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Nintendo Announce Virtual Game Cards (Digital Game Sharing) (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This was way more confusing than it had to be.

TL;DR: You can lend your digital games to friends & family for 14 days, but both consoles need to connect locally to enable this...(?)

You can't play digital games you've lent out during this time. I guess the point is making it similar to giving your friend a physical game cartridge.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Interesting, does that mean there is just one primary account and to be part of a family group with it you essentially can't have your own account or purchases?

[โ€“] Kelly 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

For Google Play the requirements are:

  • the family manager is over 18 and has a payment method on file (they manage the family wallet).
  • the family members are in the family managers country, (and if under 13 the account is created by the manager).

I only have direct experience with managing a kid under 13, in that case I have created the account for him and never entered a payment method on his account. For any purchases he wants to make via the "family wallet" it needs my direct approval, which can be granted by using an app on my device or directly entering my password onto his. After either of us has made a purchase we have a "share with family library" toggle that can share the title with the other family member. Note that this only applies to direct title purchases from the store, if a feature is locked behind IAP it can't be shared. We have his accompanied locked so he needs my approval for any purchases (including free apps) but this is not required by the platform.

For child accounts the family manager can choose between requiring approval for each of the following on each child account:

  • All content
  • All purchases using the family payment method
  • Only in-app purchases
  • No approval required

I presume the for adult family members the family manager only has control of the Family Wallet but I don't have direct experience to confirm.