Nintendo new digital game sharing system

[Legend]

Digital games are now like physical games but more complicated.

You can loan out a game to someone on their switch for 14 days if you meet them in person.

You can also transfer your games between two of your own switches.

[Legend]

The new Virtual Game Card feature lets you easily manage your digital #NintendoSwitch games, including lending to your Nintendo Account Family Group members! This new system update will be released in late April. #NintendoDirect pic.twitter.com/2TFNvtRFQd

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 27, 2025

[the-pi-guy]

It's simultaneously neat, but also why? 

This feels like they made this much more complicated for the user than it really needed to be. 

[kitler53]

era was very unimpressed with this.   

i suppose if you are a single guy with 2 switches this is a bad system.   or i guess if you are a single guy with a "coop buddy" you want to access their library with this is a bad system.


for me this is pretty great.   2 kids.  2 systems.   can split the games between the two system and play the games offline.   i just got back from my spring break vacation to Amsterdam and this would work our perfectly for me.

i posted that thread just a few months ago asking about nintendo's digital game policy and i couldn't decide if i should buy games physically or digitally.  soo glad i decided to go digital.