| gergroy said: Here is the thing I want from the next Nintendo console. I want them to have a clearer idea of how to handle digital content. Navigating the eshop is a joke. When I got the switch I always assumed it was a temporary storefront that would get updated in the near future. At this point it is clear that it is here to stay. Their digital storefronts have been always been a joke, but it seems like it took a step back. Also, and perhaps more importantly, Nintendo needs to tie those purchases to the account and not the hardware. I know quite a few people that would buy multiple consoles if they could associate the digital content to an account. I have two ps4’s and can play my content on two TVs at the same time. It is a great feature! (Can’t do more than two which I am fine with, a primary console and a secondary console should be an option though Nintendo!). Also, it makes transitioning to the next generation so much easier. When I got my Xbox one x I had immediate access to all my 360 stuff, which was awesome! |
I'm always curious when people always say the eshop sucks. What features would make it so much better? It seems fine to me. I'm not saying it can't be improved, I'm just wondering why people say it sucks so much? I don't use the search option very often, but you can search by keyword, genre, price, demos, downloadable content, on sale, online games. The search makes the eshop seem pretty fully featured. Are people just not using the search feature? I can see how it can be annoying scrolling through to find a game if you don't use search, but that wouldn't that be the case with any layout? Whenever people say eshop sucks I never see any ideas on how to improve it.
Agreed on purchases being tied to account. I didn't even realize they aren't tied to the account, is that really true?! Actually I just looked it up and it seems you are wrong, purchases are indeed tied to the account (wasn't the case at launch I think). You just can only play from your account on one system at a time, which I guess is why you are complaining. But...why??? In what world would anyone need to be playing two Switch's (or PS4's in your case) at the same time? I can't imagine why you have a double PS4 setup like that, but there is no earthly reason why Nintendo needs to make that possible. At least for a single person. I guess I could see this would be nice for a family that has multiple Switches but wanted to all use the same account so they only have to buy each game once and play all the games freely at the same time on all Switches. But seems obvious why Nintendo doesn't allow this, because then you're basically sharing a copy of the game while only having to pay for it once. If you want to do this just buy physical, and multiple physical copies if you want to play the same game at the same time on different Switches. Since Switch is a portable and it is likely some households will have multiple Switches, from a business perspective it makes sense and is completely reasonable to not allow this.
And since downloads are indeed tied to accounts, what you describe with transitions should indeed be the case, assuming Switch 2 is completely BC with Switch. I guess the thing that aren't saved to the account are save files though. But don't most games have cloud saving with Nintendo Online now anyways, so even that for the most part wouldn't be an issue.
Last edited by Slownenberg - on 01 January 2020
