Has anyone actually found the NSP/XCI somewhere?

I’ve found an update file but the base game doesn’t seem to be anywhere I have access to.

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    Is saving the game from an early leak worth getting rid of physical games? I hope not.

    I might be unique in this but I’ll never “buy” a digital game. They’re impossible to resell and I can’t lend it to friends or my kids, they’d need my account or console. Plus I’ll have the physical game forever, digital games are only good as long as the servers are up.

    I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this, so if companies stop offering physical games then I’m not going to buy them. (I’ll just pirate). I’ve preordered Zelda from GameStop. I support the content I want more of, like Zelda games, and I’ll continue to buy each one. If I don’t, then they might not make more.

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      I have no interest in physical games. I’m not willing to carry around 300 cartridges or only have access to a small portion of my library. But Nintendo has to know that physical game collectors are a big portion of their audience (with probably more than any other platform in either raw number or proportion). They can’t abandon physical.

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            But surely you don’t need to constantly access all your games on every trip, right?

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              Yes, I absolutely want to be able to play any game I own on that platform at any time. That’s the entire reason I bought the game. Being restricted to the library on one platform is already a massive concession.

              “You can only play this game if you preemptively lug it around with you in case you want to play it today” is not an acceptable condition of a purchase to me.

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                Did ygu mod your switch to have several TB of data? What if you don’t have Wifi?

                “You can only play this game if you preemptively lug it around with you in case you want to play it today” is not an acceptable condition of a purchase to me.

                Well, I don’t really believe that you don’t have any games that you haven’t touched for a year on your switch account. But even if you’re right: You’re an extreme edge case.

                I highly prefer being able to access my games until the hardware gives out. Not until Nintendo shuts down the services. That is unacceptable IMHO.

                Edit: Oh. And also not being able to resell or lend out my property is also bad. It isn’t even property, but rather a license that you buy when you buy digital games.

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                  Most games aren’t that big. Especially switch games. Yes, I have a large micro SD to hold them all. I didn’t say I’m not an edge case; I made it clear that silly collector shit is half the reason Nintendo has a market.

                  I have plenty of games I haven’t played recently. That doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is that if I want to play it tomorrow, I can play it without hassle wherever I am. Anything short of that is not owning the game.

                  I’ll have access long after the hardware gives out, with no need for the obnoxious process of ripping hundreds of cartridges. Digital is forever; DRM isn’t.

                  I have no interest in selling a game or hardware. I never have and never will. You choose between getting half of what they’ll sell it for or spending a bunch of time and trusting some random stranger not to screw you. Both options are worse than just keeping your stuff.

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                    that silly collector shit is half the reason Nintendo has a market.

                    No you didn’t and it isn’t. Nintendo has a unique design philosophy which keept them around since the NES. Do you consider the desire to own physical media “silly collector shit”?

                    Anything short of that is not owning the game.

                    That might be “true” for you, but I vehemently disagree. Most people have no problem keeping their copye of BotW on the shelf, while taking Luigi’s Mansion with them because that’s what they’re currently playing. People have selectively been taking their stuff with them for milennia.

                    with no need for the obnoxious process of ripping hundreds of cartridges

                    You don’t need to rip cartridges to play them. After the hardware gives out: I’m relying on the piracy community here.

                    Digital is forever

                    Lol, tell that to the 3ds/WiiU marketplace.

                    I have no interest in selling a game or hardware. I never have and never will. You choose between getting half of what they’ll sell it for or spending a bunch of time and trusting some random stranger not to screw you. Both options are worse than just keeping your stuff.

                    You have a very unrealistic and pessimistic view of the used market. I’ve both sold games I’m not interested in anymore and bought perfectly playable games used. It’s quite a cheap way to get access to the games you want, especially with Nintendo’s sales policy. I’m guessing that the person buying hello pikachu from me had a great time playing. Never had a problem on ebay. It wouldn’t be still around if most transactions weren’t kosher.

                    Also: Libraries have game cartridges.

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              I always imagine people who die on this hill just admiring the title screen of every game in their library for 5 seconds and calling it a gaming session lol.

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      Is saving the game from an early leak worth getting rid of physical games? I hope not.

      As a PC gamer who has been basically digital only since the late 00s/early 10s? Probably?

      But the thing to remember is that, like with DRM, the studios have this data. There are orgs dedicated to analyzing (and selling…) sales data that can detect the impact that Mass Effect PC being “unplayable” for pirates because of securom for the first week or so had on sales (anecdotal but… probably real positive). Because this kind of stuff costs money (well, less so for removing a disc drive…) and they aren’t going to do that if they think it will hurt revenue.