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8/3/2025, 6:12:43 PM
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Gamekey cards can be sold/traded. The next person who inserts it into their Switch 2 can download the game without any extra steps. The problem is they don't contain the game's data, so without internet that cartridge is worthless. Or if Nintendo themselves end of service their eShop like the Wii U/3DS. Game Keycards exist because the cost of the new cartridges are expensive (MicroSD Express, a 1TB card can cost 400 dollars).
The hardware manufacturers behind the MicroSD Express cards only offer 64GB as the lowest they can go, we aren't making 20GB hard drives anymore because there's no point. I hope keycards are a stopgap measure for the Switch 2's first few months, because this needs to be phased out by January 2026.
Gamekey cards can be sold/traded. The next person who inserts it into their Switch 2 can download the game without any extra steps. The problem is they don't contain the game's data, so without internet that cartridge is worthless. Or if Nintendo themselves end of service their eShop like the Wii U/3DS. Game Keycards exist because the cost of the new cartridges are expensive (MicroSD Express, a 1TB card can cost 400 dollars).
The hardware manufacturers behind the MicroSD Express cards only offer 64GB as the lowest they can go, we aren't making 20GB hard drives anymore because there's no point. I hope keycards are a stopgap measure for the Switch 2's first few months, because this needs to be phased out by January 2026.
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