Making a physical switch cart from a digital download
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With the shift of consoles (Specifically nintendo switch) from physical copies of games to digital downloads,I have become increasingly concerned that at the whim of a publisher I may no longer be able to play a game for which I have paid. Is there a legal way for me to back up a digital download game onto a micro SD card mounted in a Switch game cartridge and play it as if a physical copy? I have no objections to purchasing a digital only game so long as I am able to make a backup copy of my property for archive purposes. From the youtube disassembly videos I have seen it seems like the only thing in the Switch game cartridge is a memory chip.
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@ras_oscar
I haven't done it yet,but I think you can insert an sd card into your switch console and transfer games to it. After that you could backup the files on it to a PC. If they decide to pull that game from the digital store and remove it from your library, you could restore the files to the SD card, disable the wifi, insert the card and play. -
Ok, I'll take one of my digital download games ( perhaps a free demo) and see if it works.
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@ras_oscar
One more thing to note. While this may be a method to back up a game for your console, it won't work on any other switch console as the files are digitally signed. If you want to create a more universal type of backup you will need to look into homebrew.
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