Nintendo Switch owners with the console’s latest system update have noted that it is no longer possible to play the same digital game online across two systems simultaneously.

Previously, a Switch designated as a primary console could load up a digital game and play online alongside the owner of that game logged in via a second Switch.

TLDR: You could share bread as long as they are in the same store, now you have to either lend your bread priviledges to a friend or make them buy it for themselves.

actually forget this tldr, no one will understand it, not even myself, I don’t own a switch.

  • Tamlyn@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    I thought that as well, otherwise the whole world could just use one account to play. Where was the limit?

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      3 days ago

      You can only set one Switch as primary account.

      you can play with your own account in your own switch, while your friend plays in his Switch that is set as your account’s primary. Previously both can play the same game at the same time (I did a while ago to play MH rise with my friend, using one game and one NSO subscription). Seems this is no longer possible after the new update

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        3 days ago

        Did you both play online, i guess MH Rise only works online. If that was possible i’m surprised. On ps4/5 it’s for sure not possible, but i never tried it on the switch.

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          3 days ago

          Yes, we did play online on the same party. In contrast, we can’t play local network party together so need to be Online

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      3 days ago

      Well, families on NSO have a limit of 8 users. So I thought 1 could play online, and 7 offline at most.