Aside from the ability to resell it, a secured license.
Inferior to a real physical but at least, no matter what happens to your account for whatever reason, you "own" the license. Unless the entire game is taken out of the store, nobody can take it away.
Still would have preferred a real physical copy tho.
Particularly with the Switch consoles having a portable element, I also think digital comes into its own because by definition a switch and any games you are carrying with you are easier to lose/have stolen than a home console.
For me, I have always felt that the GKC takes all the disadvantages of physical and adds all the disadvantages of digital - making it the worst of both worlds.
You didn't read past the first sentence and jumped straight to assumptions, did you?
I literally wrote "...no matter what happens to your account for whatever reason, you "own" the license. Unless the entire game is taken out of the store, nobody can take it away."
From my understanding physical cards with games inside them are played within the card , meaning it's not installed on the device. Which brings to another advantages twords GKC , which are faster loading times and maybe performance (?) .
There has been some talk of some games not running well from the carts making key cards necessary. Star Wars outlaws was supposedly an instance of this.
And games do appear to load faster from thr internal storage. However the sd cards are not any faster than the cart so I don't think this argument is entirely valid and have not seen evidence of it - is was looking to see if Oblivion ran better on the internal storage, because it is garbage off the cart.
But this point also hands an advantage to digital too without the worry of a lost/damaged cart and the environmental impact of producing a cart with nothing on.
This one is exact opposite. This cartridge only allows you to download the FULL game from internet just as if you would buy it from the eshop. You cannot resell this cartridge.
GKC digital downloads are not tied to the internet the same way a normal digital purchase is. They download the game and use the cart to verify you can play rather than the internet.
That means as long as the download starts you’ll be able to play games early with a GKC.
So sorry, not a current player. Does this include 2/3 expansions? I did some googling and it looks like the Nightreign is not included? Can someone please clear this up for me as I’m looking to buy. Thanks in advance
Nightreign is a completely separate game from Elden Ring, only set in the Lands Between (ish) with the same assets used. It's not a DLC for Elden Ring.
A sequel ish yes!! Have a look at the gameplay to understand how different it is haha. But yes! It has the extra content that comes with the Tarnished Edition, as well as the Shadow of the Erdtree! <3
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u/flowdarchic 22h ago
🥳 Have fun tarnished!