• Strider@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    I… I have to ask. I really like the switch as the last console there ever was or possibly might be. But I see lots of issues too.

    By rent everything to us, you mean game downloads? If so, the switch has a huge physical media collection but yes they might not be in your stores.

    • Hakuso@scribe.disroot.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 days ago

      I mean the emulation, their online service as a sub with it all included, rather than letting us buy like they did from the time they implemented it up through the 3DS. There’s issues with digital copies, but my 3DS has a permanent license when they closed the eShop, so all of the games I have on it will work until the system dies and I can;t downalod them again. The Switch, if I am not subscribed to Online, all of them are gone.

      • Strider@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 days ago

        I wholeheartedly agree, the classic games in Nintendo online as a subscription is a shit concept.

        If I didn’t have better ways of playing these (and more) retro games I wouldn’t have any morality issues using a hacked switch to play these.

        • Hakuso@scribe.disroot.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          22 hours ago

          Oh, they’re all on RetroArch, now.

          I just hate them not letting you pay for it, their greed forces piracy, but then I’ve not downloaded a game because I was too broke to buy it for decades. It’s all been being unable to buy, or having terrible DRM that broke the game, or a shitty launcher that you were forced to use.