Nintendo Switch Mario Games $39.99

Milk4Ever

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Milk4Ever

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I have a question that sounds rather dumb, coming from somebody who's about to go purchase an OLED Switch (and has otherwise never owned or played a Switch before).

Should I buy digital games or physical games, all things being equal?

My last foray into console gaming was with an Xbox One and it seemed like most physical games I bought came with fairly essential key codes that locked things to your account and didn't allow you to easily resell the game afterwards, negating one of the main benefits of a physical game. I don't know how the Switch ecosystem works, though. Do I have the ability to load an entire physical game onto the SD card so I don't need to carry physical games around? Would love some insight for a noob, here. Thanks in advance!! :-)

Physical:

pros:

- You can lend the card to friends, or play on your other switch devices if you have any
- You can sell the game if you don't want it anymore. Resale value is very good for Nintendo games.
- If anything happens to your Nintendo account, you can still install and play the game.

Cons:
- You need to insert the card as proof of ownership every time you want to play the game, even if you install it on the SD card.
- It's possible to lose or misplace the card.

I personally like the convenience of digital, even though it means no reselling and no sharing.

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NEW0

Mar 26, 2023

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Quote from Jaxidian

:

I have a question that sounds rather dumb, coming from somebody who's about to go purchase an OLED Switch (and has otherwise never owned or played a Switch before).

Should I buy digital games or physical games, all things being equal?

My last foray into console gaming was with an Xbox One and it seemed like most physical games I bought came with fairly essential key codes that locked things to your account and didn't allow you to easily resell the game afterwards, negating one of the main benefits of a physical game. I don't know how the Switch ecosystem works, though. Do I have the ability to load an entire physical game onto the SD card so I don't need to carry physical games around? Would love some insight for a noob, here. Thanks in advance!! :-)

If you can be absolutely sure to have a very good game case holder system + maybe a bag for everything switch related to put in, then I'd say go physical... Of course you could sell your account, if you had a new email that you made and only used it for switch, but most people would rather have the physical game cartridges. I will say that I'm pretty sure I've lost a game or two though over time. They're very small... Again, be sure to have a good game holder

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Jamesj562

Mar 26, 2023

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Jamesj562

Mar 26, 2023

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Quote from Jaxidian

:

I have a question that sounds rather dumb, coming from somebody who's about to go purchase an OLED Switch (and has otherwise never owned or played a Switch before).

Should I buy digital games or physical games, all things being equal?

My last foray into console gaming was with an Xbox One and it seemed like most physical games I bought came with fairly essential key codes that locked things to your account and didn't allow you to easily resell the game afterwards, negating one of the main benefits of a physical game. I don't know how the Switch ecosystem works, though. Do I have the ability to load an entire physical game onto the SD card so I don't need to carry physical games around? Would love some insight for a noob, here. Thanks in advance!! :-)

Physical is nice when you want to move on from the console or a title you can recoup some costs. I prefer physical in most cases.

Digital is awesome for games that have little or no resell value. Any title $25 or less I'll buy digital because it's probably going to be a worthless title is a year or two(think NBA2k23, carnival games, monster Hunter, etc)

Digital comes in handy if you game share with a kid or coworker. Me and my coworker sign into each others switch so we can have both full libraries across two devices. Also super helpful if you have two switches in the same household

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crinttae

Mar 26, 2023

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crinttae

Mar 26, 2023

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Quote from Jaxidian

:

I have a question that sounds rather dumb, coming from somebody who's about to go purchase an OLED Switch (and has otherwise never owned or played a Switch before).

Should I buy digital games or physical games, all things being equal?

My last foray into console gaming was with an Xbox One and it seemed like most physical games I bought came with fairly essential key codes that locked things to your account and didn't allow you to easily resell the game afterwards, negating one of the main benefits of a physical game. I don't know how the Switch ecosystem works, though. Do I have the ability to load an entire physical game onto the SD card so I don't need to carry physical games around? Would love some insight for a noob, here. Thanks in advance!! :-)

Reselling is easy enough. There's no? key codes? afaik.

You can install entire games, you'll still need the cartridge. And most games have large installs even with the cartridge.

You probably want a largish SD card, if you're anything like my family.

I generally prefer digital, even when my kid hasn't lost the cards. It's just always easier to click on a thing.

Last edited by crinttae March 26, 2023 at 05:00 PM.

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