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Why is Microsoft selling physical media games for Series S?
Why Microsoft is selling physical media games for Series S
They're not. If you look more closely at the box art, you'll notice that these games are for Series X. There is no mention of "Series S&...
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Does the Nintendo Switch Online Family Group allow sharing of eShop games between accounts on different devices?
Edit: A Family Group is not required for this; you only need to add your account to the other switch.
From Nintendo's website:
Non-Primary Console:
A Nintendo Account can be linked to ...
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How do sites like CDKeys get their keys?
I believe "CDKeys (and other key sites)" is too broad to cover in an answer, so to narrow the scope a bit, let's focus specifically on gray-market key resellers—companies that sell game keys ...
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What is a PS4 bundle from 3rd party?
So, my question is. IS IT POSSIBLE?
Yes, it is.
Since you'll be getting an ID and a password, you'd be buying a PSN account (also known as PSN ID).
The guy most likely bought those games for his ...
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Is Steam obligated to provide downloads of games for life (of the Steam account holder)?
No.
From the subscriber agreement:
Steam and your Subscription(s) require the download and installation of Content and Services onto your computer. Valve hereby grants, and you accept, a non-...
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Where to see owned Nintendo eShop games in browser
This is probably cheating, but it's the only solution I found.
Reading the transaction history page on Nintendo Support site it's stated:
A receipt for each transaction in the Nintendo Switch eShop ...
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Will saves in the cloud from a physical edition of a game work with the digital version?
According to this answer in the Microsoft Community, your saves will still work, as long as you're signed in to the same account that uploaded the saves to the cloud.
Based on prior experience with ...
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Can a Nintendo Account's games be shared across multiple Switches in a household?
Suppose that you buy a game digitally such as Overcooked, for example.
In your primary console, as long as you have downloaded the game, anyone that is logged in can play Overcooked.
In your non-...
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Is Steam obligated to provide downloads of games for life (of the Steam account holder)?
No, Steam is not obligated to provide game downloads forever. In fact, there are a few known cases of Steam games being removed from users' libraries or features being removed in an update.
Removed ...
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Is Delete & Redownload The Only Way to Convert PS4 Games to Digital?
You have to delete and redownload
First off, realize that the icon on the home page is just a shortcut, and it points to the start file on your game disk. There is nothing you can do to tell the PS4 ...
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Does the Nintendo Switch Online Family Group allow sharing of eShop games between accounts on different devices?
The same game. The game will only pause for your friend if you begin to play the same game.
This is not true. You cannot play games at the "same time"
Basically the secondary console will have to go ...
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Why PS5 is showing a game as "In Library" and also an option to purchase?
The games included with the PlayStation Plus Extra subscription are not permanently yours to own. You can continue to play them as long as you are still subscribed to PS Plus Extra (or Premium), and ...
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Why PS5 is showing a game as "In Library" and also an option to purchase?
It happens the same with God of War, I own a digital copy and the store lets me buy another version for €19.99:
My speculation is that you own the base game version, but the store has also one ...
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How do sites like CDKeys get their keys?
The usual correct way to get keys is for Developers to generate them off Steam or their platform of choice. These are then sold to other stores in bulk or in exchange for a commission (usually a ...
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Dragon Age Origins: The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC is the only one that doesn’t show up
I don't know the reason behind it, but it might have something to do with the game launcher getting changed:
Eventually I found out that the EA app that replaced Origin was the root of the problem. ...
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Can a secondary Switch profile access their save data from a game purchased by the main account if they buy the game for themselves?
This answer is by no means complete, but here's some testing from my own experience.
Setup:
I have a switch that I share with my housemates. It's registered as my "primary switch"
My ...
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Difference in purchasing physical or digital download game for Xbox One
Trying to write this in an even, non-opinion based way:
DRM
With a physical purchase the discs provide the core DRM mechanism - you can't play the game without having the disc in the console - this ...
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Can I see which Games With Gold games for Xbox One I've acquired, without an Xbox One?
From that download link you have in your question, on the top right of the page you will see "My Xbox." Click it, and select "My Games." This will show you all the games you own for both Xbox One, ...
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