Nintendo cant get enough of cartridges.
Even its digital downloads are turning into Virtual Game Cards on the Nintendo Switch.
The big difference is how it will appear in your game library.
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Users will be able to find their games in a Virtual Game Cards library.
The company said these virtual cards are as flexible and convenient as game cards.
But thats not exactly true, given how Virtual Game Cards work with sharing between friends and family.
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Its a bit like ebook lending, but where the owner of the game is the library.
This will only work over local wireless, and those games will be inaccessible to the original owner.
After 14 days, the card becomes inaccessible to the lendee as it returns to the original Switch.
Nintendo is doing a similar thing to Valve with Steam.
Last year, that platformopened up Steam Familiesto let users play friends games through their account.
Still, its only a band aid to cover up the lack of true ownership on either platform.
In that case physical media you own still surpasses digital media you license.
And we should have even more details on how this will all work with the new Switch soon.
If youre looking for all the juicy Switch 2 details, theres now an app for that.
Nintendo grandaddy Shigeru Miyamoto appeared on the same connect announcing digital game cards to show off the Nintendo Today!
The app acts as a calendar that includes all daily news from the company.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
