Nintendo Has Become The ONLY Major Console Manufacturer To Provide No Free Method Of Back-Up Saves

Authored by resetera.com and submitted by Mr_Pennybags

As a primarily PC gamer, the idea of cloud save services being packed behind a paywall is ludicrous to me. To have no natural way to back up saves on top of that just seems dumb to me. And I admit seeing some people defend it seems bizarre to me.

Nintendo having no solutions currently to back up your saves for Switch owners, and present it behind a paywall when it does appear is, frankly, anti-consumer as hell. Sony does it too, but at the very least there's a way to physically store your saves. Nintendo providing no method outside of paying them is frankly Nintendo's sometimes backwards systems they've had in the past rearing it's head again in an ugly way. Sure Nintendo doesn't HAVE to do anything here, but they are far behind their competition in this area, and frankly it's a pretty crucial area as saves are essentially a person's time and experience with a game. If they lose it, it's something they can't get back without the ability to back their saves.

I hope there's outcry and Nintendo listens instead of people defending this.

stipo42 on May 8th, 2018 at 15:15 UTC »

Nintendo next year after poor subscription rates: "hmm, looks like we were right! No one is really interested in online gaming or cloud saves, guess we don't have to prioritize that in the future!"

Maverick814 on May 8th, 2018 at 13:32 UTC »

It is a problem when save management was better on the PS1 in the late 90's than it is on the Switch. They care more about keeping the console tight instead of consumer convenience, which is a shame

crimsonfall on May 8th, 2018 at 13:29 UTC »

Wii - Let you backup locally

WiiU - Let you backup locally

3DS - Let you backup locally

PS3 - Let you backup locally in addition to paid cloud saves

PS4 - Let you backup locally in addition to paid cloud saves

PSP - Let you backup locally

Vita - Let you backup locally in addition to paid cloud saves

Xbox - Let you backup locally

Xbox 360 - Let you backup locally in addition to paid cloud saves

Xbox One - Let you backup locally in addition to FREE cloud saves

Steam/GOG/Origin: Let you back up locally in addition to FREE cloud saves.

I honestly just find this appalling and unacceptable. I'm not going to be purchasing Switch online until Nintendo offers a free way for local backup of saves.