Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview (en-americas-support.nintendo.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Game-key cards are different from regular game cards, because they don’t contain the full game data. Instead, the game-key card is your "key" to downloading the full game to your system via the internet.

Pay a premium for a physical copy of your game, and the cartridge may not contain the actual game. Only on Nintendo Switch 2.

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[-] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 weeks ago

Question. Did you open OPs link? Because all you're doing is buying a license on cartridge. You have to download the game and you need to insert the cartridge to play the game. Nintendo managed to figure out a way to add all the inconveniences of physical media to digital only games.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, and did you read wha ti said?... I agree with what you just said. The positive of physical card is that you can lend them. I still think it's a horrible product, and I'm afraid this will be the end of physical games.