Nintendo just introduced a way to loan out digital games to friends and family<p>Today’s Nintendo Direct <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
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provided a surprising bit[/url] of software news. The company just announced something called Virtual Game Card, which is a way to make playing and sharing downloaded titles more convenient.</p>
<p>As the name suggests, this system creates a digital simulacrum of a physical game card. This means that multi-Switch households will easily be able to start a game on one console and transfer to another without any real hassle. Nintendo says they want to make digital games as easy to use as physical game cards.</p>
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<p>Sure, starting something on a regular Switch before moving over to the OLED model is a nice feature, but that's not the only hook. Nintendo, a company that <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
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famously loves money[/url], is going to let us lend out digital games. This is pretty darned cool.</p>
<p>There are some caveats. You can only loan games to up to eight people on the same Nintendo Family Account, so it’s really for families and tight-knit groups of friends. Also, the systems have to be able to connect locally via the same wireless network. So you can’t loan out a game to someone on the other side of the country.</p>
<p>You can only lend one game out at a time and it lasts for two weeks. This functionality will be available at the end of April. Don’t worry. It’s also <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2-everything-we-know-about-specs-pricing-games-and-more-172120466.html">coming to Switch 2[/url].</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Nintendo just introduced a way to loan out digital games to friends and family
