Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be account- or console-locked

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• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  They still have no real reason to exist though. Theyre a catalyst for ending physical media.

  You get the worst part of owning a physical copy (you gotta find the physical game and put it in the console every time you want to.play that game) combined with the worst part about owning a digital copy (you still have to download all the game data).

  Unless these versions of the game are cheaper than even the digital versions of the game, then there is no reason anybody would just pick the digital version over these. Any person interested in selling the game when they are done playing will just get normal physical media.

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  • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    its worse than comparing it to physical media that has all content on media, but better than display boxes that only has a digital code in it.

    digital key carts are more replacing the latter (which is better) but there will definitely be a few devs who will opt out of physical media storage costs for the key card

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    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      how is it better than display boxes?

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  • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I mean with this setup you can still sell the game and it keeps a used game market. I don’t like not actually “possessing” the game cause we know everything online shuts down eventually, but it’s much better than the “physical games” that actually just have a download code.

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    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Its effectively a self-destructing game set on a timer.

      Not unlike real physical games that succumb to time and damage, except you cannot dump the gamedata to preserve your own physical copy.

      Also, physical games deteriorate at a much slower rate than Nintendo shutting down their servers. Sure, you have the right to download your digital Wii games you paid for, but have fun doing that right now on servers that no longer exist. The WiiU and 3DS eShops are next, they already have purchases disabled.

      I can still play physical NES games, the only maintenance required is changing the battery, if the cart even has one, and keeping the pins clean.

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  • deur@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Nintendo doesnt want to sell them either. They lose so much revenue on wholesaling and manufacturing. Digital gets them that sweet sweet 100% of the consumer price per sale. Holy fuck they’re just counting the days until they can finally convince idiots physical shouldnt exist. Ask Sony and Microsoft what they learned about even trying to suggest they were killing the used market.

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• Kelly@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  What? Of course not … that’s why they are in the form of game cards.

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  • Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I assume people were worried about them pulling an Xbox, especially since they are largely the same concept.

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    • Kelly@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Its the same concept as a stub game disc which requires a full online install (something Xbox used for cross-gen one/series titles).

      Its nothing like the account tied physical sales they proposed at the Xbox one announcement.

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  • dvoraqs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A more “controlling” company could try to lock down the cartridge or even a disc with the logic that the license is tied to the purchaser. It doesn’t seem like much since that is the status quo, but last generation Microsoft was testing those waters and we’re just happy that these boundaries aren’t being pushed again right now.

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• hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  They’re trying to kill physical media. Nintendo managed to figure out a way to add all the inconveniences of physical media to digital only games.

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  • Abnorc@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I am surprised that they didn’t just do away with it entirely. I don’t think it would have hurt their bottom line. This is somehow worse IMO. They’ll charge you more money for physical media that doesn’t even have the entire game on it. It’s like they want people to know that they’re being slapped in the face.

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• JakobFel@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yay, one good thing in a heaping pile of crap! Will wonders never cease?

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• Horsey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  How long do we reckon until they figure out the decryption keys and Switch 2 games become piratable on stock hardware?

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• altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s kind of what I figured. I mean otherwise, it wouldn’t make any sense to offer game key cards when digital versions exist.

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• lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Now if they could enable multi device Lan based game transfer like the steam deck has the cards wouldn’t be so bad.

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