I use the past-tense here because recently I had a worrying revelation that makes me fear for the future of video gaming, and our ability to preserve our hobby's history. How can such blinkered Luddites possibly justify such backwards behavior? Having Nintendo purchases tied to hardware is one good reason to avoid fully embracing the digital route, even if it means you miss out in terms of sheer convenience In the past, when I've seen discussions on this very site regarding the hot topic of physical versus digital, I've almost always sided with the latter why would any sane person possibly choose physical games – which come with the added annoyance of easily-misplaced carts and the need to hot-swap games constantly – when a far more elegant digital solution exists? My dismissal of boxed retail titles has, in the past, gotten to the point of openly mocking those whose desire to have a physical box on their shelves overrides rational though. That story has continued with Switch I own a handful of Game Cards – most purchased at launch – but the overwhelming majority of my purchases have been digital, and I made sure early on that I acquired a roomy 200GB MicroSD card for all those lovely downloads. The future had arrived, and I felt like I had cast off the yoke of physical games. I stopped buying physical cartridges for the system altogether, instead prioritising the far more convenient world of digital downloads. When leaving the house, I didn't need to make sure I had the right selection of games at my side – my 3DS collection was with me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Why was this remarkable, you may ponder? Well, for the first time ever, I had a handheld system which allowed me to carry around my entire software library without having to also carry around a bag full of small, easy-to-lose cartridges. At this precise moment in time my 3DS has a 64GB MicroSD card inserted which is almost entirely full. The big driver of this change was the rise of digital downloads on the 3DS eShop, combined with the fact that the publishers who supplied Nintendo Life with review code fully embraced the ease of digital distribution as a result, my 3DS quickly filled up with a horde of downloads not just for eShop exclusives, but for retail titles, too.
In today's article, editorial director Damien admits he may have been wrong about gaming's all-digital future.ĭuring the 3DS era, something remarkable happened – I was liberated from physical gaming media for the first time. Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site.
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