"We're Working With Nintendo To Get This Fixed" - Stray's Free Switch 2 Upgrade Is Missing

If it gets a physical Switch 2 release, I'll snag it.

ETA: I'm not a digital-shunning purist, I just don't have the funds for a Micro ExpresSD card lol

So if you own the original physical on Switch 1 you can't upgrade then? (since it seems to not be an upgrade at all but a separate version) ?

I'm not buying it then. Not on Switch 2 at least, unless it gets a proper physical release on there. Otherwise I can get this on PC for cheaper and it'll look and run even better. On console I would at least love to own this physically in a version that's not poop like the Switch 1 version is.

Bethesda was able to provide the Switch 2 version of Skyrim for free to even those of us who own a physical Switch 1 copy of the game. It downloaded as a separate version of the game, just like the Switch 2 Stray apparently does, but your save files were transferred from the old version of Skyrim to the new one. So if Annapurna would really want to provide the owners of the S1 physical version of Stray with a free S2 version, they could do it.

I saw the Switch 2 release yesterday and was irritated when I noted that there was no upgrade path, free or paid (small fee), just a launch discount.

I'm glad to see that this was an error, and I'll be taking my free upgrade, my thanks go to the devs/publishers.

@Polvasti I haven't even put my Skyrim S1 cartridge in my switch2, yet. So you're saying when I do it's going to just give me a digital copy of Skyrim S2 on my switch2 and I don't need that cart in my switch2 , afterwards? If so that's going to be awesome!

You taking notes, Square-Enix?

@hcfwesker Yes, that's how it works, but the Switch 2 version is free only if you also have the Anniversary Edition DLC. If you do have it, then you'll get the Switch 2 version free as a separate digital game (with your save files transferred to it), and you're free to whatever you want with the Switch 1 card, you won't need it anymore.

The steps to get the Switch 2 version with the Switch 1 card are a bit complicated (probably because Bethesda didn't want people to abuse this offer by lending the physical card and the Anniversary Edition virtual card to a friend so they can get the S2 Skyrim without paying anything), but it's explained on Bethesda's help page:
https://help.bethesda.net/#en/answer/73342

@RupeeClock What on earth are you talking about? Why can't we call this a switch 2 edition launch? That's literally exactly what it is.

I think Yoshi eat this game upgrade and pop egg to somewhere hidden unknown place 😂😂😂😂😂😂 maybe somewhere in Masterpiece Book (Mysterious Book) 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I literally started playing this on switch yesterday

IIRC Hogwarts Legacy is the only other physical Switch 1 game allowing you to upgrade to Switch 2. There is an option to download a free DLC that gives you a permanent 80% discount for the Switch 2 version.

@PKDuckman That's not true. As already mentioned in this discussion, the owners Skyrim's Switch 1 physical can upgrade to the Switch 2 version, and the same applies to the S1 physical versions of No Man's Sky and Hollow Knight, as well as several first-party physical games like Link's Awakening, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Echoes of Wisdom, etc.

@PKDuckman If you mean 3rd party, then possibly. Otherwise, definitely not. I've upgraded Animal Crossing, BotW, and TotK to Switch 2 editions, despite having their physical editions.

Another victim here clutching a still-unplayed physical copy and wondering about my life choices...

Mouse controls for a game starring a cat. I can't be the only person who finds that phrase a little funny. That aside, I want to play this one at some point.

@RupeeClock What are you talking about? The title has come to Switch 2 so therefor a Switch 2 launch for it. It's also got the upgrade for pre-existing owners on Switch 1.

Yes, I received the physical as a gift from my sister, and I was looking forward to the switch to upgrade, and I was really mad yesterday to find out that they were asking me to pay for the game again, and I don't believe them when they say that it was a mistake, I think they are backpedaling because I wrote them an email immediately yesterday and they have not responded. The angry customers and backlash should make them change their mind and they better do the same with physical as well, if they're worried about cheaters and such, all they need to do is make the physical free upgrade available for just one month, that's what other publishers have done and that works just fine while also closing the loophole of sharing a game cart around to cheat the system.

@Polvasti And I'm expecting them to do it, if they don't do it then that is a an extremely shoddy and anti-consumer move by them.

My girlfriend has my physical copy so I just bought it digital. $18 ain’t bad lol

Didn’t know there was supposed to be to be a free upgrade and got the S2 version yesterday 🤦🏼‍♂️…. Wonder if we’ll get refunds for their error….

Nice! Big thanks to the developers, it really makes big publishers like Square and Sega look greedy when they dont give us even paid upgrade packs for their games and indies do.