The only other possible, distant concern with buying a game digitally instead of physically is that, one day, Nintendo could theoretically decide to turn off the digital store on Switch. If your friends all pick up their own copy (and they should, if you all want to play together), this is less of an issue. The big drawback in forgoing physical is you won't be able to loan out your cartridge to a friend or resell the game when you're done with it.

Physical copies are great for collectors and the cases look nice, plus retailers can set competitive prices for physical copies, but if you just want to play a game, it's hard to go back from instant downloads. Are there downsides to buying Switch games digitally?īuying a game and having it delivered to you straight away is so convenient. If you eventually want to delete Animal Crossing and redownload it later, you can do that too.

Once you've entered the code, though, the game is added to your account and it'll download right away, assuming you have the storage space.

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