Thread 715935428

Did you guys buy any of the key cards? I have Raidou

Most of the key card games are third party so I'm not interested. I'd rather wait for them on pc.

>>715935428 (OP)
apparently no one is getting these.
SXS generations,sold so so bad to the point SEGA had to confirm a real physical edition for the new Sonic Racing lol. (2026 tho, it was clearly not in their plans)

Jesus, why are all devs so turbo jewish? I understand some indie dev not wanting to pay the extra shekel or two for a physical card, but fucking EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, etc?

>>715935428 (OP)
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S

>>715935560
and believe it or not, Sonic Racing will be the first Sega game to offer a switch 2 upgrade pass for switch 1 owners, none of the sega games in OP offer that

as I said in other thread so far it's only nintendo throwing the towel on physical in 10th gen, I hope you tendies don't purchase GKC slop to send a message
the issue is that GKC sells are considered as physical (not sure if this is correct), so by not purchasing them it's also tanking total physical sells if they don't differentiate between full carts and GKC
hope redditors still have some dignity left and will just avoid them so that nintendo thinks of a workaround with third party publishers to get their games on carts because otherwise they will just go full digital instead which is even worse obviously

>>715935658
Because the jews made it illegal to not make line go up for shareholders every quarter.

>>715935428 (OP)
>I have Raidou

I got Bravely Default but digitally, not with the key card.

>>715935428 (OP)
>Did you guys buy any of the key cards?
No. Wouldn't buy them even if $10, I buy physical, nothing less. On that note; keycards haven't been selling like thurd party wanted and even Nintendo acknowledged they are an issue.

>>715935658
It's on Nintendo
Blame them

It will earnestly hit their own Japanese niche developers the most

>>715935428 (OP)
I've bought digital in the past, but I think this is it for me.
If I buy a game, it needs to be 100% physical going forward.

>>715935428 (OP)
Reminder that Raidou on switch 1 is physical.

idk why nintendo fans are surprised.
nintendo started joining in on every shitty practice they previously abhorred, so of course they'd start phasing out physical games too.

>as a mentally ill faggot that hoards plastic, this is really bumming me out
who cares

twitter screencap thread, fuck off

>>715936267
>keycards haven't been selling like thurd party wanted
probably because it's mostly years-old games that people have already played on other platforms

>>715938836
>probably because it's mostly years-old games that people have already played on other platforms
Cyberpunk is the better selling one. Let that sink in, it's complete fault on keycards as a concept

I might pick some up if they end up in the bargain bin.
Otherwise I'll only collect 1st party physical games because they are guaranteed to hold their value forever

>>715935428 (OP)
funny how runefactory is 100% forgotten

>>715935428 (OP)
If you don't like card keys then don't buy card keys, support devs who splurge for the full game on cartdridge, in time those using card keys will notice the lowered sales and stop using them.

>>715935428 (OP)
I bought bravely default but then returned it when I found out it's censored and the JP version isn't, so now I don't own any since I got the JP digital

>>715935428 (OP)
GKCs are based because it killed any incentive to buy a switch 2

>>715935723
>the issue is that GKC sells are considered as physical
I've only heard of a publisher count them as digital sales not physical

>>715935658
From the publisher's point of view, they're getting a raw deal. Blu-rays cost pennies per unit, whereas Switch carts are at minimum $5-10 per cart. They're already sharing their slice of the pie with the retailer, so it makes the whole idea infeasible. It's nobody specific's fault - every party involved has to make money, and Nintendo can't make flash memory cheaper, so this dogshit solution was their answer.

>>715935428 (OP)
hhaahahaaha

fuck the Shitch 2

>>715940283
they could have designed their shit Shitch 2 in a way that it also takes 8 GB and 4 GB carts.
It's shitty design, and Nintendo is to blame.

Shitch 1
>tons of indies on physical cart

Shitch 2:
>Nintendo: let's only have 64 GB carts and charge $15 for them to fuck indies

>>715940912
Shut the fuck up, Eric. There were tons of indies on 4GB carts that forced you to download shit on the Switch 1, which is just as bad as Game Key Cards. The problem has existed for a decade at least, and it's not even exclusive to Nintendo. Jewish ass publishers would use single-sided Blu-rays on games larger than 25GB for the PS4 and Xbone too.

>>715941059
nope
https://www.doesitplay.org/
such carts were very very rare

>>715941059
>tons of indies on 4GB carts that forced you to download shit
list 10

>>715941119
>>715941180
https://www.doesitplay.org/list?platform=Switch&downloadRequired=Yes&page=1
35 cases from your own source of chunks of a game or entire games requiring downloads. 10 more have the main game available but the advertised expansions. That's just under 10% of the library they have entries for on their site.

>>715935658
You keep blaming the successful game players and not the game and its shitty rules. Unregulated capitalism will always produce predatory practices and leeches funneling wealth at the top. Kill every last Jew and a new class of land owning bankers will rise to take their place.

>>715941551
>35
>wow
>wow
"tons of indies"
>borderlands is made by an indie
>resident evil is made by an indie
>GTA is made by an indie
>Batman Arkham is made by an indie
stop lying, Steamie

>>715935428 (OP)
The slower load times make sure that I'll never buy a physical game for Switch 2.

>>715940283
Gee whillikers! Are you telling multibillion dollar corporations have to pay a whole 5 US DOLLARS for a cart! With physical carts now being the low, low, price of $80, these corporations can't even turn a profit now. Someone needs to start a Go Fund Me for Capcom so they'll finally have the capital to put SF6 on a cart. I remember when Snoy made the UMD, I was so afraid of the cost of that weird format. I bet it corporations had to pay $3!!! Insane shit.

>>715937112
Nintendo could've just not included this option, leading turbo jew devs to decide whether they want to port to the fastest selling console of all time.

My only Switch 2 game is DK

>>715942114
But they for sure put the whole game on disc for Pissstation 5, because the discs are like 5 cents
oh wait

>>715935428 (OP)
I buy digital because I'm not autistic

I wanted to buy switch 2 as my first nintendo console but nintendo done and did the always online, download only + random console bans shit, so I don't have to
thank you nintendo

>>715942185
Wokey kong

>>715942313
>because I'm retarded and don't want to own anything

>>715942313
I'm trans btw

>>715935428 (OP)
No. I refuse to buy games that aren't on the cart and is still full price. Maybe if they cut the price down some since the keycards is bullshit then sure. On that note this generation seems pretty easy going for me since my Switch 2 collection is going to be fairly small.

>>715935428 (OP)
They will kill off physical media and there's fucking nothing we can do about it.

>>715936267
>I buy physical, nothing less
>talking about the digital codes

>>715942114
That adds up when you have to produce hundreds of thousands of copies, not to mention you also have to pay the distributor. Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon all need their cut.
Then it's not like they are going to be $80 forever. Sales will reach a point where it barely makes sense to produce copies for $10-15 games.
It's more complicated then just greed. The capital that games make is used to make new games as well, anon.

I keep seeing these retarded ass youtubers buying the keycards and digital only copies of games and then complaining about it. YEAH. STOP BUYIN EM. I didn't buy any digital only games for the nintendo switch and I won't be buying them new keycards.

Don't forget the keycards are a major step up from when they sold empty boxes with download codes

Fun Fact: If you don't connect your xbox or ps4/5 to the internet then it will lock you out of playing your games.

>>715943375
you know what else adds up? 100,000s of $80s

>>715935428 (OP)
I'm actually okay with them doing this since I don't want to buy a Switch 2

>>715935428 (OP)
>Raidou on Switch 1 looks and plays worse than on PC but my laptop can't run it
>would probably be better on Switch 2 but keycards are such stupid bullshit I refuse to touch one
>buy it for Switch 1 just so I can truly own the game physically

>>715935428 (OP)
Is no one going to talk about even with real game cards you still need to connect to the internet before you play them for the first time?

>>715942114
retard-kun even the low end of 5 bucks could end up costing millions and for what? to appease the tiny minority of people who want full physical? and the cheaper the retail price is the more it hurts. Bravely Default, for example, is only $40 that's a huge cut into your profits on top of everything else.

>>715935428 (OP)
Hopefully we'll get a Switch 2 emulator soon so I'll never have to worry about those

>>715943692
nintendo first parties are going to be fine. Do you really think mere ports are going to sell hundreds of thousands of copies at $80?
Ports that are vastly cheaper on other platforms (And you wouldn't be competing with yourself as hard since used games won't fuck you harder.)
Like people still have to be paid before you make a single cent, anon.

>>715935560
Considering even small devs that make sub-1GB games are avoiding GKC that shit must be selling HORRENDOUSLY poorly in Japan.

Nah, I only buy console games physical and I don't pay more than $10 for digital games in general.

I've got a bit backlog though so I can wait for this to blow over and real physical to return.

>>715944150
No because that isn't true, macaco
Cope
N
Rope

>b b b but
If inti can afford them for their shovelware slop, then no one has an excuse, especially not crapcom and square shitnix

>>715935428 (OP)
the only three Switch 2 games I own are Mario Kart World, DK Bananza and Cyberpunk.
When's Daemon X Machina coming out? I'll buy that too

>>715946057
Why do people keep buying cyberpunk on it? It works great on Steam Deck, I'm not really seeing the point of buying it again.

>>715946115
>b b b but muh steamie Kek
Runs like shit
Cope n rope

>>715946115
Because they don't have a Steam Deck?

>>715935693
Really shitty of them not to do so for Shadow Generations.

I got gifted bravely default, but I haven't personally bought any. I think I have 66 switch cartridges now...

>>715935428 (OP)
I always buy physical over digital.
But if the only """""physical""""" copies are key-cards, then I buy digital.

What the fuck is even the point? They're the worst of both worlds.

imo they should replace key cards with bigger, but slow flash cards which have the whole game and install it to the console
mitigates the super expensive cartridge issue, solves the internet required issue, solves the expensive fast cartridges actually being slow as shit compared to any other storage issue

>>715939949
Wait you mean hating /v/ isn't enough of a motivator by itself to buy a console???

>>715935693
Seems like the message was sent.
I think physical fags in general(including me) wouldnt mind paying the premium.

>>715947512
I imagine they thoughtof this but decided not to becauseit was aneasy attack point for installing homebrew.

>>715935693
kinda sucks to see people suddenly glazing the game just for getting a physical switch 2 release when it's still an overpriced unfinished turd with a large amount of content relegated to DLC.
game should be $50 tops and they're asking $70 for the base game or $90 for all the content

>>715947757
I don't mind paying a bit extra to get a physical copy.

>>715948021
The secret is to get it a year or so after release when all the shit is actually in the game and it's on sale for 20 bucks or less.

>>715935428 (OP)
Worst part if you say "fuck key cards I'll just buy digital" you just playing into their hands. They profit from you more if you do. The only correct thing to do is don't buy either key cards or digital. Only buy real physical.

>>715947923
i don't see how, no one has fully cracked the anti-piracy on physical games for any new consoles since the 3DS. it's possible on various consoles to emulate an unmodified real physical game to pirate it, but it has not been possible on any of them to fab a new disc or cartridge image with signed code that will run on an unmodified console.

>>715948345
You're really damned if you do, damned if you don't eh?

>>715935428 (OP)
I haven't even bought an S2.

>>715935560
I think it's a cope. They're going to find out that it's not gkc and that it's just nobody gives a fuck about third party on this thing, and why should they when they can just get it on pc.

>>715948553
The only winning move is not to play. But Nintendo fans absolutely wouldn't hear of it, and simply NEEDED $70 Donkey Kong in their lives RIGHT NOW... Even though they didn't give one singular shit about Donkey Kong last generation. Considering the Kremlings' return was the game's hidden twist, that can't have been their motivation this time. No, they literally got chubbed up over DK just because it's now $70.

>>715943375
okay, better sell zero gay keys copies

>>715943528
There's a lot of misunderstanding and (purposeful) misinformation around Game Key Cards.

GKC are a direct step up over digital games, and specially those code-in-a-box releases.

Think of GKC as those games that require an update when you buy them (like FUCKING ALL OF THEM in these days), only that the update is the whole game. This is better than digital (and CIAB) because you can resell GKC, lend them to a friend, etc.

It has the shared downside that being a digital game actually, once the servers shut down, you can't download it (but you can still play it if you downloaded it) but the game isn't tied to your account, but to the card. And you can do whatever you want with it.

This is not that different from games like Hogwarts Legacy on PS4/PS5/Xbox which only include the tutorial on disc, and once you get to the title card you're required to download a 30GB "patch".

That said, I'm not buying GKC at full price, ever. As I don't ever buy digital games at 60+. They have intrinsically less value than a full game in a physical support, so don't expect me to pay the same.

But all people demonizing GKC just for the format itself are real faggots. Pretty sure they buy the latest releases on Steam at full price like good goy- I mean good boys

>>715949343
oh wow
yeah i'm making bank 0 * $40 is way better that 500.000 * $30
im genius

>>715949419
>step up over slop
fuck off
they pretend to be physical, but can be turned off as well just like digital slop.

>>715949552
Once you download it, the game doesn't check anything online, so if you disable automatic updates you're good to go.

>>715949651
>good to go
>wow, it has "resale" value
>sell it after servers shut down
>oh wow, it's worthless now
fuck off, shill

>>715949343
The margins would be just as slim, if not more is the issue, anon.
They are between a rock and a hard place.

>>715949763
>Buy a digital game
>Want to resell it/lend it to a friend/use it in another account
>Oops you can't do that! Please buy it again

Or

>Buy a digital game
>Say nigger in a completely different digital game while playing online
>Get your account banned
>Money lost

It's not that difficult to see it's a direct improvement over digital.

>>715949763
>>sell it after servers shut down
None of the big companies, be Nintendo, Valve or Sony, has ever done this with download servers of games.
Preventing you from buying something because the storefront shuts down or due of a game license expiring on the other hand? Sure.
What's up with you virtue-signaling fags being this tech illiterate with the digital stuff?

>>715950007
You actually can lend Switch digital games so there's that.

>>715950007
>Buy digital slop
why would I be retarded and pay for a rental?
>but gay key
literally the same rental BS

>>715950121
>None of the big companies, be Nintendo, Valve or Sony, has ever done this with download servers of games.
Lie by the Wokeendo shill

http://www.psnstores.com/2015/03/sony-ends-playstation-mobile/

Please ensure that you have downloaded all of the games that you want to keep. After September 10, 2015, you will not be able to re-download your purchased content.

FUCK OFF
Wokeendo has also already announced that they will shut down redownload servers later.

>>715948712
>that it's just nobody gives a fuck about third party on this thing
Nah, third party games have been selling well on the switch for years and better than the other platforms in the case of simultaneous releases. It's literally game key cards that are tanking it.

>>715950165
>http://www.psnstores.com/2015/03/sony-ends-playstation-mobile/
inb4
>that doesn't count

>>715950165
You still get to keep and download the shit you bought on PSN, Steam and the Nintendo Eshop though

>>715950165
the bald freak petition should have been about this, instead of going
>muh multiplayer servers, gib source
this is an actual problem, and it's ridiculous.

THESE BIG COMPANIES COULD EASILY CREATE A STORE WITH ALL GAMES. It doesn't have to be on the console, do it as a website, as you already have and let me purchase any older digital content.

That way no store would ever really get shut down, you could always buy old content and redownload it.

That would still be shit, but not as much as shit as it currently is.

When a company blocks new purchases, that means they will drop it sooner or later, because all these servers are doing is being expensive and there is 0 income

>>715950125
Only if they're in your family group AND you're in the same local network when you share the games.

It's a nice feature, but it's clearly thought for actual households with several Switches (parents + kids, several siblings that want to share games, etc).

I could mail a GKC to a friend that lives in the other side of the country if I wanted. And yes, I have actually mailed games to a friend (a couple of times only tho)

>>715950349
>this is an actual problem,
It's not.

>>715950278
>it doesn't count
according to the EULAs they CAN and WILL shut redownloads down. It's only a matter of time.

This means that ANYONE pushing for digital shit including gay keys, should get shot in the face.

>>715950416
it is
>switch re-download servers off
>ALL GAMES GONE
w/ Piss3 it's even
>shut down time servers
>PS3 battery dies
>ALL digital games immediately unplayable

but instead the bald freak goes on about multiplayer servers, which no one cares about.

>>715950504
That's not how that works anon, you won't lose your games.

>>715950605
>re-download servers off
>I just have to redownload this game
>inserts gay key card
>sorry, servers are down, thank you, please buy a Shitch 3, your gay key shit is now worthless

>>715950504
NTA but the point moldman is making is about games with drm, not multiplayer.
The switch doesn't have drm so even if the download servers go down you're not going to lose your games but games with drm without their authentication server will be rendered unusable.

>>715950675
That's on you for deleting the game knowing the servers were offline. In that case you threw your game away.

>>715950429
Constantly imagining problems out of nowhere is a sign of schizophrenia, anon

>>715941180
is this samus in prime remake?

>>715950754
>it totally werks
until the console breaks, and you get another one and have to re-download.
or the STORAGE MEDIA is so fucking expensive that you simply can not stop everything and have to re-download constantly.

FUCKING SHILL

>storage media never breaks
go fuck yourself

>>715950782
yes, for some weird reason they had to change "her"

>>715951139
lol

>>715951139
holy fuck, why did she hit the wall now and wears make up?
is retroon retarded?

>>715935428 (OP)
No. I have not bought anything.

Im still on Switch 1 and im having a blast!

>>715941551
Not one Indie game listed requires a download, most of the patches mentioned are just for performance, which while annoying, won't render the game unplayable if you don't have it.
Also it's funny that with Fortress S the only complaint was that it was too hard.
Gato Roboto shouldn't even be on there since it even mentions that they did a physical reprint meaning no download is necessary
>This is a known issue, which is why Special Reserve Games had to reprint the cartridge.
Ninjala is also a technicality too given that there was no offline mode to begin with and that was added after the fact so with n the physical version you're still getting the whole game as it was intended, its just that they didn't intend for it to be an offline game.

Oh and the actual count is 33 for some reason fifa and Borderlands 3 were listed twice because of the oled switch as if it's a different system.

Anyway back to indies the number that require patches is 0.

GKC are tradeable and not locked to your account they got that going for them.

Overall people not liking them is a sign of trust issue towards Nintendo.

On Steam I can assume that I will be able to play my games 20 years in the future, people mourned and complained when the first digital only PC games hit the marked, but it still became standard. Even if steam somehow fucks this up I can make a backup copy and crack that or just pirate another version of the game. I am independent because PC is an open platform.

On Switch 2 I will have to fear that the servers will go down in under 20 years rendering my GKCs useless, and while I can assume that I might be able to pirate and jailbreak the console in the future, Nintendo has shown that they are willing to fuck up your hardware if you try to escape their ecosystem.

>>715951810
>Overall people not liking them is a sign of trust issue towards Nintendo.
Well, not exactly. People just generally don't like digital games which is why adoption has stagnated at 30%.
Of course most corpos don't like that which is why the fudge the numbers with digital only games and dlc.

>>715938804
>who cares
Not me!

>>715935428 (OP)
The only reason I'd buy a game key card is if it's exclusive to Switch 2. Otherwise, fuck no.

>NSW era (EU)
Third-party publishers refuse to release full games on game cards. Instead, they use codes in boxes
>NSW 2 era (WW)
Third-party publishers refuse to release full games on game cards. Instead, they use game-key cards

>subhumans on /v/, reddit, twitter
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it's all Nintendo's fault. You have to have empathy for third-party billion-dollar corporations that act solely out of greed and profit.
Why are you like this?

>>715948712
nah.
people who are still buying consoles in 2025 are still doing so because they like physically owning their games.
by taking that away you are asking people to pay $70 for a non-physical game that will look worse and perform worse than it would on a pc, buy a $400 tablet for it AND would probably be like $20 - 30 through steam or CD keys as the final kick in the balls.
it's the literal one positive aspect a physical game has over just buying or pirating it for your pc so it's retarded to remove that appeal.

>>715935428 (OP)
>Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
>gay-key
FUCK
I wanted to buy this one.

>>715943375
>That adds up when you have to produce hundreds of thousands of copies, not to mention you also have to pay the distributor. Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon all need their cut.
you are already doing that for game key-cards, they are literally as retarded a concept as the code in box things made for switch 1.
>lets make a physical product with none of the appeal for physical fags and non of the convenience for digital fags, what a good idea !

when xbox tried this gamers destroyed their brand permanently

when nintendo tries it nintendies defend them like a fair maiden and beg for more

nintendies are the current greatest threat in gaming

>>715953083
I believe it was confirmed that third parties could only choose between GKCs and 64gb cards, the latter of which is very expensive and unnecessary for a lot of games.

>Publishers don't want to pay for 64GB game cards.
>Nintendo allows for game key cards to keep cost down.
>Cunts like Activision and EA still do Codes In Box with THPS 3+4 and Split Fiction.

>>715953503
>You have to have empathy for third-party billion-dollar corporations that act solely out of greed and profit
Meds.

>>715935428 (OP)
Remember when you put a game into a console or handheld and it just werked? I remember.

>>715935560
I want to believe Crossworlds will sell okay on Switch, not only as a proof to other 3rd parties that key cards ain't going to sell and to pony up for the full pack-in, but because I want the game to stand as an alternative indictment to Mario Kart World, not that people jumping ship to 8 isn't one already.

I liked the gameplay enough, but following that last patch, I found it disturbingly easy how quick I was to uninstall the game just to make space for Tony Hawk.

>>715952989
There's nothing to own, the roms will be on rom sites in a year. You just have autism.

>>715953358
Yep, digital games you can give to people is certainly the same as physical games you can't share.
And wouldn't you look at those abysmal sales, total support there.

>>715953530
Never forget that third party developers are the most Jewish people in the industry, even if they know their actions will result in less sales they'll do it anyway.

>>715953503
So these third-party companies have access to the development kits, but you don't think they have a say in the game cards? What kind of mental gymnastics are you performing? Why should I care how much a company has to pay for a game card? Third-party developers and publishers probably even request that Nintendo explicitly create game key cards

KILL YOURSELF SHILL

>>715953503
>the latter of which is very expensive and unnecessary for a lot of games.
Unnecessary or not it wouldn't have resulted in losses for them like keys have.

it's kinda fucked up how nintendo doesn't let you copy game cards to the ssd for faster loading times.

>>715953503
>the latter of which is very expensive and unnecessary for a lot of games
Why do you love sucking dicks so much, you subhuman faggot?

>SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
>6 GB
Third-party companies are even too cheap for regular NSW game cards, which come in all sorts of sizes

>>715954204
What's really fucked up is every other console forcing installs and treating physical games like digital.

>>715954273
It really puts things into perspective when you look at how third parties are still releasing game for the ps4 buy refuse to do so for the switch 1 just because keys are just that much cheaper.

Absolute Jewish bastards, the lot of them.

>>715954353
FACTS

>>715935428 (OP)
Nah, the storage situation on Switch 2 is already pretty dire. I'm not going to pay a premium for a download code.

>>715954274
Optical is ridiculously slow though, like a few megabytes per second. Any game that streams assets would stutter like crazy. Game cards are at least in the hundred mbs per second range.

Nope.
I bought:
Cyberpunk
Donkey Kong Bananza
Mario Kart World
Breath of the wild switch 2 edition.
The rest was digital.
I happily would have paid 10 bucks more for real physical but unlike some switch 1 games where you could a code in box or a real physical for a bit more that doesn't seem a thing this time around (so far).
>>715935723
Not entirely true.
Just seems that way.
Plenty of xbox and ps5 games aren't entirely on the disc making it effectively the same as a gkc.

>>715954616
That's why it's fucked up.
When discs were introduced as a medium for gaming it wasn't chosen because it was an appropriate format. It 3as chosen because it's cheaper.
That choice then eventually evolved into the anti-consumerism act of forced installs.

>>715935723
>it's only nintendo throwing the towel on physical in 10th gen,
How do you figure? The switch and switch 2 are the only consoles on the market with games that play entirely from the disc and with the switch 2 none of Nintendo's games are keys. Not to mention they haven't made a single digital only console despite digital being more useful for a portable system.
Looking at things objectively Nintendo are the only ones still in the market of making physical games while everyone else stopped around the start of gen 8 when games became installs and were treated no differently than digital.

>>715953842
>So these third-party companies have access to the development kits, but you don't think they have a say in the game cards
SD express literally bottoms out 64gb. I guess the best 3rd parties could do is beg Nintendo to make regular SD game cards an option, but I dont think its that simple if read speeds are important.

>>715955210
>I guess the best 3rd parties could do is beg Nintendo to make regular SD game cards an option
Or they could just use switch 1 cards and offer upgrades for free like Nintendo does. But they won't because that would require them being pro consumer

>>715955005
With the advent of key cards, Switch 2 now has a worse track record on physical releases that work offline than PS4 or PS5.

>>715955345
That assumes the game has a switch 1 version.

>>715954846
>Plenty of xbox
is that even a thing?
>ps5 games
while this is true, if you are playing anything besides call of sloppa and ubisoft trash you are more likely than not getting a physical release
even some ported xbox games got a physical version for ps5 that didn't have a physical version for xbox
>>715955005
>The switch and switch 2 are the only consoles on the market with games that play entirely from the disc
if you said switch 1 only then I would agree in a sense that it simply has more actually physical games with no downloads or mandatory pathes because the 1.0 version is unplayable, however with switch 2 is not true anymore, ps6 will just get a dsic drive like the ps5

>>715955363
Key cards do work offline once you're already downloaded the game data, and they don't require an Eshop account (hence why they can be resold or traded unlike download codes)
>inb4 "muh servers will shut down" fake narrative
Online users complaining about the key cards are close to mental illness

>>715955363
Not only is that a completely different thing, unlike Sony where all of their games have server verification drm, even after the cbomb incident, Nintendo games don't have any drm meaning all of their games, including keys, will work offline.

>>715955409
We kinda should want sw1 support to stop soon.
Look at what happened to Playstation.
The ps4 is still holding the ps5 back with its limitations.

>>715935428 (OP)
This is such a retarded solution.
>dude what if you had the negative aspects of physical (having to manually swap carts) with the negative aspects of digital? (storage space and lack of sense of ownership)
>wouldn't that be fantastic?!
The only people this satisfies are people who need something on their shelf.

So what's even in the digital key card box?