[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Nintendo Switch is celebrating sales record after sales record. The first month of the consoles lifespan went rather smoothly, some joy-con issues, and other minor reports that are typical for a launch of new hardware. However, one thing many fans of the console complain about is how the save games are currently stored and handled.
The saves games are connected to your Nintendo Switch console,“On Nintendo Switch, game save data is stored on the console’s System Memory,” is what Nintendo states on it’s own website. Save games can not be transferred to a memory card, or your computer, in fact there is no way for you to access your own save games at this time. In most cases this works fine for many users. However, if you put 100+ hours into Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and your switch breaks down, you spill water on it, or any other reason your console stops working, you are at risk to also lose your save game. Other consoles like the Playstation 4 and Xbox One offer cloud saves, this means that no matter what happens to your console, your save games will be securely put away on Sonys or Microsoft servers, attached to your ID you signed up with.
On the Nintendo Switch, your only hope is to send the console in for repair and have Nintendo transfer over the save files, but this does not work in every case. A recent report emerged where a Switch owner had sent in a broken console for a repair, but Nintendo was unable to get the save games recovered. This meant that the player had lost all the save games on the console as he claimed on twitter below.
.@NintendoAmerica sent back ny Switch. With this letter explaining, yes, we wiped all your Zelda data. No apology. No TV output on set up. pic.twitter.com/cK3cCRMa5l
— Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello) March 29, 2017
However, there might be a light at the end of the tunnel. Nintendos full and paid Online Services will start in Fall 2017, it is possible that cloud saves will be part of this service.
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