Nintendo Switch Game Saves are Stored on the Console, Can't Be Transferred
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...it's weird what I occasionally pull out of articles like this.
For instance, I just learned that the 32 GB of memory in the Switch is strictly internal, and not it's own card. Meaning that you don't have to replace a memory card, you just add another one.
For instance, I just learned that the 32 GB of memory in the Switch is strictly internal, and not it's own card. Meaning that you don't have to replace a memory card, you just add another one.
The console better gets a major revision and a good Metroid game, otherwise it'll be yet another Ninty system I'll pass on.
Its more like Nitnendo is the kid who purposely kicks the ball into the mean old man's backyard. And the backyard has a rabid dog. And the old man sits on a rocking chair in his backyard with a loaded shotgun.008Zulu said:
...and that's not the point at all.Vausch said:
You guys notice how all the bad news comes out at the very end. No VC, no browser, no multimedia apps and no transferable saves are bad enough but the joycon sync issues and now the system gets scratched over time putting it in the dock (the 3DS scratching thing all over again) http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1349599
I have a feeling that all this hype is about to come crashing down. Nintendo went cheap and released a console that is inferior to the Wii U in every way except processing power. It's featureless in comparison, has connectivity issues, lost the second screen (and thus backward compatibility) and Nintendo couldn't even be bothered to put something soft on the front side of the dock. There is a reason the Wii U is the same price as the Switch, it's a better console (IMO). Hey though, the PS4 was featureless at launch compared to the PS3 too.
Another case of the dock scratching the screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUZ-Icqhemw
I'll always love pokemon and Zelda, and i agree that ironically its nintendo thats holding them back. For example no one cares if you can simulate ice cubes in a controller.Nazulu said:
I know giving a company a monopoly is a bad idea but I wish they would just start porting their stuff to Sony and pc.
Well to be honest, the friend codes are one of at least 5 alternatives to give out friendrequestsAmerican Tanker said:
1. Friendcode
2. Player you're playing with at the moment
3. Players you have recently played with (no idea how far/short time back that is)
4. When the other Switch is closeby (so the wireless lan thing)
5. Old friends from the WiiU/Wii era when you log in on your Nintendo ID account.
So yeah, the friend code is a thing, but there are alternatives.
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Not sure what to think... How bad a thing is this?
To me it sounds like... well... if the console breaks, all my savefiles are gone?
Better not just break the damn thing then, and hope that it won't commit seppuku of some sort.
Then again this is IGN who reports in, wouldn't be the first time they give false info on the Swith. I have read 3 or 4 statements they have given which have later been debunked, both on the good and the bad.
lol Guys, there are people who really still take this as an argument. Like those video-game-violence-goonies.chefzeff said:
Just for clarification's sake: Even if Nintendo really had that point of view, it doesn't make the pirates responsible for that. Every other manufacturer succeeds in coping with this or preventing it outright. And it simply makes the console way less attractive to potential customers if the competition offers these options. Period.
That would be an alternative too.sagitel said:
But having played MarioKart and Splat00n on the WiiU, as a European I would have a vey hard time adding all the Japanese players since I don't use the same marks as they do.
In my opinion, adding a 12 number digit is just as easy as adding xXSup3rUltr4K1llXx, but that might just be me (that last part was sarcasm, that's a shit username).
This seems like the kind of thing that would be relatively easy to "patch out" in an update, if they could be bothered to do so. Or perhaps they hope to make cloud saves an inducement to go with their fee-based online system.
Just speculation on my part, though.
Just speculation on my part, though.
Having not really followed the news about the Switch, I just learned that Nintendo is apparently still incapable of releasing a console with more than 32 GB of storage space.altnameJag said:
32 GB was pathetic twelve years ago when the Xbox 360 came out.
Many games today are either in or approaching the 50+ GB range.
That probably isn't a concern for the Switch, it simply isn't powerful enough to run current AAA games with high resolution textures and all the bells and whistles. You're not going to see the latest 50GB installment of Battlefield, Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto on the Switch. In practice, most games are likely to be closer to 7th gen size eg. 8GB. 32GB is still pathetically small and you're probably going to have to rely on SD cards if you want to have more than two digital games installed at any given time, but I doubt there is going to be a Switch game that outright won't fit into that tiny space.shrekfan246 said:
In any case, the Switch really isn't a console, its lack of storage and processing power make that quite clear. The Switch is Nintendo's new handheld that just happens to have a TV dock packed in with it. Nintendo is effectively done with the home console market.
While this is true and a consideration that most people who invest in Nintendo consoles are likely aware of, it's still worth pointing out. Even some of the higher-budget indie titles are in the 5-10 GB range these days. I think it's pretty fair to say that isn't an adequate amount of storage space regardless of whatever market the console is targeting. The PS Vita was nearly universally criticized for its lack of storage space and the high cost associated with the proprietary additional space, and I don't think any game on the Vita took up 13 GB (the size of Zelda) until God of War HD came out (which included both God of War and God of War II).Supernova1138 said:
I have some bad news for you. [http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/dragon_quest_heroes_ibii] (Yes, it is technically two games, but I don't believe you're able to get the games separately and this is on launch for the system.)
That would be a valid point if either was a recent console. The Xbox 360 was launched in 2005. We are 12 years on from then, thats is like saying the SNES didnt have cloud saves and that sold well.gillnavisingh said:
Times, technology and expectations have moved on in the last TWELVE years. Apparently Nintendo has not. The only way I would pick up the doomed switch system is if I got one for free... and then I would probably ebay it.
Thanks chefzeff for thinking about Nitnendo's corporate interests over your own consumer interests. Someone had to do it and you were the brave one to step up and without even getting paid for it. I am sure Nintendo appreciates you.chefzeff said:
In the name of piracy, maybe you would also defend Nintendo no longer letting people have complete games? What if Nintendo made you always stay online so that pieces of games could be downloaded/deleted as needed so pirates could never have the whole game. What do you think, would you defend Nintendo for that too?
1) Different time, no one had cloud save in 2005.gillnavisingh said:
2) With those systems there were other, free means to transfer saves. When I say free I mean, no subscription fee like PS+ or Live Gold is required to transfer saves.
This is such a pathetic attempt to defend the indefensible that it must be a joke.