Nintendo plans to further detail its new console at an event in Tokyo on Thursday, followed by a press event in New York on Friday. That may sound like an argument against the Switch moving toward a download-only future, but this console could also be an opportunity for Nintendo to clear the deck of its mistakes and start with a new, responsible approach to online interactions and digital rights management. Just playing with friends can be a challenge on a Nintendo console, though that seems to be slowly improving with each new system.
While the company pushes hard on increasing download sales, it is also hampered by a lineage of poorly conceived approaches to online gaming and digital rights management.ĭownloaded games are still tied to the physical hardware on which you purchased them - something that other companies, like Valve with Steam, have moved past with resounding success. It’s clear why Nintendo hasn’t done this yet. If anything, it’s a little surprising that games won’t get there first. That’s where music, television and movies are all headed. It’s also a company that seems to increasingly struggle with the process of delivering acceptable levels of physically manufactured goods.Īnd it stands to reason that one day, gaming consoles won’t be systems that use physical media.
Nintendo has been methodically expanding sales of digital games since 2012, slowly adjusting player expectations as it increases capabilities to support those sales. Could the Switch, Nintendo’s upcoming gaming console, be the company’s next big step toward a downloadable-games-only future?
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