Tag: Game Key Card
News Game-Key Cards A "Sales Strategy Decision", Says Resident Evil Requiem Director
Gosh, make up your minds
Just recently, the director of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade mentioned that Game-Key Cards for Switch 2 were somewhat of a necessary evil, stating that load times from a physical cartridge are inferior to that found on an SSD. Now, in an interview with
News Japan's National Library Says Game-Key Cards Are Not Eligible For Preservation
Gee, ya think?
Japan's National Diet Library (or 'NDL', for short) is one of the biggest libraries in the world and, from the year 2000, began to obtain video game CDs and cartridges for preservation purposes. According to an article from Famitsu (thanks, Automaton), however, the library does not consider the Switch 2's Game-Key Cards as 'proper'...
News Nintendo Is Seeking Player Feedback On Game-Key Cards In Japan
How much time have you got?
Game-Key Cards, it's safe to say, haven't gone down too well with the Nintendo community. With rumours heavily indicating that the only Switch 2 cartridge currently on offer to third-party developers is the full-fat 64GB model, the vast majority of games so far have arrived on Game-Key Cards. This means that you need to...
News "We MUST Resist Buying These Game-Key Releases", Says GamesMaster Host
It's going as well as expected
The next generation of Switch is introducing a new concept when it launches on 5th June 2025: Game-Key Cards. In case you missed it, these are 'physical' game releases that contain a cartridge, but the cartridge has no meaningful data on it. Instead, it acts as a 'key' of sorts which then lets you download the relevant...
