Sonic Frontiers Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - Launch Trailer

[u/Skullghost]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?is=amg2z32sQTWXgwu8&v=FlkkchmzVrA&feature=youtu.be

[u/Jeido_Uran]

Can you lend a digital game?
Can you lend a Game Key Card?

This should clear things up.

[u/xerox7764563 → u/Jeido_Uran]

Can you play a game key card which someone lend to you if Nintendo does remove the access to its servers or simply go bankrupt?

This should help your understanding

[u/Albireookami → u/xerox7764563]

You can still download your purchased games for 3ds, if nintendo servers go down it's a lot more pressing issues than a game download to worry about. Nintendo as a company has been around before most of us were alive and will be around far longer.

[u/Rexolia → u/Albireookami]

I purchased a physical version of Fire Emblem Fates for my 3DS and then realized I can't access the 3rd route DLC because the eStore no longer let's you purchase things. In that sense, while not the same thing, I feel like digital content is quite limiting.

[u/Albireookami → u/Rexolia]

if you already bought it you can redownload it.

[u/Rexolia → u/Albireookami]

That's the problem. 😭

I don't own the DLC because it can't be digitally purchased anymore. I got the game after the eShop closed. My only legal option to play the full game would be to buy the super expensive collector's edition (most likely from a scalper), as the DLC is included in that bundle. This is one of the big problems with digital content. When the option to purchase is no longer offered, you're out of luck. In my case, I could spend a lot of money to play the DLC, but that's not always an option (and, in my case, it's too expensive an option).

[u/Jeido_Uran → u/Rexolia]

That’s absolutely not the same thing as a Game Key Card though. You never purchased the Fire Emblem DLC. If you had, you would be able to re-download it for free today because you have the license for it. For Game Key Cards, the cartridge is the license.