Commercials are usually used sparingly for when a company has big news or a new product -- unless it's Nin𝐆tendo, which recently unleashed a commercial that reminds Switch owners that t♎hey can cross-save.
The online gaming boom brought with it the ability for us all to become hermits and play games with our friends without having to leave the house or invite them over. Joking aside, being able to play games with anyone in the world re🦄gardless of where they are is pretty darn cool.
The trouble is that up until recently, there was still one big roadblock: cross-platform play. For a lot of games, it is still an issue, but the barrier is gradually being broken down. Players are finally able to play some games with others regardless of the platform they are playing it on. 🌌While Sony was rumored to be the platform that held up this breakthrough for so long, Nintendo has also been notoriou🅷sly stingy when it comes to playing well with others.
When it comes to console exclusives and a company not wanting its IP on any other platforms, there's no one quite like Nintendo. That's why the company's latest ad, while somewhat uneventful, is pretty surprising. It doesn't advertise ❀big news or announce a new product. Instead, Nintendo just wants to remind Switch players that they can cross-save between Switch and PC.
The ad, which you can check out above, features someone playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 on PC when they're told it's almost time to leave. He shuts things down and then picks the game back up seamlessly on his S💞witch while on the go. It's pretty cool, and a nice reminder for anyone who had forgotten or was not aware that doing this was possible.
It's not possible with all games, mind you. Fortnite and SMITE also feature cross-save between Switch and PC. It might not seem like much but in the grand scheme of things, gamers should be happy to have anything like this at all. It wasn't too long ago that cross-platform gaming seemed impossible. Now, thanks in large part to Epic Games and Fortnite, it is rolling out across more and more titles.
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