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

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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

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[–] hal_5700X -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No. You have to download the game and need the cartridge to play it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

People are referring to damaged physical media = can’t play it. That’s always been the case. You mixed 2 different things into the same point, which are wildly distinct and why people say they agree partially.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

It's not unheard of, though. Modern Warfare 2 had only a 70MB file on its disc, basically a license, and required you to download the actual game.

Note I'm not defending this. It's a nightmare for game preservation and pushes us ever further in the direction of never owning anything. I'm just saying Nintendo isn't breaking new ground with this particular outrage.