>>528083974
>But cartridges are still a thing,
Only for Nintendo games and Cyberpunk. That's why Cyberpunk is the best selling Switch 2 game not named Mario Kart World.
>Nintendo didn't really fuck up, if Game Key cards didn't exist publishers would straight up just not put them there in the first place,
That's still a fuck up, because Nintendo has chosen to make a console that you can't make cheap game cards for. If you're making a console where at best most third party devs will be using glorified download codes instead of real cartridges you need to re-evaluate your approach.
>>528084106
The only third party game that can be said to be a real success on the Switch 2 is Cyberpunk, which has the game on the cartridge. This means that having the game on the cartridge is a benefit for getting more sales.