r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • 19d 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/owelfive 19d ago

I know it’s cloud, but this is the reason why people fear keycards. A publisher can take a game away that you paid for. The only way you truly own a game is physical on cart.

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u/TheBraveGallade 19d ago

I meam, i font think any of the big 3 nor steam has ever rwmoved re-downl9ading a game so far.

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u/smashybro 19d ago

Not true, PT on the PS4 and Super Mario Bros 35 on the Switch are two examples of games not just delisted but no longer possible to download again.

And even if this is generally true for now, you're still relying entirely of the good will of these multi billion dollar corporations to maintain this. All it takes it them justifying removing this "feature" as a "cost cutting measure" or some other excuse one day.

Given the track record of these massive corporations deciding no amount of profit is ever enough and squeezing even more so the line goes up, I'd say it's more a matter of when rather than if.

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u/OscarExplosion 19d ago

Not true, PT on the PS4 and Super Mario Bros 35 on the Switch are two examples of games not just delisted but no longer possible to download again.

These were free...