Physical game lovers, how do you feel about this?
What will you do when you want to play a game but the only way to play it is this or digital?

>>717159696 (OP)
wait for pc release. square enix can't take my hard drive away.

I'm old and jaded enough that I don't care about being happy anymore
if I can't own my video games I'll just stop playing them entirely and only masturbate in my free time which is easier and more fun than games anyway

>>717159696 (OP)
Shut up. Western game never does keycard!!

Nintendo switch 2 was actual Japanese game killer. Not Chinese, Korean or Western games.
Nintendo switch 2 has nailed the coffin on Japanese game by fucking price and keycards when they are in peril in 2025 due to having kusoges only like MH wilds, Yumia, Mario Kart world, while in 2024, Japanese game was so strong according to metascore. But no Jap game with metascore over 90s this year..
Even worse, This nintendo direct has finished off switch 2 and Japanese game completely.

Nintendo is no match for Thunderous might of Chinese AAAs like Wukong, Phantom blade 0, lost soul aside, Tide of annhilation, where winds meet.

>>717159696 (OP)
I don't buy Nintendo games

So far it's only been for terrible slop games by square enix and capcom, I have real carts for DKB and MKW

>>717159848
>collectorfag who never cared about actually playing the games
>porn addict and anime watcher
Don't let this man become you, dear reader.

>>717159696 (OP)
I'll just not play it. Simple. Same reason I'm never getting a switch 2.

>>717159696 (OP)
More like cuck card

>>717160407
Western game never does Key card and greedy merchandising like selling complete version again.

>>717160407
Is the new Katamari gonna have a real cart?

>>717159696 (OP)
>Physical game lovers, how do you feel about this?
I don't own nintendo hardware and 100% of my physical ps3-ps5 games are on disc and playable offline with no mandatory downloads
>What will you do when you want to play a game but the only way to play it is this or digital?
by the time it happens (15-20 years at least) I literally won't care, maybe there will an entirely new medium by this time or will gaming will stop being a thing for me, I literally don't see the issue with this except that it was predictable that companies would do the absolute minimim when it comes to physical and always choose the low-effort cheap option

>>717160524
Yeah. Can Nintendo defeat Chinese AAAs? Or will nintendo switch 2 get btfo'd by wave of Chinese AAAs?

>>717159696 (OP)
>What will you do when you want to play a game but the only way to play it is this or digital?
Not buy it?

>>717159696 (OP)
democracies have failed

>>717160574
>my physical ps3-ps5 games
You mean your PS4 games?

>>717160565
Anon, that's on switch 1.

>>717160001

>>717159696 (OP)
Once consoles go all digital I’m dropping them and only buying/pirating games on PC. I refuse to buy game key card shit. If Nintendo starts putting their first party games on key cards I’m selling my switch 2.

>>717159696 (OP)
I stopped caring about physical when I turned 16 and realized no one gave a single shit about how many game boxes I had. And the games from my old systems that I never touch anymore just take up so much fucking space.

>>717160635
death stranding 2 (unplayble for pctroons) is a physical ps5 game
demon's souls (unplayable for pctroons) is a physical ps5 game
phantom blade zero is a console exclusive title (unplayable for pctroons) that might get a physical release
gta6 is also a timed console exclusive title (unplayable for pctroons) that will receieve a physical ps5 release
shall I continue?

>>717159696 (OP)
They should go away, I just want collector's editions to be the default physical release. Just a big box of useless plastic crap.

>>717160694
anon you're supposed to be the one who cares lol

This is a consequence of the decision to make the Switch/2 a hybrid console.

>>717160574
I knew it was over for physicalchads when the PS5 had a version without the disk drive for $100 less. People will bitch about Nintendo, but the writing has been on the wall forever. Not to mention Xbox's gamepass becoming so popular.

>>717160718
>shall I continue?
No need, you already demonstrated you can't take a joke.

>>717160793
I'm not sure how an anti-piracy measure is supposed to be the end of physical games but you do you

>>717160718
Yeah. Nintendo is no match for Chinese games like Phantom blade zero, where wind meets, tide of annhilation with key card and greedy merchandising.
Japanese games are killed by nintendo's fucking greed. Switch 2 being a flop like WiiU have killed Japanese game.

>>717159696 (OP)
Hate it. If the game isn't on the card I won't buy it.

>>717160831
Selling a digital only console with a disc drive add on isn't an anti-piracy measure you dipshit.

>>717160867
Yeah. Chinese game never do such shit, so Chinese game will mog Nintendo easily. Nintendo switch 2 is flop, and Chinese game prevails!! Phantom blade 0, where wind meets, Wukong, Tide of annhilation will kill nintendo!!

>>717160831
Is that the excuse Sony used when the PS5 came out for having 2 versions? I didn't really follow it very close.

>>717160917
yes selling a pro without a disc drive, which by design is aimed at hardcore fans who are more likely than not also owners of a big physical collection, was indeed a PR mistake because they would've paid premium for a pro even if it was more expensive due to the drive
sony execs are retarded, news at 11 I guess, as if the execs of nintendo or microsoft were the most brilliant smart people on earth
>>717160927
due to royalties each blu-ray player must be activated for playaback, if you are selling one instead of doing the pairing at the fabric it's pretty much impossible to do it otherwise
the reason for ps5 having two version however is simply because people don't really care and digital sales phase out physical sales
for first party titles the ratio is around 50/10, also it's kinda the same for the split of digital/disc drive consoles too

>>717159696 (OP)
Works as an excellent DO NOT BUY message.

>>717161113
Yeah. I JUST KILLED JAPANESE GAME WITH MAH' FUCKIN PRICE and KEYCARD, WAHOO!

Nintendo switch 2 was actual Japanese game killer. Not Chinese, Korean or Western games.
Nintendo switch 2 has nailed the coffin on Japanese game by fucking price and keycards when they are in peril in 2025 due to having kusoges only like MH wilds, Yumia, Mario Kart world, while in 2024, Japanese game was so strong according to metascore. But no Jap game with metascore over 90s this year..
Even worse, this nintendo direct being shit killed Japanese game completely.
Western game never does key card shit.

>>717161084
>due to royalties each blu-ray player must be activated for playaback
Sony is part of the Bluray association, they don't pay royalties, they have royalties paid to them.

>>717159696 (OP)
A better solution would been to just put them on Switch 1 carts that would just act as an installation medium if the cost of 2 carts was so prohibitive. It's the digital download part that makes these so nasty. As it stands, I'm not going to be buying anything that uses this shit.

>>717161164
Nintendo aren't using game key cards, third parties are, they are a great way to determine what third parties respect their customers and what ones don't. if Inti Creates can afford a game key card anyone can.

I'd be less pissed if fucking EA and Activision actually used it.
>Publishers don't want to pay for 64GB cards.
>Nintendo offers Keycards as a way to keep costs down.
>Split Vision and THPS 3+4 still release as codes in box.

>>717161385
Western game never have key cards.
westerners never sell complete game again, just like P5R.
Western game never have 完全版商法!
Japanese game will be killed by Keycard and switch 2 being flop due to shitty nintendo direct.

>>717161376
Key cards are shit but I'm just going to point out that you can still download your 3ds and Wii games, so I don't think losing access to downloads of game key cards will be a thing that will happen as in ever since the E-shop for Switch 2 is a direct continuation of the Switch 1 E-shop, I expect the Switch 3 E-shop to be the same
You're dead right, a lot of Switch 2 games don't need the extra access speed of the Switch 2 game cards, but I get why Nintendo won't offer Switch 1 carts as an option for Switch 2 for third parties, because third parties will kneecap themselves like they are doing with the keycards, you can bet if they were available third parties would just modify an existing game to add load times rather than rely on the increased speed of the new format, they are that petty with loose change.

>>717159696 (OP)
So are people hung up on not owning a physical piece of cartridge (depsite the game code being downloaded on your system regardless if its on a cart or not) just a way for people to cope with stress of not having any talent or reason to live?

I always assumed people play games to experience the contents of the game, talk about that and draw inspriation from it. But after the game key card thing was brought up, I realize a lot of people only find value in owning something like they are collecting stamps. If thats the case, you still collect the same plastic regardless so I dont really understand what the problem is.
Not trying to be negative or anything, but I think buying games just to own them kind of defeats the purpose of games. If you want to buy somethign just to own it, invest in something larger that actually would have value in it and enjoy games for their design, art and ideas. Its not like buying the game makes you own all that creativity or artwork as your own.

>>717161545
Not for Western games since Western game never use Key card.

>>717161545
yeah but i was never banned for modding a 3ds or a wii. which is another thing that makes gkcs worthless.

>>717161468
You're kind of right, CIV VI is a download in a case, but Hogwarts Legacy was a game key card, so you're actually wrong, western third parties are also a joke, and that direct really was shit, but it's third parties what do you expect? they don't respect their customers, they don't respect Nintendo, they literally give more fucks about supporting Xbox over Switch 2, Square Enix literally lost money porting FFXVI to Xbox and still considers that a more important platform for them than Switch 2.
Third parties are a joke and the key card just reinforces this.

>>717159696 (OP)
Simple, I'll pirate games and hack my console.
Just buy it before it gets discontinued and enjoy the entire library.
By the time you're done, the next console will be ready to be discarded and you can do the process again.

>>717161565
So are people hung up on not owning a home (depsite an apartment being exactly the same) just a way for people to cope with stress of not having any talent or reason to live?

>>717161565
>depsite the game code being downloaded on your system regardless if its on a cart or not
Physical games run from the cart and you can play them even if Nintendo will implode tomorrow and every server will shut down.
If you have no idea how the thing works then why do you judge people?

>>717161995
you're both wrong technically. they're not downloaded to the system or run from the cart. they're loaded into memory.

>>717160595
I'm thinking the chinese is gonna win this one, unless the japs do a 180.

>>717161582
Are you high or retarded or something, I'm looking at the games from the direct the western ones are on keycards, Borderlands 4, Star Wars Outlaws, Cronos, the EA Sports ones, they are all game key cards

>>717162167
About Nintendo switch 2 vs Chinese game
(won't be on nintendo due to chink server being shut down). Which side will win? DK bananza mogs wukong. Wuchang had no chance to have female wakou(Japanese pirate) as protag and kill Ming's hero off.

>>717162167
Bout nintendo vs Chinese game tho. Can chinese game even match up with Nintendo? When Nintendo shut down Chinese server?

>>717159773
I repeat, you only have one platform, no alterntive

>>717159696 (OP)
Honestly, I stopped caring. I bought the PS5 with the disc drive, but all my PS5 games are digital anyway. The Switch was the last console I bought physical games for and with the Switch 2 being mostly codes in a box I just gave up. Most places don't even sell physical games anymore. It's over. We will own nothing, like it or not. If they take games off the online stores or shut down the service we can just use custom firmware and download ROMs, anyway. Fans always keep stuff alive.

>>717162167
Japan used to make great games like Persona 5, Nier Automata, Dark souls 3, Sekiro, BoTW, Xenoblade 2, MHW, RE7, FE3H, RE4R, Ryza 1-3, SF6, Mario wonder, pikmin 4, Elden ring, Unicorn overlord, Like a dragon 7, Asstro bot, metaphor since 2017, but how can they fall so soon this year and get mogged by Chinese black ships like genshin, starrail, ZZZ, WuWa, Wukong, Lost soul aside, Phantom blade zero, where wind meets
Korean black ship called Lies of P, and French black ship like expedition 33 and Asscreed shadow? Why did Japanese game which was glorious in 2024 tremble so easily?
No Japanese game this year got metascore over 90. Wilds, Yumia ,Mario kart world shows Japanese game's absolute fall this year. Even worse, nintendo direct being shit has finished off Japanese game.
While Western game was suffering this last year. But it became opposite this year as western games revived with Kingdom come 2, Doom dark age, expedition 33, Oblivion remaster, man.
And switch 2 was nail on coffin due to fuckin' greed and keycard, wahoo! And nintendo direct being shit was coup de grace.
What is left in Japan now?
Anime? Solo leveling was AOTS last year, and China makes them better, to be hero X, nezha and lord of mystery. Kpop demon hunter is hyping in Japan.
Comics? Korean makes them better.
Entertainment? Korea makes them better.
Car? Electricity? Korea and China makes them better.
Subculture? BA has 2000 comicket booth.
Japan is NOTHING!!

>>717159696 (OP)
Part of the collapse of Western civilization by the Jews, as everything else. "You will own nothing"...

"THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED, NOT SOLD" my ass.

>>717160651
Ah
Well that's good I guess, Katamari doesn't really need power.

>>717162086
Please. We both know what I was talking about. He never had a system where the games run from the cart or disc without a million patches or local installs. Maybe because he is too young but this is also why he has no problem customers losing control over their purchases and getting less and less for higher prices. This is why we went from special editions coming with a bunch of real life extras to a few bonus digital items.

>>717162460
thats just a blatant lie

>>717160001
Asians are even more annoying then Balkaniggers. Are you just spamming this shit in every thread? Just know no one takes you seriously when you're an obvious shill that's copy and pasting. All you've done is to convince me not to get wukong because ai don't want to be associated with weird chink fags like you.

>>717159696 (OP)
I won't buy key cards at all - I'll just buy the digital versions instead.

>>717162643
Shut up. No Western game do Keycard shit, west never sells complete version of existing game like P5R.

>>717162678
i just wanted to um actually you with my technical knowledge

>>717159696 (OP)
SF6 is the shittest game key card release. Since not only is it a game key card, the 1 and 2 year content is a download code.

Think I stopped caring when they're just codes inside a plastic case

>>717159696 (OP)
If it doesn't affect me, I don't care. SHUT THE FUCK UP! I'LL GLADLY PLAY $80. YOU'RE BELOW ME.

>>717160753
Dumbest bot.

>>717162717
Which side will win, Nintendo(Red) or Chinese game(not available in nintendo platform due to shutting chink server)?

Which symbol color would chinese game have?

>>717163231
wat?

>>717161545
I don't know why you're talking about access speeds of the Switch 1 cart when I specifically said "installation medium." Just put the games on Switch 1 carts but they're installed onto the device, then the cart is only used to activate it. It's exactly how disc based games have functioned for ages.

It just feels like shit buying a "physical game" but I need to connect online to actually play it.

>>717159848
I'm already this guy
I slso have no tolerance for how quasi mandatory nso is, only because it has a bunch of extra shit thrown in that doesn't belong
I have a conscience. I'm not rewarding Nintendo's behavior anymore

>>717159696 (OP)
Unironically not buying a switch 2 because of this. I already wasn‘t that interested in nintendo games but i preferred buying physical indie games for switch over ps5. Just buying everything for ps5 now

>>717163315
Which side will win, Nintendo or Chinese game?

>>717160793
The digital ps5 sold much less than the regular one so i‘m not sure what your point is

>>717163738
Which side do u think will win,
Nintendo or Chinese game?
It is the battle between nintendo and Chinkslops, not only console war. Playstation is all in on Chinkslops since they abandoned US after concord biting the dues.
Captcha: GAYKO

If you can't sell them down the line, what's the point?

Plus, that said it's actually a regret I have with getting the Switch 2, because I have a backlog of digital games from Switch 1 that I forgot I even had. I sold Oddysey, Mario maker 2 and a few others, mostly because I don't like the clutter of storing them. Had I got digital, I'd still have those games for this, and probably he Switch 3/whatever is next gen.

At this stage, no one will buy physical games on Ebay because of Nintendo's aggressiveness, so what's the point? You might as well go digital so you essentially have the games on future consoles. Down the line you can sell the account if you really wanted to. The oldest PSN accounts with a lot of games go for an awful lot.

>>717163523
At that point there is no point, neither run off the physical cartridge, both require an install, why as a third party issue an install cart when a key card would be even cheaper, and even then a download vs an install, completely irrelevant, either you pick the game up in person in which case you can download the game from the stores wifi, or you order online. You need to understand that as a third party they see no difference functionally and that extra option would be completely moot, as a physical only guy I'm not buying an install cart.

>>717163315
It's another stuttering bot.

>>717164019
So which side will win, nintendo or chinese games?

>>717163798
Nintendo is already winning, once the CCP collapses it's protections go away and Japanese games enter the market and dominate, no more cutting access and releasing a cheap knockoff.

>>717160718
Rent-free. Nice self-portrait, btw.

>>717163523
>It's exactly how disc based games have functioned for ages.
And no one fucking wants that.

>>717164092
since you replied I clearly struck a nerve here
my advice is to get in a high protein diet, lifting fullbody 3x/week and actually playing video games, hope it helps bro you are going to make it

>>717164240
It's not as good as running off the disc, but it's better than having nothing on the disc at all.

>>717159696 (OP)
Money SAVED
If they are forcing you to buy digital then just buy on PC on a discount or pirate

>>717162086
From where?
The cart
Dumbass

>>717159696 (OP)
>What will you do when you want to play a game but the only way to play it is this or digital?
I'll play it digitally on PC, or not at all.

>>717163039
It's true. If the Switch weren't a hybrid, then they could have used discs instead of game cards. Game cards are more expensive than discs. The reason key cards exist is to appease third party publishers who don't want to fork over the dough for game cards. This never would have been necessary if the Switch used standard discs like the other consoles, and thus would have negated the need for key cards.

>>717159696 (OP)
not buying them. it's just a code in a box with more steps and since i rarely resell games if i liked them, it's all just redundant bullshit.

>>717164432
>>717164558
So which side will win in Nintendo vs Chinese game? It is not just console war. It is strife between nintendo vs chinese games.
In the age of chaos, 2 factions fight for dominance of video game(non gacha).
Which side is closer to zeon and which side is closer to Earthling?

>>717160595
The Chinese can only make gaas skinner boxes and mediocre UE5 action games.

>>717159696 (OP)
I don't want to play a game that has no physical release.

>>717164710
false, they could have used discs, which you would have to install while the Shitch is inside the dock.

Nintendo is just retarded.

I'm sure Iwata wanted to do something like that.

>>717165612
So nintendo is federation and chinkslops are zeon then?

>>717163984
>an install is a problem
not when it's directly from cart or disc and NO INTERNET IS REQUIRED.
PCs had installations since the start and that was sort of fine, of course it was backwards, and retarded, but it wasn't a problem regarding preservation and ownership.

Ownership only died when (((Valve))) pulled their online DRM garbage.

>>717166000
>Have to use the dock to use physical games
nah, this is retarded

>>717160574
>15-20 years
More like next console generation kek

>>717164710
>and thus would have negated the need for key cards.
No, it still would have happened just like how you have some games that require downloads on ps5 and Xbox. Third parties are just woefully incompetent.

>>717166674
>some games that require downloads on ps5
It‘s just microsoft doing that

>>717166253
to install, no, that's not a problem.
it would improve the current shit stain situation massively.
right now you are also installing, except from Nutendno shit servers

>>717166805
https://www.doesitplay.org/list?platform=PS5&downloadRequired=Yes&page=1
It's not. What's even worse is that Sony hasn't updated their servers in years so out of the three consoles they have the slowest download speeds

>>717159696 (OP)
I just wont buy them.

I wont pay for a game keycard. It's just not happening. I dont have a switch 2, But im not paying for a phsyical digital game.

>>717167172
exactly.
Nintendo can fuck off.

>>717167268
Third parties*

>>717167150
Skimmed through this and on a lot of games that are tagged as requiring an update it‘s because the performance is worse on 1.0 or there‘s bugs that are potentionally gamebreaking and not because the game is outright unplayable offline

>>717167316
No... dont get confused about the issue. It's nintendos doing. Nintendo isn't giving developers the right distribution options. Nintendo is essentially tying their hands and making it so that this is the only viable option for those developers. They need more game cart sizes.

>>717167019
You need the disc or the cart inserted after installation to prove that you still own it. Removing the check means you've basically just enabled piracy.

>>717167316
no, Nutendo fucked the Shitch 2 completely up.
In the current state I will NEVER buy it at all.
And the 1st party games also suck ass anyway.

Plus you will simp and accept gay keys from Nutendno down the line.

>>717167410
no, the Shitch 1 doesn't require internet connection all the time either, like Valve slop.

>>717159696 (OP)
I only buy physical. If companies are greedy I'll just pirate their games on PC

>>717159696 (OP)
>Physical game lovers
If it's not a cartridge, it's not a "physical game". A blu-ray disc is 17 cents worth of polycarbonate with the game data entered into its underside. It's an outdated media format (first BRs were 2006) that just happens to be absurdly cheap and popular.

If you have the data on your machine you can copy it to any format you want, as often as you want. Memory sticks, memory cards, SDHC, minis, a bird, fucking you name it. Data storage is data storage.

These game key cards killed all of the best advantages of physical like playing early, not needing the internet to play, paying extra for large storage, no middle man that can block access if you trade or resell

>>717162532
please don't take your meds, I enjoy your flavour of psicho

>>717167406
>No... dont get confused about the issue
You're saying that while confusing yourself about the issue. Nintendo isn't the problem here, the smallest carts available are 64gb and that's it, they can't just magically create smaller carts. They have to wait for the manufacturer to make them just like everyone else does.

Meanwhile these third party developers openly rejected that fact and refused to support their system at all unless a cheaper alternative was given, despite the fact that switch 1 carts are still a thing and compatible with the switch 2.
And that's where game keys come in, an extremely cheap alternative that exists solely to sate the greed of third party developers.

>>717159696 (OP)
If you're a physical game lover you dont own a Switch 2

>>717168137
Do you know how expensive 64gb carts are? They probably wouldn‘t even make a profit on physical games if they used them

>>717168137
>Nintendo isn't the problem
>the retards at Nintendo CHOSE these shit cards, that are only available at 64 GB and being overpriced as fuck
meds

>>717159696 (OP)
I have backups of all my physical cartridges and I play the roms instead anyway... We are all playing digital games already... The only fear is the servers for some reason going down and you not being able to download the game. You can still download Wii games so this situation is more emotional than something rational really.... But what I say doesn't matter because most people don't like the key cards and they will charge you $10 more if you want the entire game there. I hope you don't mind paying more then.

>>717159696 (OP)
I buy actual tangible things. If they don't sell that then I don't buy anything. Paying money for serial codes/access keys is fucking retarded. Digital "games" are for piracy, since pirates get actual direct access to the data that can be preserved for an indefinite length of time, something that paying customers don't get even when the service is shut down.

>>717168386
Nintendo LITERALLY says that they WILL shut down re-download servers off.
You are either brain dead or a shill.

>>717168492
Source for that?

it's better than code in a box by a long shot

>>717159696 (OP)
I dont own nor buy that that shit.

Those cards will be useless when nintendo closes their servers like they done with DSI.3DS.Wii.WiiU.

I will just wait for the switch 2 gets hacked so i can download the games off the internet and keep then forever.

>>717168554
https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27560/~/wii-shop-channel-discontinuation

However, for the time being you may continue to re-download content you have purchased or transfer that content from a Wii system to a Wii U system. Be aware that these features will eventually end at a future date.

Snoy already shut re-download servers off.

Anyone who supports this kind of shit, is either brain dead or a shill.

>>717168294
>Do you know how expensive 64gb carts are?
Do you?
Because the developers choosing keys over cart are ones that could foot the bill and make a profit like Capcom and Sega.
Meanwhile you have Marvelous and other smaller publishers and developers opting for cart.

The way you're defending the blatant anti-consumerism of third parties is genuinely saddening.

>>717159696 (OP)
I have a PS5. Even if I didn't decide that it would be my multiplat machine because they're only watered down slightly, Nintendo would've ultimately decided for me due to the Game Key bullshit.

>>717162460
>>717159696 (OP)
not my problem

>>717168608
>lung cancer is better than colon cancer

>>717168651
back on DS or 3DS there was no way to FUCK OVER THE CUSTOMER.
Nintendo allows it, therefore THEY are responsible.

>>717168641
Shutting down the Wii servers make sense. Switch and switch 2 games are one thing so I doubt we will see it shutting down any time soon. The servers are still up almost two decades later so? Chances are I will stop playing games before being able to download them again. I also just make backups of my sd cards. I will literally never lose anything because I'm not retarded.

>>717159696 (OP)
No console game justifies going digital, so I just won't play it. Unfortunately for these greedy fucks I have an infinite backlog of great stuff to play and replay.

>>717168748
>Shutting down the Wii servers make sense
KYS SHILL

>>717168789
Just attacking me and calling me names is really an emotional reaction.

>>717159696 (OP)
>Live service slop doesn't get a physical release
Oh no.

>>717168827
you are a shill, go play in traffic and die.
there are tons of Wii digital exclusives.
you fucking traitor.

>>717159696 (OP)
Mega gay tranny shit, I will just buy on gog and burn into DVDs like god intended

>>717168858
Lol. Calm down bro. These are just videogames. If you can't talk like a healthy human then you shouldn't access the internet. You will have health problems later feeling all this anger.

>>717168959
not falling for your shit, you fucking WEF shill.
Go kill yourself, slit your wrists
>it's just servers hurrr
>shills gay key shit
kys

>>717168294
>They probably wouldn‘t even make a profit on physical games if they used them
The only company that has ever said something like that is cdpr. No other company using it has said it's an issue.

>>717169061
Cdpr said that because they actually used a 64gb cart and put the entire game on the cart. No other dev that makes a huge game is doing that

>>717169000
I feel sad for you. I hope you have a good day little bro.

>>717169212
>why do you care about ownership
neck yourself

>>717169249
Imagining things that people didn't say is called schizophrenia bro.

>>717168696
>Nintendo allows it
NTA but are you being retarded on purpose? The major third parties were threatening to drop support, so you think that they allowed it because they wanted to?
>therefore THEY are responsible.
That's like blaming a hostage at gunpoint for being held at gunpoint. If they're being threatened then it's not the people being threatened that's responsible, it's the people making the threat.

>>717169301
>I was just saying that it's okay that redownload servers are being shut down
>I'm not shilling
gas yourself

>>717169335
>The major third parties were threatening to drop support
Citation needed.

>>717168294
If they can't make a profit after already hiking the prices, that's their problem.

>>717169335
oh noes, the 3rd parties that didn't supprt the Shitch 1 threatened to drop support oh noes
I call BS

>>717169161
Anon, what kind of cart do you think the third party developers not using keys are using?

>>717169346
>Gas yourself
Do you have a fart fetish? I won't judge

>>717168229
Which is sad because physical games were one of the few upsides to the original Switch.

>>717169395
>Shitch
Oh, it's Eric.

>>717159696 (OP)
I knew this day will come. I was not expected it will be such a miserable comedy. I was not expected it will come from Nintendo's platform.
I don't play digital-only games. If publishers and developers do not care to bring me proper playable and beatable physical release, I do not care about their work.

>>717169445
use zyklon b

>>717169565
I have no idea what that is. Just take your meds already

I gave up when I bought Stranger of Paradise and Elden Ring for series x and they weren't on the disc. When I ended up finding a PS5, I just went full digital and never looked back. Next gen games will grow past 100GB and Sony will be in the same situation Microsoft was this gen when the average game grew past 50GB. It at least makes more sense for Nintendo because the cost of the physical media is so much higher. All Xbox had to do was slap an extra data disc in a box and they were too cheap for even that.

>>717159696 (OP)
Pirate.

I haven't played a console in years but I thought xbox and ps were digital only now anyway? Even if you bought physical the case just had a code or the disc just sent you to the store anyway, or did I just dream that?

>>717170590
no, it's not tons of games are still fully on disc.

>>717170590
most ps5 games are still playable off the disc. It's worse on xbox but not as bad as switch 2

>>717159696 (OP)
I'm hoping that this solution to devs not wanting to shell out cash for the more expensive cards for the Switch 2 won't be used as an excuse to make this a standard practice across the industry. Normally it would, but it does seem like key card games have not done well, so far.

>dear customer ask me for anything!
>but never EVER EVER EVER ask me to compress a file

>>717171007
That could also just be third parties performing like shit on Nintendo consoles as usual.

If it doesn't sell, they won't keep doing it.

>>717171062
Could be. I was under the impression the first Switch broke that trend, though.

>>717162675
Would be nice to play it at 60fps at least. Maybe it’ll get a performance boost when run on S2?

>>717171149
That's the most likely scenario BUT switch 2 physical games will be like $10+ more expensive because of it. I wouldn't mind paying for the game being there I just hope everyone is ok with it.

>>717159696 (OP)
Buy it on pc where I actually have control over the hardware I own and the software on it.

>>717171007
I don't have the graph showing physical's decline on hand, but physical is all but dead at this point. This was the final nail in the coffin.

>>717159696 (OP)
Pirate it

>>717159696 (OP)
Tendies love getting fucked in the ass by Nintendo, not my problem

>>717159696 (OP)
My real problem with this shit is that the Switch 2 only has 250GB of internal memory, which makes it completely useless for digital games. You need at least the 1TB expansion, which adds another $120 to the final price of the console.

>>717173715
Physical release sell more than digital literally 100% of the fucking time. The only excuse for digital is corpo cost cutting.

Reminder:
all game key cards will eventually become e-waste, according to Nintendo itself.

>>717175025
That is absolutely not true. Physical has been floundering for years now. The S2 was basically the industry's last hope to keep it on life support for a while longer, but it pulled the plug early.

>>717159696 (OP)
I'm not a fan. Therefore, I'm in no rush to buy a Switch 2.

Switch 1 is just fine, I have a PS5, and I have a PC, and there's nothing on Switch 2 I 'need'.

Maybe in a year or two now, when Nintendo third party support dwindles to nothing, they'll change their tune in how they're doing this. But until then, I don't care. If I want to buy a game physically, I should own it and not require the internet to ever enjoy it again.

>>717175089
This should be illegal. Literally just planned obsolescence where they kill it the moment they think they can get away with it, and Nintendo gets away with everything.

>>717175089
Being able to download digital games 19 years later after launch is incredible, hell their games were emulatable more than 10 years ago.
I think in 20 years you won't have problems pirating or emulating sw2 games

>>717159696 (OP)
I won't buy them, "physically" or digitally. Buying digital on a Nintendo platform is just throwing your money away, they are so trigger happy on taking down online as soon as possible to save a couple bucks. All those gamekey scam carts will be worthless plastic landfill in a decade

>>717159696 (OP)
>What will you do when you want to play a game but the only way to play it is this or digital?
Digital.
It sucks. Real bad even. But the key card shit isn't even worth considering. The key cards are pretty much the worst of both worlds.

reminder the esrb is a completely voluntary program basically invented by stores to give the impression they are family friendly fuckheads. you dont need to submit your game to ersb. theres no requirement. legally or not. absolutely fucking zero reason unless you want your game to show up on walmart shelves.

fucking stop

>>717174959
And even the 1TB isn't enough once you factor in how fucking shit AAA is at optimizing their games.
$70 download only 100 GB games will fill up your SD card and you'll have to spend another $120 for another SD card if you want to play more games.

Realistically I just won't play it. I think in my 30+ years of playing games, there have been maybe 10 games I've bought digitally for consoles. And most of those were just cheap ones on a sale. I'm not inherently against digital games, but the whole point of them is supposed to be they're cheaper since they don't have to be made or shipped (yet they cost just as much as a physical game,) and they can be convenient. Key cards are just the worst of both worlds: they don't have the permanence of a physical copy, but they don't have the convenience of a digital copy.

If my choice is physical or digital, I'm going to get a physical most of the time, and very rarely I'll get digital. If my choice is digital only because a company is purposefully trying to kill of physical? Then I'm just going to skip it entirely. There's no game so good that I'm willing to reward this behavior with money.

>>717159696 (OP)
I don't support it, so I don't buy it. Short term I'm going to be playing old stuff. Long term, as in 2026, if publishers still make Game KeyCards I'll probably go 1st party only Nintendo Switch 2. When the PS5 starts doing this, I'll just accept my death as a dinosaur and go retro. I rather go out than accept digital cuckoldery.

The current copium is 64GB cards are expensive for publishers this year, with next year being better manufacturing costs. If Nintendo does this with their 1st party games, then all is lost on my Switch 2 purpose. Personally I see no room for nuance, I rather not download 50GB games on my Switch 2 and hold storage space hostage. Physical negates the need to do those massive downloads that eat into the Switch's 256GB memory.

People buying the 128GB-256GB MicroSD Express cards are in for a cruel world when their games are 100GB downloads down the road on the Switch 2. You might as well go for 500GB minimum for MicroSD Express on Switch 2, y'all are wasting your money that's all I'm saying on that subject.

>>717176398
Console only problem.

>>717176405
This basically just says third parties are simply just failing on the S2 and that game key cards have nothing to do with it.

717176405
Digital distribution includes: DLC, Microtransactions (Gacha casinos, casual mobile games), and online-only games like the AI/UnrealStore asset flipped games like Showering With Dad Simulator on Steam. All that revenue gets tossed together with digital AA/AAA games. All that stacking on the side of digital only and the reality is physical/digital split is 50:50.

On Playstation we know since the Sony 1st party studio randomware leak of ImsoniacGames that they're selling 60% physical through 3rd parties and 1st party Sony games are 80% physical purchases. Japan has a big physical presence for Nintendo products and as such the Switch 1 is big physical backing. Final Fantasy 10 HD Switch in EU and NA has 10-2 as a digital code, while in Asia the cartridge comes with both 10 HD and 10-2 HD. Japanese market is big for physical games.

>>717179642
its crazy how flat they made her ass in jurassic park by digitally editing it out

>>717176092
>Steamie Weenie PC fanboy
On Steam, you purchase a license to play a game, not ownership of the game itself. This means Valve retains the right to revoke your access to the game, and you cannot resell it. This is standard practice for digital distribution platforms, and Steam now explicitly states this on the checkout page. A new California law requires digital storefronts to clarify that purchases grant a license, not ownership, to address concerns about digital ownership

So I went to Wal-mart to look at Nintendo games on display. I notice that they raised the red banner underneath the Switch 2 isle. The height is exactly the right size to hide the key card banner. What a scumbag practice! Fuck this company! Nintendo should get sued for misleading advertising.

>>717179715
>Console only problem.
okay PC vegan fanboy

>>717159696 (OP)
Can I resell those "game key card" physical games? If yes then I don't give a shit. If no then I'm quitting modern gaming. I refuse to pay for games if I can't recover most of the cost by selling it later. Only exception I'll make is for digital games that are on deep sale, I'm thinking 75% off.

>>717159696 (OP)
I will never buy a switch 2 because of this shit. Nintendo can fuck off

>>717166082
nah, nobody cares bro. "always online" is an issue, "download required" has never been an issue. people have been fine with downloading patches for games for thirty fucking years now.

>>717180364
yes, you can resell them. they function like a physical CD-Key, in that whoever currently possesses the game cart can play the game.

>>717180364
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.

>>717161443
>>Publishers don't want to pay for 64GB cards.
You’re painting this in a purposely wrong light. The 64gb carts have a huge premium added on it for Nintendo to cash on and no sane company wants to pay exorbitant prices for something that has been pumped because Nintendo wants to make a huge profit. Because of this, they’re choosing not to and use the code shit Nintendo has instead. It doesn’t help Nintendo has procured their own 64gb carts at the manufactures level

>nah, nobody cares bro. "always online" is an issue, "download required" has never been an issue. people have been fine with downloading patches for games for thirty fucking years now.
ZOOM ZOOM always online DRM smartphone gacha gambling addict zoomer

>>717180668
that huge premium? probably like $1

>nah, nobody cares bro. "always online" is an issue, "download required" has never been an issue.
Hello mister viral marketer for renting games subscriptions and digital DRM always online. Still going to buy physical only.

>>717159696 (OP)
No physical, no buy.
I’ll just pirate it on PC as digital isn’t owning.

>>717180820
There were devs on leddit saying there’s a $20 add on for every cart or something to that extent. Fellate Nintendo all you want, but this particular decision ain’t it

>>717180763
Learn to read you stupid faggot.

>"download required" has never been an issue. people have been fine with downloading patches for games for thirty fucking years now.
>people have been fine
ACK!

>Learn to read you stupid faggot.
>people have been fine with downloading games
lifesupport machine: aaaaccck beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

>>717180518
Steam is always online

>>717160718
Imagine identifying with a console. Anyone can simply buy a pc and a ps5 and enjoy whatever games they want. Anyone except children with no income.

>https://gizmodo.com/ubisoft-gamers-comfortable-not-owning-games-1851173259
>"One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That's the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That's a transformation that's been a bit slower to happen [in games]. As gamers grow comfortable in that aspect… you don't lose your progress. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. That's not been deleted. You don't lose what you've built in the game or your engagement with the game. So it's about feeling comfortable with not owning your game.

>>717180924
>Looks like you need a new Xbox, son
bad ass

>>717159696 (OP)
>All these third party games with fuck-huge file sizes
>Barely any of them have true physical carts that absorb the GB's
>Switch 2 will have 2 TB's SD cards, max
It's like they're trying to make me way more picky.

I still buy physical games but I am aware it's inherently irrational.

I just need the $80 Limited Run release instead if the $8 download because I just do ok?

I can't think of any benefit to it unless maybe your Playstation account got banned and you'd still have the game, but honestly I'd be so pissed at that point I'd never buy a game again period.

>>717180657
At the end of the day it's functionally the same thing.
>but the person who buys it second hand has to do a download
And? Servers are up for downloads (the ability to buy isn't important since with a game key card you already bought it) and will be for at least the next 20 years based on the wii's eshop. This is also assuming that the next console which we are at minimum 5-7 years out from doesn't allow backwards compatibility with the switch 2, because if it did there would be no reason to shut down the shop preemptively.

>>717181082
>Imagine identifying with a console. Anyone can simply buy a pc and a ps5 and enjoy whatever games they want.
stfu retard. wait wait no no account banned wait what, noooooooooooooooooo MY DIGITAL GAMES NOO GIVE THEM BACK.

>>717180924
can't say i'm surprised the schizos on /v/ have been banned from every console service ever conceived. you probably can't help yourself and sperg out like a faggot all the time on those platforms too.

>>717181236
>you won't get any more charges
"Than...thank you EA, I'm so happy that you don't charge me after I called someone the N word"

>>717180657
>Or if Nintendo themselves end of service their eShop like the Wii U/3DS
this won't effect game key cards. as long as the download servers are still running key cards will work, and so far nintendo hasn't shut down any of their download servers.

>>717181141
https://in.ign.com/apex-legends/198406/news/ea-bans-apex-legends-player-for-typing-stfu-on-chat
>The issue was brought to notice by an Apex Legends player ‘THEVAN3D’, who shared a screenshot of the message on their Reddit. The screenshot reveals EA’s message which mentions “We consider this to be Harassment.” regarding the usage of “stfu”, which is the acronym for “shut the fuck up”.
>However, the player got his EA account banned as a result, and therefore can no longer play any game from the publisher using the said account.
>The message further mentions that the player’s payment details too have been removed from EA’s system, and they won’t receive “any more charges”. THEVAN3D reveals that all of EA’s games are now inaccessible to them, including single player titles.
badass.

>>717181236
??? You can be banned from online on any system. What does that have to do with being mad that some people buy other gaming systems?

>>717181379
On Steam you get baned for the latter N

>>717181379
Honestly, I don't have much sympathy for someone who didn't see it coming. You never put all your eggs in one basket, especially if that basket can be arbitrarily taken away from you without notice.

>>717159696 (OP)
Digitalcuck here, was thinking about going back to physical knowing that file sizes were about to get out of control. But Nintendo effectively made the decision for me to stay the course, kinda fucked up. Nintendo needs to start churning out game cards of various sizes as fast as they can make them, this game key card shit is anti-hype and I was buying my games digitally anyway.

>>717160718
> demon's souls (unplayable for pctroons)
idk I played it a few weeks ago on my PC

>Steam has now added a warning to customers that they are only buying a license for a game and don’t actually own it.
Digital cuckold bros...

>>717159696 (OP)
>shit devs put their games on gamekeys and flop
>good devs put their games on carts and sell well
simple as, based nintendo for putting an morality test into part of their requirements to have success on their platform

>>717180657
Imagine being so fat you look at computers and see food

>>717159696 (OP)
That is a digital game. No pawn shop or used game store would accept that if I needed to sell so I cannot consider it a physical copy of the game.

>>717182946
lmao are you living under a rock? You can sell, lend or gift game key cards and they will work on another console just fine.

>>717180320
It is literally a console only problem, retard. Get your shit together.

>>717180657
kys bootlicker

>>717159696 (OP)
Oh cool
:)
Oh…
:(

>>717159696 (OP)
Can always pirate when possible.

most of the time idgaf about physical but I'd make exceptions for titles I really liked, like if I could get a physical copy of the next Etrian Odyssey without importing I would.

I'll just pirate them on PC

>>717183046
No store owner with a brain would buy a video game with an expiration date, hence you cannot sell them. You are detached from reality and you don't understand the business model of collectors shops.

>>717182040
California is fucking retarded.
You're buying the licence, that's what you've always been buying. Everyone fucking knew this and it was always said in shit like the manual and EULAs.

>>717182040
So make copies of your games and sell them if you own them.Wait, no, lol, you can't do jack shit with games on consoles, not even access the files on your little prison boxes and all you own is plastic.

All of the excuses for Game-Key Card's are shit you can already do with physical and digital
>Game-Key Card's are better than codes in boxes because I actually own it!
*Accepts wasting physical space for an actual cartridge in your console and digital storage for fully digital games*
>If you don't want to own it anymore then you can just sell it, like a real physical copy!
Not a single Game-Key Card has this problem on other systems, they're all fully physical
>Its easier for smaller titles like indies to get released this way, rather than actual cartridges
Not a single indie title has gotten a Game-Key Card yet, only AAA and AA
>You can just buy the Switch 1 version and get the Switch 2 update
I buy physical so I don't waste digital space, I have over 100 physical Switch games and various digital ones, enough to nearly fill a 512GB Micro SD. Nobody on Earth will have a huge Switch 2 collection since you're better off just buying digital rather than ""physical"".

>>717183058
>UK ONLINE SAFETY ACT BLOCKS NVIDIA SETTINGS FOR MINORS
>Under new age rules, teens under 18 can no longer access Nvidia’s GPU control panel on their own PCs.
>The app now blocks users unless they meet age requirements, even for basic hardware settings.
PC Vegan.

>>717186874
And now you know why third parties are grubby Jews.

>>717187369
Yes, I know you're tech illitreate and were desperately looking for a rebuttal, but what does that have to do with the esrb fucking up console games for decades, retard? You rabid nintendo cocksuckers have the collective iq of a wet sock.

>>717159696 (OP)
I ain't paying for some physical box with key in it. That's the whole reason why I won't buy a Switch 2.

>>717180657
>Or if Nintendo themselves end of service their eShop like the Wii U/3DS.

You can actually still re-download all your purchased software for the Wii, DSi, 3DS and WiiU.

I would assume they'd still let you download the data for the Key Cards 20 years from now. By that time, there would be Switch 2 emulators and pretty much every notable game will be repackaged in a collection, on some kind of service or remastered, so it's not that big of a deal as you think.

>>717168294
NOT
MY
PROBLEM

>>717186874
>>If you don't want to own it anymore then you can just sell it, like a real physical copy!
>Not a single Game-Key Card has this problem on other systems, they're all fully physical
Game-Key cards are shit, but the point being made is that digital games cannot be resold, nit that physical can't.

My theory is that Nintendo is pushing game key cards to prevent piracy of third party games.

>>717192556
Why would they only care about piracy for (some) third party games? I don't buy it.

>>717159696 (OP)
I'm glad it didn't happen back when games were good
Now there's not much worth preserving anyway so I don't care much

>>717159696 (OP)
Honestly? I'm not particularly arsed. Any time you buy a game these days you're lumbered with a massive day 1 update anyway. This is better than digital download because I can sell it on when I'm done with it. I don't like the sanctimonious "game preservation" stuff claiming that it's dead with this. It died with DLC and broken games launched on discs, expecting you to download massive patches throughout the 3-6 month period after a games release anyway.

>>717193016
You sound like you didn't own a Switch, or a physical library for it.

>>717160718
All require significant patching to play.

>>717192747
Because the versions of multiplat games that were pirated the most were Nintendo Switch games.

>>717193109
I do. I can't recall the last time a game didn't have a day 1 patch or otherwise.

>>717160718
kek this post reply chain buckbroke PC vegans

>>717189434
>You can actually still re-download all your purchased software for the Wii, DSi, 3DS and WiiU.
Nintendo has literally said that they WILL close down redownload servers.
>but but 20 years
Guess what people can still play NES games without problems.
Dumb shills like you would make that impossible.

There is actually no reason to shut down PURCHASES, but they do that, which means it's only costing them money, but not getting them any.

>>717193201
What are the last 5 Switch games you played?

>>717193201
liar liar pants on fire

>>717193301
And yet, they haven't shut down the wii download servers in 20 years even though it costs them money and there is nothing to gain from having them up. From this we can deduce that the cost to run the servers that allow people to download games is negligible, or perhaps there's no cost if they use the same servers for the wii u/3ds and switch shops.

>>717193769
they know that tons of people will be pissed.
Snoy on the other hand has already done it, and retards like you kept their mouth shut.

>they haven't shut down the Wii servers in 20 years
Why would they shut servers down before Wii was even released? Are you retarded, zoomer?
The shutdown was 2019.

>>717193997
>you slightly exaggerated so now I'm gonna pretend that your entire point has no merit

>>717159696 (OP)
This is basically a worst of both worlds isnt it?

>>717196462
Yeah.
But streaming is bottom of the barrel.

>>717160109
That's a Crapcom game, retard

>>717160691
>"Digital games bad"
>Renting digital games at Steam
Are you retarded?

>>717196462
Kinda yeah.
Collectorfag or someone who wants to replay the game down the line? Bad, but could be worse (like code-in-a-box).
Digitalfag? Bad, loses the convenience of buying digital.
Fag who just wants to play the game once/fag who has friends who do the same? Great, but obviously not as good as the full game on the cart.
Keep in mind that the alternative for third-parties doing this is simply having no physical cart in the first place, GKC or not, and having all their games be digital-only.

>>717196462
There are physicalfags who really do just want the physical manifestation of the game on the shelf, and its a step above a 1 use code.
People are right to suspect the key will be rendered useless one day when nintendo considers switch an antiquated legacy platform but we might all be dead before that happens

I really want to support nintendo, but the 64GB only card thing is hurting the switch 2 and I will not buy one if most of the games are going to be digital.
I'm actually surprised that it's selling well.

>>717159696 (OP)
This is one of the three main reasons I will likely never get a Switch 2.

>>717176405
Mind you this ratio also accounts for DLC, Microtransactions, online memberships, and 2 dollar indie games

>>717159696 (OP)
I don't understand why people still care about physical in this day and age.
>I need to save space on the hardware
Just get an SD Card. If you get to the point where you're out of space you can delete a few games you're no longer playing to make room.
>It's more convenient
How?
>I want to own my games
You're not going to "own" the majority of your physical games when it requires a day one download to even function.
>I want to resell my games in the future
This one is the only one that makes a bit of sense, but the majority of people selling their games only sell them just to get rid of them. People selling 25 games to GameStop for like $30 for the whole collection. I'd rather just delete the games and download them again if I get nostalgic for them in the future.

717200847
You're a retarded underage zoomer. Not giving a (you). How's summer school btw? Maybe next semester you'll be literate.

>>717202552
I'm 30, anon. Haven't given a fuck about physical when I realized that fumbling through all of my DS games to find the one that I wanted to play was a huge hassle. All of my digital Wii games are still there too.

>>717197920
No, the alternative is full retail releases and you're a retard who doesn't understand the value shelf space has for sales. Having a spot on the shelf drives sales through increased awareness and impulse sale, especially around holidays and birthdays and it incentivises retailers to push your product for their own benefit. Publishers don't want to give up that powerful shelf space and are trying to cut corners while raising prices. Sales figures are showing that these fake physical releases aren't selling and pretty soon the big box stores are going to get mad because they are losing shelf space and storage space which could be used more efficiently for something which isn't making much money. Investors aren't blind to the fact that full releases are generating a lot more revenue at big box stores compared to keys either. If it continues down this path the publishers will be forced into full releases

>>717161565
Digital boot licker

>>717203519
I hate AI. It's literally making people retarded.

>>717162460
Nobody only has one system and if they do it's more than likely a pc so the problem would solve itself

>>717204562

>>717205416
Case in point.

>>717191510
And I'd get that if it was somehow impossible for any of these games to have a normal release, but there isn't. The majority of cross-platform titles for Switch 1 and 2 have normal releases on the former. Sparking Zero has a normal release despite being 6GB. I blame both Nintendo for this new format and how expensive normal carts supposedly are, and third parties for accepting this shitty format despite having millions to produce normal releases.

They should just charge more for physical games and put it on an actual cart.

>muh retailers

Digital books are cheaper than physical books, this argument is retarded.

>>717159696 (OP)
I'm not buying game key cards. Nintendo first party games aren't game key cards anyway, and they're the only games worth playing on Nintendo consoles in the first place. Why would anyone play a game on switch when they can play on PC?

>>717159696 (OP)
Key cards are the worst of both worlds. You don't get the convenience of a regular digital download, nor do you get to truly own your game like a regular physical copy. Key cards existing is just baffling to me. This is a horrible format Nintendo has created.

>>717183128
48% of zoomers are functionally illiterate, and your post proves it.

>>717202552
>website built for literally no other reason but to inform players what snoy movies they intend to buy are actually on the fucking disk
>GUYS THIS IS A LIE SNOY HAS PHYSICAL NINTENDO IS PSYOPING YOU!

>>717159696 (OP)
Physical becomming scarce just means my physical games become more valuable