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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Reconfirmed: eShop purchases on Switch are tied to Nintendo Accounts

KLXVER on 17 February 2017
dahuman said:
KLXVER said:

Well what is the benefit of it on the PS4 and XB1? I mean the Switch doesnt have Achievements/Trophies and you couldnt redownload your PSN and XBLA games onto the PS4 and XB1 anyway.

Steam......

Steam is 14 years old? Fucking hell...



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zelmusario on 17 February 2017
KLXVER said:
dahuman said:
so.... 14 years late?

Well what is the benefit of it on the PS4 and XB1? I mean the Switch doesnt have Achievements/Trophies and you couldnt redownload your PSN and XBLA games onto the PS4 and XB1 anyway.

Wait, are you sure? I thought there were a good amount of games I had gotten on PS3 that I could just re-download on PS4 after I got one. That's the nice thing that Sony does with cross-buying. Pay once, play everywhere. It'd be great if there were a similar feature on Switch linked with your NNID. Like hey guys, we know you've bought each iteration of this 30 year old game for the past three generations. Here, this time, have it for free (or at least heavily discounted). 



It'll be awhile before I figure out how to do one of these. :P 

Miyamotoo on 17 February 2017
dahuman said:
Miyamotoo said:

Yes, most likely scenario will be going from Wii to Wii U if we talk about Wii U digital games.

 

Is it that was a really matter 14 years ago!? And of course better ever than never.

That's why I never paid for VC games lol, that's pretty fucking late

Its never late, and digital purchase on console wasn't thing on console 14 years ago.



Kresnik on 17 February 2017

Sounds like I'd be joining the Nintendo ecosystem at just the right time then!



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Wyrdness on 17 February 2017
zelmusario said:
KLXVER said:

Well what is the benefit of it on the PS4 and XB1? I mean the Switch doesnt have Achievements/Trophies and you couldnt redownload your PSN and XBLA games onto the PS4 and XB1 anyway.

Wait, are you sure? I thought there were a good amount of games I had gotten on PS3 that I could just re-download on PS4 after I got one. That's the nice thing that Sony does with cross-buying. Pay once, play everywhere. It'd be great if there were a similar feature on Switch linked with your NNID. Like hey guys, we know you've bought each iteration of this 30 year old game for the past three generations. Here, this time, have it for free (or at least heavily discounted). 

Pretty sure the games couldn't be redownloaded on PS4 and have to be purchased again.



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maxleresistant on 17 February 2017

Good news, but I'm not going to thank Nintendo for something that should have happened 10 years ago.



Barkley on 17 February 2017

About time. PS1 classics purchased in 2006 work on PSP, PS3, Vita...

After a decade of ineptitude Nintendo needs to finally get to grips with online accounts and stores.



fedfed on 17 February 2017

at least cheap price like form Wii to WiiU.



Switch!!!

superchunk on 17 February 2017
SuperNova said:
But let me guess - there's no way to bring my wiiU VC or 3DS VC purchases over, even though they are all noted in my MyNintendo Account?

You can't make that assumption. Nintendo has not made an announcement about VC yet, unfortunately.



oniyide on 17 February 2017

Better late than never?!