Nintendo will soon let you loan your digital games to your friends

Why it matters: Digital game purchases offer the convenience of instant gratification without leaving your couch, but they lack the portability of physical media. Nintendo wants to make it easier to play your digital library from any system with Virtual Game Cards. For the first time ever, Nintendo is hosting two Nintendo Direct events almost back-to-back. The first was today, featuring everything coming to the Switch (masthead). The second is set for April 2 – less than a week away. That one will focus solely on the upcoming Switch 2. Aside from several new games and just about as many remasters, today's Direct introduced an interesting new concept called "Virtual Game Cards." It's a more streamlined way to share digital games between devices. Virtual Game Cards make digital purchases work more like physical media. Users with a second Switch can quickly transfer purchased games back and forth after a one-time local verification handshake between devices. It is a universal feature, ... Read full article.