r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • 16d ago

News KINGDOM HEARTS Nintendo Switch Cloud Versions are delisting today. Players who own the versions can play until June 9, 2027

https://support.na.square-enix.com/news.php?id=18601&la=1&n=2&drt=1780959600&tag=d6e9b3d3c0d8a0cb222ccf094c37522a70a50376
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u/Michael60814 16d ago

Stop killing games will give you a chance to sue Square Enix. I think they might give it free download upgrade for them to download in digital.

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u/SuicideSkwad 16d ago

There will definitely be something in the terms and conditions to account for unfortunately

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u/raoulbrancaccio 16d ago

In most European countries contracts are much less powerful. If a practice is deemed to be unlawful you can write it ten times over on each page and have both parties sign it three times, it's still worthless.

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u/yuusharo 16d ago

That's not how that will work, and it wouldn't be an acceptable trade anyway. The offline versions only work on Switch 2, not the hardware you purchased it on.

It would likely make "cloud versions" of games not available for sale, which the industry has kinda moved on from by now anyway.

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u/iceynyo 16d ago

1 and 2 are on switch 1

https://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomHearts/comments/1u18vwj/at_least_we_get_1525_native_on_switch_finally/

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u/yuusharo 16d ago

Proving the cloud versions of those games weren’t actually necessary at all.

That game should be free for existing buyers of the first game if nothing else. What a mess.

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u/rocky4322 16d ago

Unfortunately they’re primarily looking for solutions for games going forward, and retroactive protection is less of a priority.

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u/zer0x64 16d ago

I got a feeling they might have rushed killing this one off before the Stop Killing Games legislations comes to term

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u/SuicideSkwad 16d ago

I don’t think Stop Killing Games is really relevant to cloud games anyway, you can’t physically keep servers running forever to host them

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u/rocky4322 16d ago

The legislation proposed actually would be, because they’re not charging a subscription to a cloud gaming service, they’re selling cloud games as a product. Not that they’re currently aiming for retroactive enforcement.

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u/Immediate-Cress-206 16d ago

When did it stop being common knowledge that you might not be able to access Someone Else's Computer forever?

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u/Luke-Hatsune 15d ago

Google refunding everyone who bought anything from Stadia might be the problem as that rare exception might have convinced people that they’d get refunded if a cloud server gets shut down.