Nintendo struck the table: the Japanese company wants Change the way we buy and have our games In digital format. One of the big problems for many people is that if you buy a digital game and not in physical format, you cannot lend it. Now this problem ends … at least in part.
The company has announced its new system called “Virtual Game Cards”. With this system, digital games will become virtual cards that we can use in up to two consoles and, moreover, We can lend games in digital format to other peopleSomething that until now was not possible. The system has certain limits, but it is a promising idea in a world that leaves aside physical products and replaces them with digital products.
You don't have the game you want to play? I lend you it, even if it's a digital game
Since the arrival of the new virtual card system, this will allow players to provide our digital games up to eight people, as long as two conditions have been met:
- They must be members of our family groupsomething we can configure directly on the console
- And the loan This must be done via a local network. In other words, if you want to give a digital game, it must be done in person, as if it were a physical game
The game loan is only valid for 14 daysThis means that this is the moment when the other person must play the title before they automatically return to your power. Because indeed, you will not be able to play your game while this other person has it, even if it is a digital game.
In Android, there is something called “Family Library of Google Play Store” which allows you to share, to a certain extent, the content that we have acquired in the virtual store with another person. This person must be part of your family, be at least 18 years old and the group must have a credit or debit card configured as a payment method. This last point makes him very Decoring adding a person to a family group, it must be extremely confident. In addition, not all games allow you to be shared.
The leaders of Sony Playstation in 2013 became viral by a video in which they share a physical game quickly and directly, without bulky process.
The possibility of sharing video games is part of the same essence in the world of video games and is a very important factor for players. So much so that in 2013, during the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, The Sony console has catapulted the top thanks to the possibility of sharing the games Unlike the Xbox One which, at the time, was full of obstacles such as the need for a constant internet connection (something that many games have also implemented the following years, but it is another subject).
The digital game sharing system should be a little more widespread on the mobile video game market and should also be more flexible. On consoles, Nintendo demonstrates that it is possibleWith a series of limits that seem reasonable: it can be shared with up to 8 people and as long as you share it, you cannot play it on your switch. Of course, I would like to have the possibility of lending the game longer, 14 days can be shortly for certain titles.
Ideally, Android and other platforms should leave us Do what we want with the applications and games we boughteven in digital format. If I bought the Final Fantasy XIII for 20 dollars and I have already played it, why can't I lend it to a friend? In practice, it is not so simple: it is an idea that requires the technology necessary to avoid the resale of titles and other problems for the industry (and not for us), but if there is something that clearly indicates the announcement of Nintendo is that, although many leave aside the purchase of physical products and migration to digital, they do not have to miss old customs and advantages.
Nintendo virtual game cards will arrive at the first Nintendo Switch console with An update in AprilAnd will be available at the Nintendo Switch 2 when it reaches the market. Interestingly, Nintendo also launched an application entitled “Nintendo Today!” For Android and for iOS, which allows you to receive information and faster content from players, directly in our mobiles. It is available for download from Google Play from this link.
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