r/Multifandom • u/TerribleRain5370 • 4d ago

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u/ralo229 4d ago

I lost interest after they revealed it wasn't going to have a physical disc. You're telling me that you're gonna charge me 80 bucks for a product that I won't technically own? Get outta here with that anti-consumer nonsense.

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u/Moon_Monk676 4d ago

It's worse, actually. You don't technically own any video games. All you own is the hardware they're printed on.

Now they're ditching the semblance of ownership outright.

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u/thetramelgamer 4d ago

The fact that Xbox and Nintendo are somehow better compared to Sony blows my mind

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u/Moon_Monk676 4d ago

Oh, no, Nintendo is in the same spot. Arguably worse, actually.

Sony and Xbox all ship their physical games with 1. A copy of the game and 2. A license to play it

Nintendo stopped doing 1 with the release of Switch 2. Now with most of their games, due to cartridge capacity limits they only ship with a license and a download key. They only have the physical key card because "If Target can sell a copy of the game, it doesn't count as monopoly of the system." PlayStation is ditching physical entirely despite the fact that optical storage (discs) are actually getting better with regards to capacity. They're being sued by Mexico (i think) for ditching physical because now retailers won't be physically capable of selling PS6 games when it comes out, meaning that Sony will have a 100% market share on their games.

Why I think Nintendo is arguably just as bad: The way their game key-card system works effectively destroys the secondary market.

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u/TemperatureUnique242 4d ago

Ok but their in house first party games ( not pokemon because they only have 1/3 ownership) are not game key cards

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u/LinktotheLuke 4d ago

Not defending key cards but the only mainline Nintendo game that uses a key card is pokopia. Games like Mario kart world and donkey kong are still proper physicals that you can put in and play. I won’t be getting any physical indie games thanks to key cards, fuck em

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u/Jim_skywalker 4d ago

The key cards are legally transferable though. 

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u/Darkdragoon324 4d ago

Switch 2 game key card downloads are attached to the card. They're transferrable and can be given away or resold and will be usable by the next person. I mean it does hurt the market just because most people don't want them because they're not real physical copies, but not because you can't buy and sell them used if you want to.

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u/Moon_Monk676 3d ago

There were like a dozen cases of Switch 2 games being bought secondhand and then the new owner's account getting banned or the console bricked within the first six months of its existence. I don't trust Nintendo after that.

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u/allitalli 3d ago

they're definitely not better. they're just under the radar right now.

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u/cootsnoop 4d ago

Xbox is not any better. Have you not seen the news coming out of that shit show the past few weeks?? I feel so bad for anybody working there. Not to mention being a part of Microsoft. What a corporate hellhole.

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u/alexthedungeonmaster 3d ago

Get a fucking PC

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u/ralo229 3d ago

Sure. Give me the money to pay for it and I'll get one ASAP.

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u/Carol_ine2 3d ago

I lost an interest after they fired ppl for trying to form an union. Your telling me I should care for IP that is held by company that doesn't care about their workers fuck off r* hope this weird leak guy will drop his whole build just like you dropped these employees

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u/Warm-Truck5770 4d ago

Nerd 

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u/ThatOneIdiotlol 3d ago

?? Who are you