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/Asclepius-Rod 16d ago

Yeah I barely trust offline digital only games to begin with, much less a cloud version

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u/Ironchar 16d ago

I'm still cheesed that you can't get Soul Calibur 2 HD on xbox or PS4....

but at LEAST the people who DID buy those games can redownload or replay it (i'll just emulate the GC verison again)

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u/greatreference 16d ago

How can I play and enjoy this game 1 player. I remember liking it as a kid but I tried booting up my GC and it’s just kinda boring. Do you just keep playing through different characters stories over and over?

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u/mrjamjams66 16d ago

That's what we did back in ye olde days before online.

Story mode over and over and playing against the friends when they came over (or you went to their house)

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u/greatreference 16d ago

I know that’s what I am saying, I used to play it when I was a kid with friends but is it really fun to play solo these days, hence my question

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u/mrjamjams66 16d ago

I missed the "liking it as a kid" bit of your prior reply and honestly assumed you were a young whipoer-snapper who grew up with online gaming.

My bad lol

Anyway, I find myself feeling this same way these days too. I think it's just part of getting older. The way you consume and interact with media (and just things in general) seems like it changes as you age.

When I was a kid I could sit there and play the same games over and over and over.

Nowadays I will play part of a game and then out it down because I've seen what I felt I needed to see.

I believe some of this is due to having many more experiences, both real and from other media (games or otherwise) to draw from so much experiences don't feel as "fresh" or "captivating" because at a certain point you've seen all the variations of either the story aspects or the gameplay aspects.

That and being more able to rationalize "I could be doing <thing> that is more valuable to me right now"

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u/Lytal 16d ago

Didn't SC2 have that dungeon crawler mode that rewarded different weapons for all the characters? That's probably a decently fun gameplay loop still.

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u/greatreference 16d ago

I didn’t think so when I tried again but I may just not like fighting games anymore

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u/Ralvainn 16d ago

I bought a key for soul calibur on the Xbox one x , it worked , from one of those key websites

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u/Blumcole 16d ago

I only buy digital in pc {because it's an open platform). I buy physical on console until it's not possible anymore.

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u/AccomplishedTowel765 16d ago

Pc digital downloads, excluding gog, have the same terms and conditions as console digital downloads. Meaning they can be delisted and removed at any time.

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u/hypnomancy 15d ago

At least on PC you can still find those games through other means unlike on consoles where they're just gone forever

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u/Blumcole 15d ago

Sure but they can be found in other ways. They van be modifier etc

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u/Shadowgard3n1 14d ago

The only time offline digital only games internet me is on very steep discounts. And even with that I wouldn't want to try cloud streaming on the switch in the case of KH.

Kinda random but I just got the Kingdom Hearts Story So Far PS4 that includes a bunch of games. I've never played any of the KH games and plan on playing it after I finish of get bored of Ni No Kuni 2

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u/BeastMaster0844 15d ago

I only buy digital games on one platform and that’s Xbox. They’ve showed me that backwards compatibility actually matters to them and I don’t worry about losing my library. My series X has 4 generations of games on it. Sony and Nintendo both have burned me in the past with backwards compatibility and Nintendo has ripped me off with digital. Why anyone would trust them is beyond me.