Topic: Nintendo Switch 2

@skywake
I realized that with 3DS and Wii U and then Switch.

Every time, the systems eventually get hacked, games get dumped and they'll be on the internet forever. Of course, I dump my own purchased games and store them on an external SSD or USB-C thumb drive. I have all my Switch games dumped- around 3TB worth, as .nsp files along with their updates and DLC, safety tucked away on an NVMe SSD turned into a USB-drive via an external housing. I never have to worry- I have those games forever. Even if I lost them I could redownload from the eShop, but even then I probably wouldn't need to because they're already downloaded on a micro SD card, from which I can re-dump anytime I want. And because I have a chipped OLED and Lite OLED, even if a system catastrophically failed and the eShop stopped allowing redownloads of purchased games (which I doubt will ever happen but let's assume it did) and I lost all my dumped .nsp file games and the internet somehow got censored to prevent downloads of those games... I'd still have another Switch with my games on it, from which I could re-dump all over again for backup, and then install on any Switch I want after paying someone to chip it.

Like, it's more reassuring to me like that than I ever felt with physical, because 95% of physical games rely on day one patches, updates, fixes, DLC, expansions, etc anyways.

Not knocking anyone who prefers physical. I totally respect it and understand the appeal. Just speaking for myself and how my perspective changed over time. By the time we're playing Switch 3 sometime well into the next generation, they'll have eventually hacked the Switch 2 and all my games will be able to be backed up just like with Switch 1. Maybe it doesn't happen til Switch 4 is out, but it will happen long before any eShop ever stops allowing downloads.