother buys his own Switch at some point.
Basically it sounds like as long as you have a Wifi connection and there's no simultaneous use, you can download and play someone else's games with no drawbacks. If this understanding is correct, then this is exactly what I hoped but had no faith that Nintendo would eventually do.
Basically it sounds like as long as you have a Wifi connection and there's no simultaneous use, you can download and play someone else's games with no drawbacks. If this understanding is correct, then this is exactly what I hoped but had no faith that Nintendo would eventually do.
So if i get that right, in order to not mess with the owner's cloud saves :
The owner of the game has to play only with an alt-account on the primary console. ( but then will he be able to back ups its savedata ?)
The other user has to play with owner's account on the secondary console.
Or is it possible to deactivate cloud saves on the secondary system for the owner's account?
The owner of the game has to play only with an alt-account on the primary console. ( but then will he be able to back ups its savedata ?)
The other user has to play with owner's account on the secondary console.
Or is it possible to deactivate cloud saves on the secondary system for the owner's account?
I think the second system has to manually upload or download saves.
I'd keep quiet about it too if I was them. There isn't a benefit for a publisher. I don't feel bad for using the loophole though. Seems like a fair trade when profit margins are so much higher on a digital copy.
are cloud backups mandatory and automatic? no way to select the games you want backed up and do it manually?
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Don't worry. If it detect a conflict in cloud saves it will be deactivated automatically. Nothing will be overwritten without your confirmation.
Final fuckingly. Don't give a crap about game sharing but being able to transfer your account and designate a new primary console through the website means they've finally eliminated calling customer service as part of the process of recovering your account if your console is lost/stolen/broken.
Only being able to do it once per year is still arbitrarily dumb and not ideal, but way better than the archaic shitshow they had before. Feeling way more confident about digital purchases now.
Only being able to do it once per year is still arbitrarily dumb and not ideal, but way better than the archaic shitshow they had before. Feeling way more confident about digital purchases now.
Can someone please verify this? This would be the perfect way to do it, just share cell data with Switch for verification and play offline after
I've been playing with this all night.
You can manually deactivate cloud saves for all games or each game individually on each console separately.
As a fail safe, if the Cloud Save detects the local save is different than the cloud backup, it automatically disables the feature for that game.
It only disables automatic backup, it doesn't delete the backup itself, right?
Isn't the same with other consoles?
Ahhh so I won't be able to play MK8 with a friend.. clever way to prevent what people like me do with Xbox share.
So just to be clear, this seems to suggest the 2nd account will pause if the Primary account is using any digital content on the Switch, not just the same game like in the Mario Kart picture on the website
That seems a bit disappointing, i'd buy a 2nd Switch for my son if he could play all my digital games, but if we can't play on our systems at the same time it seems pointless
You can just go offline on your primary. It can't detect you playing a downloadable game if it's not connected to the net.
This is account sharing, not game sharing. Their intent is for you to play your own games on multiple Switch consoles that you own; not giving your login details to a friend.
Game sharing would be set up like Steam Family Sharing where you can give another account access to your games.
Game sharing would be set up like Steam Family Sharing where you can give another account access to your games.
yes i gameshare with my brother on ps4 and if my internet goes down or psn is down i cant play the games i bought but i can still play his.
This is cool, though while my Xbox or PlayStation is almost certainly connected to the Internet, the Switch may not be, so it could be slightly more inconvenient. Like, getting games from a buddy is cool, but not being able to play my own stuff unless I am connected to the Internet (with Switch's meh wi-fi that can connect from a lower distance from the router than my laptop or mobile phone) makes it sound like too much of a hassle. Still, good option for those having an Internet connection available at pretty much all times.
My cousin and i set this up about an hour ago and its gonna work out great cause he buys alot of indie games and i buy all the first party stuff so its a win win.
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Yes. But there are multiple solutions.
1- Just play your primary console offline.
2- And the easier solution is just to play on a different profile in the primary console.
Well. technically is not related to the Nintendo Online service but more of account management and how you can use the account now across multiple devices.
The actual explanation is a bit boring and they won't acknowledge it as game sharing. :p
My question is, will you be able to backup the save of a different profile on the same device?
Uh wow, this changes everything.
Going to put my money where my mouth is and buy digital more often now and get that NSO sub while I'm at it.
Going to put my money where my mouth is and buy digital more often now and get that NSO sub while I'm at it.
Ur account needs to be primary on her switch(so she will be able to play ur games on her account)
Ur account as secondary on ur switch, u need always internet to play games.
This is the right direction for Nintendo kinda makes me wanna go digital so me and the gf can play each others games.
Been considering grabbing a second Switch for the fam, so this will be a super nice feature to have.
Also glad the transfers are easier and don't require a call to Nintendo.
Also glad the transfers are easier and don't require a call to Nintendo.
This is an improvement but it still sucks for a family-friendly hardware. Should allow two accounts to be activated as primary.
So, if the secondary console can only play the games on the account that bought them, that means that account will have different savefiles per system right? So what happens if you use cloud saves for that account for both systems? And are player stats (play time per game) different for each system for that account or do they accumulate?
This is for the same owner to have multiple consoles not to game share.
So looks like it may not work with local coop games. When I tried to join lobbies made by my primary account on another system I would be greeted by an error message and then booted out (at least in puyo puyo tetris and just shapes and beats local coop) that sucks because for some games I'd love to not have to share screen space if we had 2 switches available :(
Did the account sharing with an in-law. I'm impressed with it.
We also switch Primary switches and they were able to play Mario tennis online using my digital game while I was playing on mine using my profile. You can't get banned for this type of stuff right??
With more games available to me now because of this I wonder if account sharing affects digital game sales.
We also switch Primary switches and they were able to play Mario tennis online using my digital game while I was playing on mine using my profile. You can't get banned for this type of stuff right??
With more games available to me now because of this I wonder if account sharing affects digital game sales.
As someone who went full digital on Nintendo starting on 3DS, this was the one remaining glaring issue for me. And it has been sorted finally! Going to tell my bro that if he wants his own Switch, he won't have to buy anything I have, but I'd be happy if he bought something I don't have, lol.
Welp, I'm surprised. Never in a thousand years I expected Nintendo to do this. This is good, this is very good indeed.
Wonder if offline multiplayer between multiple consoles will work when sharing games. For example, I own Splatoon 2 and my friend doesn't, so I log in on his Switch with my account and download it there, and keep my own console offline. Then we both launch the game and try to play a local MP match. Guess I'll have to try this someday.
Wonder if offline multiplayer between multiple consoles will work when sharing games. For example, I own Splatoon 2 and my friend doesn't, so I log in on his Switch with my account and download it there, and keep my own console offline. Then we both launch the game and try to play a local MP match. Guess I'll have to try this someday.
Not if you can't play your own games without WiFi.
Seems too good to be true... but Nintendo explicitly states the primary console has no DRM, so... I don't know. *shrugs*
Why would Nintendo feel the need to advertise such a feature? The collective groaning and eye-rolling from the Internet would have made the world spin backwards for a half second, lol.
This way, forums and websites are doing the advertising for free, and on a much bigger scale as this is actually received as a genuine surprise and not as much as a hilariously late-coming feature (which it is anyway, but why does any good news about Nintendo have to be met with sarcasm?).
This way, forums and websites are doing the advertising for free, and on a much bigger scale as this is actually received as a genuine surprise and not as much as a hilariously late-coming feature (which it is anyway, but why does any good news about Nintendo have to be met with sarcasm?).