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Nintendo Announces Free Switch 1 Games Upgrades for Switch 2

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  • N ninelife@lemmy.ca
    18 May 2025, 12:41
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    mushuchupacabra@lemmy.world
    wrote on 18 May 2025, 14:32 last edited by
    #4

    I won't buy one, and will likely retire from purchasing consoles.

    I want a machine that plays games that belong to me, that have no online requirements whatsoever.

    I want to own a machine that cannot be bricked remotely by the seller.

    It's a pastime/luxury/extravagance that I can and will abandon and replace with something more reasonable.

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      18 May 2025, 14:32

      I won't buy one, and will likely retire from purchasing consoles.

      I want a machine that plays games that belong to me, that have no online requirements whatsoever.

      I want to own a machine that cannot be bricked remotely by the seller.

      It's a pastime/luxury/extravagance that I can and will abandon and replace with something more reasonable.

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      chuymatt@startrek.website
      wrote on 18 May 2025, 14:36 last edited by
      #5

      Steam deck, or a variant, is all I am doing for handhelds any more.

      I won’t buy Nintendo products anymore.

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      • ? Guest
        18 May 2025, 13:36

        This, with the paid updates list, covers most of the first party games, though there are still some that's left.

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        phelpssan@lemmy.world
        wrote on 18 May 2025, 15:12 last edited by
        #6

        covers most of the first party games

        Which gets me thinking... have we seen any announcement for third party game upgrade patches? Free or paid?

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        • P phelpssan@lemmy.world
          18 May 2025, 15:12

          covers most of the first party games

          Which gets me thinking... have we seen any announcement for third party game upgrade patches? Free or paid?

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          missingno@fedia.io
          wrote on 18 May 2025, 23:47 last edited by
          #7

          Deltarune - Not sure if this is being categorized as a patch, but if you buy it on Switch 1 you can upgrade to the Switch 2 version for free.

          Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - $10 upgrade pack. Interestingly, the Switch 2 physical is a special cart that can boot the Switch 1 version on legacy hardware, or the bundled upgrade pack on Switch 2.

          I believe those are the only two so far, and they're cross-gen launch titles rather than any older releases. Sega on the other hand is notably not doing this, they're porting a few of their Switch 1 titles at full price with no upgrade option.

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          • N ninelife@lemmy.ca
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            skozzii@lemmy.ca
            wrote on 19 May 2025, 00:31 last edited by skozzii@lemmy.ca
            #8

            I'm curious how much valve is gonna charge for the steamdeck 2 game upgrades.

            They are so bad at business they will probably forget to charge me, just like they did for my steam online subscription to play online multiplayer steam games...

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            • S skozzii@lemmy.ca
              19 May 2025, 00:31

              I'm curious how much valve is gonna charge for the steamdeck 2 game upgrades.

              They are so bad at business they will probably forget to charge me, just like they did for my steam online subscription to play online multiplayer steam games...

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              t00l_shed@lemmy.world
              wrote on 19 May 2025, 01:30 last edited by
              #9

              Gabe better have the correct successor lined up

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                ilandar@lemm.ee
                wrote on 19 May 2025, 05:27 last edited by
                #10

                Pokémon Scarlet & Violet seem the obvious beneficiaries from that list. Any improvements made to their atrocious performance would feel significant.

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                • P phelpssan@lemmy.world
                  18 May 2025, 15:12

                  covers most of the first party games

                  Which gets me thinking... have we seen any announcement for third party game upgrade patches? Free or paid?

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                  wrote on 19 May 2025, 07:45 last edited by
                  #11

                  Not yet. It's quite possible that many third party devs, specially the smaller and indie ones don't have access to Switch 2 dev kit. I am hoping there would be patches as more and more devs get access to it.

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                  • M missingno@fedia.io
                    18 May 2025, 23:47

                    Deltarune - Not sure if this is being categorized as a patch, but if you buy it on Switch 1 you can upgrade to the Switch 2 version for free.

                    Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - $10 upgrade pack. Interestingly, the Switch 2 physical is a special cart that can boot the Switch 1 version on legacy hardware, or the bundled upgrade pack on Switch 2.

                    I believe those are the only two so far, and they're cross-gen launch titles rather than any older releases. Sega on the other hand is notably not doing this, they're porting a few of their Switch 1 titles at full price with no upgrade option.

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                    phelpssan@lemmy.world
                    wrote on 19 May 2025, 13:25 last edited by
                    #12

                    Good info, thanks!

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                    • ? Guest
                      19 May 2025, 07:45

                      Not yet. It's quite possible that many third party devs, specially the smaller and indie ones don't have access to Switch 2 dev kit. I am hoping there would be patches as more and more devs get access to it.

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                      phelpssan@lemmy.world
                      wrote on 19 May 2025, 13:39 last edited by
                      #13

                      Let's hope it's the case, I would be very happy with some upgrade patches for the Trails games.

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                      • T t00l_shed@lemmy.world
                        19 May 2025, 01:30

                        Gabe better have the correct successor lined up

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                        skozzii@lemmy.ca
                        wrote on 19 May 2025, 13:48 last edited by
                        #14

                        This is what scares me the most actually...

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                        • S skozzii@lemmy.ca
                          19 May 2025, 13:48

                          This is what scares me the most actually...

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                          jcsandt@lemmy.world
                          wrote on 19 May 2025, 14:06 last edited by
                          #15

                          Don't worry, he plans on being immortal. Shouldn't be an issue.

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                          • S skozzii@lemmy.ca
                            19 May 2025, 13:48

                            This is what scares me the most actually...

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                            t00l_shed@lemmy.world
                            wrote on 19 May 2025, 14:46 last edited by
                            #16

                            I can imagine a venture capitalist taking over steam and how quickly it would turn to shit

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                            • C chuymatt@startrek.website
                              18 May 2025, 14:36

                              Steam deck, or a variant, is all I am doing for handhelds any more.

                              I won’t buy Nintendo products anymore.

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                              tag@lemmy.world
                              wrote on 21 May 2025, 19:44 last edited by
                              #17

                              Isn't Steam even more always online?

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                              • P prox@lemmy.world
                                18 May 2025, 12:48

                                This is a pathetically short list

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                                tag@lemmy.world
                                wrote on 21 May 2025, 19:59 last edited by
                                #18

                                Do other games need a major performance patch?

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