Eddage Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago What the fuck is going in with this virtual game card shit?! I've just turned on my Switch for the first time in a while and updated and it won't let me play any of my games without loading a virtual game card. It says "In order to load virtual game cards to this console, it will need to be paired with Eddage's console, shown below".... the console it shows is my nephew's??!! In my account settings it says "This console" in the 'Pass-enabled console" and this was my primary Switch before the update, so why do I need to link to my nephew's Switch??!!
S.C.G Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago (edited) Did you ever upgrade your Switch, and give the old Switch to you Nephew or something similar? Even so, if you transferred everything over to your new Switch, I still can't see a reason why this would be happening. Do you share a Nintendo Switch Online subcription? As part of a family plan? Aside from that, I have no idea, and I'd probably ask @Glen-i as he might know a bit about game-sharing. Edited 22 hours ago by S.C.G
Eddage Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago I have a family plan online subscription, but my nephew's Switch was a brand new one he got a few years ago. At one point I set it up as my primary so he could play Mario Kart without having to buy it but I changed it back to my console being the primary about 6 months ago. I know that worked because it no longer had to check if the software can be played when starting a game. I've gone into my Nintendo account and it says virtual game cards "can be loaded" next to my nephew's but mine says "not paired". I'm wondering if my nephew has loaded one onto his Switch which has locked it out of mine without pairing the consoles. But surely they would only let you load a virtual game card onto the primary Switch... right?!
Eddage Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago Okay, I unpaired his console through my account online and can now load them onto my Switch. So it obviously locked me out because he must've tried to play one my games downloaded to his Switch and loaded the virtual game card. This then meant my PRIMARY Swicth couldn't load a game without pairing localy. Why the fuck would it it let him load one of MY GAMES to his Switch and then lock the PRIMARY CONSOLE out from playing ALL games. Fucking Nintendo, that's why... 🙄
Nicktendo Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Nintendo have started passive-aggressively reminding me about my backlog via email. 7
Hero-of-Time Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 26 minutes ago, Nicktendo said: Nintendo have started passive-aggressively reminding me about my backlog via email. You should send one back saying you're saving your Switch 1 games for the Switch 2 launch because there's sod all else to play on the thing. 4
Glen-i Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 19 hours ago, Eddage said: Why the fuck would it it let him load one of MY GAMES to his Switch and then lock the PRIMARY CONSOLE out from playing ALL games. Out of curiosity. Is your account the only one on his Switch? I'm just wondering if he unwittingly "beat you to the punch" and loaded a game on your account before you downloaded the update on your Switch?
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