Oblivion, Skyrim And Fallout Switch 2 Physicals Will All Be Code-In-A-Box, Bethesda Confirms

Lol. It's been real guys.

Yep, as expected another key-card salad, with some code in a box dressing.

There goes any chance of me buying Oblivion then

Maybe Disney is requiring it.

I wasn't getting any of these games anyway, but I do feel sorry for anyone who wanted physical versions of these games on the Switch 2.

Well, at least Indiana Jones being physical is good news, that's something to be happy about 😀.

Some plastic and paper and they don't allow me to scratch off the stuff to reveal the code. I hate this timeline. Who am I kidding? I was going to download it anyways.

Cool, None of that is going to stop me from spending another 500 hours in the Commonwealth and Cyrodiil on Switch 2.

At least people can't act like we'd have gotten Indiana Jones on cart if it wasn't for keycards.

That game is bigger than 100 GB. There was no chance of that going on a cart.

And they didn't even bother with keycarts for the other two.

So if there was no keycart option we'd have just gotten 3 codes in boxes instead of 2.

I understand key cards, even though they only exist for people who hate the planet, but code in a box is the worst thing in the world. Then you just add plastic waste to the world without even having the benefit of being able to pass it along to another person to use one day! Should honestly be illegal

Code in a box is such a horrendous plastic dump it shouldn’t even be allowed.

Total waste of materials, just do a cardboard slip and call it a day.

And eshop it is

Ah well, most of my Switch 2 library is digital anyways for 3 reasons, due to my splitted life between my country and the US (and btw despite everything, i love it here in the midwest and thinking to move at my girl's) and ever since my sister lost my copy of Mario 3D All Stars (or Collection where i live) i begun having fears of losing my games attributed my slow move to digital/eshop and where i live in both countries we dont have games stores (except gamestop in my US area but its apparently closing down)

It’s kind of expected. Oblivion, Skyrim, and Fallout are essentially “old”. The people who want those games already have them considering how long they have been out. Indy, on the other hand, is new and fresh; they need to sell as many copies as possible. I understand that it sucks and doesn’t make much sense, but it is what it is.

Well, Indiana Jones is the one that interests me the most, so I'm glad that's a physical.

I know Oblivion isn't going to fit on a cart, but they're not even doing game key cards? Is that better or not? I wasn't getting it physically anyway because I knew it wasn't happening.

Well, it's not a Game Key Card, which is what everyone wanted.

Anyone else want a go on this Monkey Paw?

Poor little Microsoft, can’t even afford to do game key cards

Cool less plastic waste, no need for cartridges

I really expected the Switch 2 to be my first digital-only console, but a physical Indy has me hoping I can stay physical a little while longer.

Suddenly game key cards don't seem all that bad, huh?

~A waste of plastic
This is not fantastic.~

If course they are. This is so ridiculous.😐

I do not care. They are some of the best games of all time that can be taken on the go. Not everything's perfect and never will be.

„Physicals”… ¬_¬

@charliecarrot They’re worse.

I would never buy a code-in-box but I'm supporting Indy for sure.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle didn't even have real physicals on PS5 and XBOX which makes the Switch 2 version the only real physical version.

Meh old games and inferior ports that I already had on Steam Deck anyways. No reason to get these on Switch 2 unless they had actual physical release.

@Metazoxan It says Indiana Jones IS a full cartridge.

Joke of a console.

And I thought game key was bad, at lease you can sell and share those. Code in box is disgusting and anti consumer.

Tbf Indiana being full cart not GKC is the most welcomed surprise. It's the newer game so makes sense more resources gonna be poured into that

The others I was expecting digital only so this doesn't surprise me

Honestly super surprised to see Indy on a cart, especially after they didn't even put it fully on Disc for the other consoles. Very excited about that! Might have to consider it if we don't have it change to be a Game-Key Card

Indianna Jones is a 120GB game. Have Nintendo got bigger carts ready to go? Or is the game very heavily compressed?

Either way I am glad to here is a full game on cart. I do think the language is weird however and invites confusion.

I won’t even touch their games til they’ve been out a bit and reviews covering how they run are released. Except Indiana jones. May go for that regardless. Lol

I recently bought Indiana Jones on PS5, but it's cool to see it get a physical release here!

The death of physical games is getting serious momentum with Switch 2. The anti-consumer slide continues.

Switch 2 is feeling like a mostly digital-only console for switch 2 games. The game card slot mostly sells hope at this moment for switch 2 games (or the ability to play s1 games).

The video game industry slowly turning away its most devoted fans.

So the only game I didn't really care about gets a physical version... XD .... Guess I will not buy any of them.
I don't mind GKCs. So this is baaaaaad....

I mean, nowadays many games provide extra Polish with a day-1-patch.

I’ve accepted GKC after some initial repulsion as making due with a bad situation but a code in a box is utter trash, borderline lying to the consumer.

I’m ok w/ a code on a card, lots of people get store gift cards and sore credit add may want to pay in cash, so a little piece of plastic w/ a code can workout for some people, but the box does seem both misleading and a waste.

...and you thought game key cards were bad. Try reselling this 🤣

That the Polish language is rhe only thing you need to download at least proves my conspiracy: Indy is only on cartridge because someone at MachineGames fought to show up CDProjekt

The one silver lining of all the fake physical games is that it's making it really easy to pare down my Switch 2 wishlist.
Is it physical? That's a yes then.
Is it a 30+ GB download? That'll probably be a no.

There are still more Switch 1 games than I can ever hope to get through, so while I'll regret missing out on a few titles, I'll never have to worry about a shortage of things to play.

Fire! I love these business practices! Totally did not see this coming

I prefer code-in-a-box games to key card games, but only slightly. I rarely lend out my games, I even more rarely sell my games, so those points are near useless selling points for me anyway. With code-in-a-box, you'll at least get the proper benefit of a digital purchase in that you don't need to insert a cartridge to play. And I see the box it comes with as a spare box for another, actual physical game, may something happen to its box somehow. Or when buying a used game that is only the cartridge.

That said, code-in-a-box games need to be SEVERELY discounted for me to even consider buying them. But at least the consideration is there. With key cards, it's just a straight up no.

@Ade117 Same here but it's pretty bad the others just got a bit of paper with a code in a box, at least with a game key card you had something physical and could resell glad I was only after Indy

@Yosher but you can only use the code in a box once, it might as well not even have a box....no resell, game key cards you can at least trade or sell once your board of it

Great that Indie is full physical.

We all know that Limited Run Games will do the physical version of the other three games.

Was expecting key cards for all of these since that what they are on other consoles. Code in a box makes sense for Skyrim since the alternative is reprinting the base cart and making you download the rest. But totally nonsensical for Fallout which is like 10 years old.

@Yosher Wish they’d update the key card system so that you only need to insert the card once every so often rather than requiring it to play every time. I’m sure they could make it recognize that the key is already in use so you can’t lend the card out during that grace period.

@RoboCube I did mention how I rarely lend out my games and sell them even more rarely, didn't I? Those points mean nothing to me.

Glad I'm not interested in any of these titles.

@larryisaman That would legit make me more interested in getting key cards. It's still not the solution I'd want as it doesn't address the biggest issue I have with them (namely all the storage they require on your system), but it would be so much better already just from that alone.

I say, make game key card games force an internet requirement to be able to be played without the cartridge, but you can do that at any time. If there is no internet connection, the cartridge is required. That plus only the occasional check you mentioned would be a great way to improve game key cards.

So many Bestheda games are coming, but there are still two franchises that haven't been announced yet.
Both Starfield and Doom have been rumoured to come. Particularly, a The Dark Ages port by Panic Button themselves would be great. But I guess they first want to release their first games and see how they perform, so physical or not, I would still support these releases, even if I can't understand why not even a Game Key Card is offered here...

Game not on cart = no buy.

I guess that the game key card haters got their wish of no GKC.

I'd rather have this than that key card nonsense.