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Nintendo says it has no plans to ditch physical games, knows how much fans like it (nintendoeverything.com)
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“Historically, we’ve been very agnostic, right? We go off what the consumer prefers, and take that into account very heavily. We also have a platform that was just launched. We’re barely just over a year into NS2. It’s got both digital and physical – that capability. There’s no plans to ditch physical. We know how much the fans like it as well, so our position has been to be agnostic.”

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[–] 52 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Nintendo has already abandoned physical games with it's game key card nonsense. If we still have to connect to the internet to download the game it's not a physical game.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 weeks ago

    I hate key cards and really don't like digital games if I can avoid them. Which is why I also know that all first party games still fully come on the carts. I'm not seeing anyone mentioning that. You do not need internet at all to play Kart World or DK Bananza. Same will be true for Ocarina.

    Third party games, which I wouldn't ever buy on Switch anyway, have the choice of a key card, yes.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    A game key card is not as good as a full game on the cart, but it is better than a digital purchase. I can lend, gift, or resell a game license tied to a key card. Once I have a game installed, I can play it entirely offline and never check licencing servers.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago

    You will still eventually run out of ability to download it. Key cards will eventually kill the used market. You can still buy OG NES carts and play them. SNES, N64, GC, Wii, WiiU. I can trust buying a game on any those from a retro game store will allow me to play the game. The switch starts to get questionable as many of those games have updates so while you can play it, it won’t be the final version. The switch 2 retro market will die the day Nintendo decides that it does.

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