Virtual gamecards are just DRM

[UsernamesAreWeird]

So you either accept your fate and use virtual gamecards or you WILL need to connect to the internet

 

[xkrazykidx]

Isn't it all just DRM at this point?

 

[SecureBoot]

I don't see how this is any more DRM than already exists. Fwiw, it is actually a more lenient licensing agreement than what we had before

 

[SylverReZ]

It's not even DRM if you have it installed on your console, and DRM is irrelevant to the point of virtual gamecards if you ever watched the Direct in full.

You can transfer your games with over 9 consoles, maybe someone in your household wants to play with you, but they don't want to go through the effort of buying it. The downside is that you must have an internet connection to transfer games with each console. Still, this sounds quite awesome.

 

[jceggbert5]

The big benefit to this is that you can "mount" games to a secondary console for offline play. I'm excited about that. Hopefully, if one is sleeping, I can wake it and rip the virtual cart out of it from my other one though.

 

[ihaveahax]

An Internet connection is required to "load and eject" Virtual Game Cards. You also have to link to the other consoles through local wireless at least once before you can lend game cards. But an Internet connection is not required to launch games after all this.

 

[jceggbert5]

My only real problem with it is that I can't lend to family members without them being in the same room with me. I have friends away at college that I'd love to be able to lend games to, and my wife plays with her siblings a couple major cities over. I wish we could all loan games around.

 

[handy333]

I wish it was like just handing them the disc just with digital copies. Why can't it just be that?

 

[SecureBoot]

My only real problem with it is that I can't lend to family members without them being in the same room with me. I have friends away at college that I'd love to be able to lend games to, and my wife plays with her siblings a couple major cities over. I wish we could all loan games around.

I thought this was how it worked? It sounds like you need a one time local connection, then you can lend out over the internet. Am I misunderstanding?

 

[MeowthBlep]

i dont care
my little brother can play mario odyssey now

 

[UsernamesAreWeird]

My question is

Will this affect backup loading?

 

[djnate27]

Which means whatever firmware we are currently on will probably be the last we can use. Good thing there aren't too many decent games left.

 

[ihaveahax]

My question is

Will this affect backup loading?

It's unlikely it would affect piracy since that already requires patching out signature and license checks.

 

[UsernamesAreWeird]

It's unlikely it would affect piracy since that already requires patching out signature and license checks.

Alright thanks

That is all I wanted to know

 

[jceggbert5]

I thought this was how it worked? It sounds like you need a one time local connection, then you can lend out over the internet. Am I misunderstanding?

based on the video, for sharing between two consoles owned by the same person, only a one-time local link is required, but sharing with family members is always a local link

 

[OilFreak]

ONLY when loading or ejecting

 

[SylverReZ]

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Somebody else already said that.

An Internet connection is required to "load and eject" Virtual Game Cards.

 

[OilFreak]

Somebody else already said that.

Right, sue me for not combing through this thread in fine detail. I'll go take the walk of shame now for not treating GBATemp like the sacred forum it is.
Get fucking real

 

[Lenny64]

New games updates now require the virtual game card to be loaded for the game to start. This is coded on the update and even fail validation on firmware 19.x, requiring internet. (figured out on the hundred line, as version 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 both have the issue). As it requires internet to load, there is no way to play offline with the updates installed, and future games might also require internet check as well for base game...

 

[ihaveahax]

New games updates now require the virtual game card to be loaded for the game to start. This is coded on the update and even fail validation on firmware 19.x, requiring internet. (figured out on the hundred line, as version 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 both have the issue). As it requires internet to load, there is no way to play offline with the updates installed, and future games might also require internet check as well for base game...

There's nothing new here, downloading games and updates always required the latest system version. Loading a Virtual Game Card only requires internet when loading it, which you already have for sure when you just downloaded the game. Then the game can be played offline.