>>63684 Correct. The current legal definition of game ownership doesn't even suggest that those who buy physical games own them in the same way they would own other physical goods. What you're buying [i]is limited access to it. And the limits of the access are always defined by "until we decide to revoke that access which can be whenever without forewarning". Think of it like if you buy it from the Nintendo eShop, it's technically rented, but you're not told when the return date is. As a rule of thumb though, so long as
- The Nintendo servers are online
- The game hasn't been delisted by Nintendo
- Your Nintendo account is in good standing
Then you can download and play the game. Even if your Switch 2 goes up in flames, you can log in to your Nintendo account and re-download them on to a new one. In doing so though, any previous Switch 2s you've logged in to would lose their access to those games until you logged back in on them. No game sharing!
But these are three
critical failure points, so let's break down how they can affect your ability to hug Natsuki in
Doki Doki Literature Club! Plus+
>The Nintendo servers are online The Nintendo eShop isn't like Steam. You can't always upgrade your device to the newest model and sign in to it to play all of your old library again. Instead, each Nintendo eShop is specific to the current generation of device and their sub-models (Switch Lite, Switch OLED, etc). As new devices launch, the old ones are made obsolete due to Nintendo shutting down the online services for them, including the eShop. Not just by preventing new items from being purchased through it, but by preventing previously purchased items from being downloaded at all. It also lets you not play your games online anymore!
The Wii eShop was online from 2006 to 2019. That was 15 years. A young wizkid who used his birthday money to buy a game through it on day 1 could have downloaded it to his Wii and enjoyed it well in to adulthood. However, once the Wii's online services reached their end-of-life, the eShop was shut down. If he still has his games installed, he can play them, but if his hardware fails or his game gets deleted by his evil little sister, he'll lose access to his "legal" copy. He'll need to jailbreak his Wii and
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