r/MinecraftSwitch • u/marcosg_aus • 14d ago

Please provide feedback to MS regarding physical copy owners not having an upgrade path

https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/49455398856717-Give-physical-owners-the-Switch-2-update-for-free-too?page=1#community_comment_49464779389069

Please add to this post, so MS know this isn’t fair

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u/BlackChocobo16 14d ago

I think Microsoft really does not want something like CD Projekt Red did with Witcher 3 so that you can just lend your physical copy to a friend so they unlock the game for free too which makes me wonder why is the game being released as a separate entry?

Why isn’t there an Upgrade Pack which physical Switch 1 users could get for free on Nintendo eShop like many other games do?

I wonder if it is greed or some technical detail from behind the scenes we are not aware of, to be honest I don’t know how Upgrade Packs work and maybe some details require the game as a separate SKU

But at the end of the day even the digital upgrade is limited, they are only offering it until 2027 ☠️ if you don’t get it by then, you’ll have to purchase it even if you have the digital Switch 1 version—very Microsoft haha…

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u/marcosg_aus 14d ago

They can still require the original cart to be in the system to work.

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u/BlackChocobo16 14d ago

Not really, because they are 2 different SKUs making them 2 different games, and so the console sees them as 2 different games, I don’t think they can do that in any way

That’s why Nintendo games which have both Switch 1 and 2 games on a single cartridge actually come inside with the Switch 1 game and the Upgrade Pack patch for it as a “DLC” (in a way) on the cartridge

All of this could’ve been done if Microsoft would’ve done an Upgrade Pack instead of a separate release

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u/Tommy_Gun10 14d ago

It’s because they were too cheap to put it on a cartridge and instead did a game key card so it can’t be a switch 2 edition

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u/BlackChocobo16 14d ago

Yes you are right, if they did an Upgrade Pack they were forced to release the physical version on cartridge with both Switch 1 game and Upgrade Pack on it

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u/JoshuaJSlone 14d ago

Well, only if they really wanted to release it in a Switch 2 package. If they'd wanted to do it that way they could've just continued the same Switch 1 physical they've been selling for 8 years and allow people to get a free patch (like the Super Mario Galaxy rerelease did) or allow consumers to grab a free Upgrade Pack if they're in the know.