difference between physical and digital?
3 years ago
Czech Republic

what is the difference I just dont know and because I have physical version I would like to know.

Upper Austria, Austria

Digital Version has faster load times

Italy

I would actually like to know how much time does it saves compared to Physical, but I know that v1.3.0 Digital saves around 10 seconds compared to v1.0.0 Physical. Hope that answered your question.

Edited by the author 3 years ago
Minnesota, USA

1.3 loads are like 50 seconds faster than 1.0 loads. Also Digital saves around 11 seconds over the course of an entire any% speedrun.

Massachusetts, USA

Basically, get digital. It's free time save (if you haven't already bought a physical copy)

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i'm pretty sure if you update smo on a physical copy to 1.3, it's the same, so as long as the physical is updated to 1.3, there is no difference

Ireland

No, there is a difference between 1.3 physical and 1.3 digital.

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Massachusetts, USA

Actually I think 1.3 digital has slightly faster load times than 1.3 physical

Virginia, USA

yeah dig saves ~11 iirc. Make sure your game is on your actual switch itself rather than your micro sd card. I made that mistake and it essentially negates the time save you would have had otherwise from digital. I'd say unless your rolling in the dough, don't buy digital until you got a 1:03 1:04 ish.

Edited by the author 3 years ago
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Massachusetts, USA

In essence, get digital and have it downloaded on the switch if you haven't already bought a physical copy.

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Tennessee, USA

Or if you want, go ahead and sell your physical copy on eBay or Facebook (don't do gamestop, they will give you like 15 bucks, whereas Facebook or eBay will get you around $45-$50)

Edit: so I just checked and gamestop will give you 20 bucks cash or 30 bucks store credit. I would still recommend eBay or Facebook though

Edited by the author 3 years ago

K, thankfully I already have digital on my switch's hard drive :)

California, USA

1.3 digital loads isn’t super important especially if you’re just starting. It only saves around 11-13 seconds to 1.3 physical and you can get very far into the game without digital, so if you have physical you’re fine until you get to around the mid 1:01 place

Minnesota, USA

Rundown: 1.3 physical loads are around 50 seconds faster than 1.0 physical loads, and vise versa with digital. 1.3 digital loads save 11.2 seconds iirc over 1.3 physical loads over the course of an any% speedrun. I wouldn't suggest getting digital if it is hard for you to get it until like, almost sub hour level. Me and multiple others are in the 1:01 range and still don't have digital. It is not required in anyway, shape, or form to run the game at a high level.

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Massachusetts, USA

So anyways congrats if you already have digital :)