So not too dissimilar to the PSP, or to a lesser degree, the Vita. In a sense the Switch is also spiritual successor to the Sony handhelds, in more ways than one.
Assuming it's real, the fear of being banned is may be overblown somewhat.
The issue is because game cards are designed to be removable and usable between devices, any console bans and/or account bans from using this device would be infectious. This is one of the same reasons why Nintendo...
Oh hey, an eject button.
Interested to find out how the disk unit connects, plain old USB? If so then it could probably work on the original digital unit too, with an external shell.
Not surprising, I'm sure they would rather sell digital toys rather than physical.
There are already several competitors in the stylized digital toy game space already, Lego being the biggest; there's blatant copy Blankos Block Party which uses NFTs as it's hook and even Fall Guys which has been...
Considering Sega Hardlight has basically made the same game 3 times over, it's not surprising that they want someone who can make something else for a change
Could you imagine a self replicating worm that pollutes legit users with false install and error logs on the switch?
Potentially 10s of millions of users would risk false bans to the point Nintendo would probably have to stop banning even hacked consoles due to sheer volume of complaints
Well, Windows Phone used to exist and that had it's own Xbox branded app storefront and game launcher years before they abandoned it for Android.
Really the only noteworthy point is how many years have passed between then and now
The big bundle of pre-PS4 games sure would have been useful for the pre-PS4 consoles..
I doubt that the old machines will be able to access these old titles under this scheme though.
@Xdqwerty, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! is the Japanese version of the game, different settings/characters/songs but otherwise identical mechanics. I played that before I knew about Elite Beat Agents lol. Both fantastic games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osu!_Tatakae!_Ouendan