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This weekend I am treating myself with Castlevania Symphony of the Night on its original hardware! (FINALLY!) That's right! "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!" and all that!

On the side I will be blasting in Serious Sam: The First Encounter and some Diablo-like gaming in Heroes of Ruin!

Have a nice weekend everyone!!!

Another key-card trash

@Mesozoic_Masquerade Can you tell me how companies can restrict my license on the N64, NES, SNES, PS1, PS2 cartridges and discs? They go into your house at night and take them away so you can't play them?

Same goes for a PS4/5 or a Switch that is not online and you have a full game on the cartridge or installation discs.

If it does not require a server connection, HOW can they take away the game from your physical library that is self-sufficient to play without any external requirements?

@Suketoudara This is not a good argument for physical and digital media.

In the same matter I can say that playing game roms on emulators on my Steam Deck is the same game from the eShop and it plays the same.

@Ooccoo_Jr The big negative for me is that I do not own the game I bought unlike the releases that are full on the cart. I prefer ownership of that little chip and what is on it. In this case there is nothing on it. It is a plastic DRM key and nothing more.

Same with the DRM key-discs.

@NinChocolate So this is my point. It benefits only Nintendo and the publisher, it is not for the user. Just useless plastic that you can pass on to other people

I simply want the physical media to contain the basic release version of the software I bought. Nothing more, nothing less.

This move is done out of pure marketing greed.

And people wonder why software piracy exists

@Ooccoo_Jr This is done ONLY for the benefit of the publishers. ALL the costs are passed on to the users.

• Requires Internet connection
• Requires disc space

And for what? So the publishers can say they have their game on the shelf and have clueless people buy it while they save money.

Ohhh but you can resell and trade the empty cartridge, so everything is ok

Shelf space is the big reason to do this without investing in manufacturing a large cartridge. So clueless moms and dads buy this crap for their kids or as gifts, as we know they do not browse the eShop for that stuff

Key-card is the worst of both worlds, all the "inconvenience" of the physical and all of the "requirements" of the digital.

Sometimes it is good to be a late adopter I did the same with my Switch 1.

But I guess that Mario Kart is like an illegal substance to some people

@Anachronism sure. Let's agree to disagree

But did it fix the emptiness of the soulless world?
The many buildings that are just cubes with non-functioning doors?

@Aventurier ? I did not understand this at all.

That is interesting but I can't find any use for me, as I use only 1 account.

What I want is the ability to delete more than 100 screenshots at a time!

Nope. I can't say goodbye to one of the best generations in gaming. Also, the Switch 2 BC might not be as good as they market it.

And the Switch 1 is so compatible that space is not an issue with this little gem.

Ah and the Switch 2 still does not have many games that interest me. The only one that stands out is Cyberpunk 2077 as I am not a HUGE fan of Mario Kart.

@DonierGunad Nice! The game reminds me of a combination between Shatterhand and Ninja Gaiden!

This weekend I will have some tries at Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles and Castlevania Legacy of Darkness! This year I have beat many Castlevania games for the first time so training to be better in more is my goal

On the side I have Quake 1 and Cyber Shadow

Happy gaming everyone!!!

PS: I do not think that the Switch 2 will surpass the greatness of the Switch 1. But that is just my opinion

@JPEGMakima I actually hope we find out. This will be very interesting.

But in my opinion, it will have the same fate as Snow White.

@NintendoByNature I genuinely hope that's not the case as well

I wonder if Switch 2 cartridges work on this version of the firmware

PS: Thanks for the shoutout. The video is down now

@Olliemar28 Here is the FULL startup and setup of the Switch 2 Leak!

It is good to know that you can setup the system without internet and create a local profile!

@Michael0916 Well this was always a chance when units are shipped. And what will be leaked exactly? Mario Kart? The game that plays the same as the other Mario Kart games? I doubt it.

If a person is afraid of spoilers for their games, they can simply turn off the internet until the launch day. Problem solved

I hope that Switch 2 games could be played without the day 1 patch but that is yet to be confirmed.

For now, only Switch 1 games are confirmed that need the patch.

@ScottyG Actually most physical gaming accounts on social media were informing about it before the release with early copies.

This is the first DooM game to do that because of the early access route Bethesda decided to take.

After all, why would people PAY for early access when there is a chance of people playing it early if they get physical copies leaked? And that is the reason they decided to make it a key-disc ... pathetic.

As long as a game that I want is fully on the cart I will buy it. Simple.

This weekend will be as casual as possible and the games I chose are Batman Arkham Origins, Wolfenstein The Old Blood, DooM 64 and Super Castlevania IV!

Happy gaming everyone!

Publishers who do not commit to true physical releases should be punished.

They will look better if they just skip physical and just release digital only than releasing a plastic DRM key.

We know they are doing it just for the shelf space and nothing more.

This weekend I will play on a small nostalgia note called World of Warcraft. I will level just a little in Season of Discovery after not playing for over a year!

On the side I have Exhumed and Silent Hill 2

Have a nice weekend everyone!!!

Don't worry guys! This soulless crap of a game sold a ton of copies!

Ready your wallets as the next mainline Pokemon game might be even worse!

If you PAY for a physical edition, it should contain a playable build of the game on the physical media.

If the publishers are so afraid of losses just put a bigger price tag on the REAL physical game and print less quantity and the digital only version could be less expensive.

Key-carts are a waste, the core customers do not care that much about resell ability.

LRG will be one of the last bastions for physical games on the Switch 2.

I have not had any bad experiences from LRG. I even got free games sent to me as a mistake Yeah that is bad but free games are still free games

I do not care for longer wait times as the games need manufacturing after the pre-order window has ended.

@Tasuki enjoy HoMM3 again this game will never die!

This weekend I will start a new playthrough of DooM Eternal on the Switch.
Also, such a shame that the disc of DooM The Dark Ages does not contain the game, and you need internet to install it and play it. Despicable

I will continue my save in Singularity on the 360 and play some GTA V as I have never touched the story like at all This will be interesting.

Have a nice weekend!

@Chimichanga Because most people are consumers that do not care about ownership.

And because of that publishers and platform holders are pushing towards digital so they could control the market and its pricing.

Also digital only allows for unfinished crap products to hit the market and reap revenue WHILE the devs fix the issue post-launch.

The CONSUMER does not care about those things because they have something to consume.

Is the Switch 1 copy playable from the cart?

Ahh that is sad to see.

Scarlet and Violet are the only Pokemon games I refuse to buy.

And this is not because of the bugs and the terrible low quality of development. The problem I have is that those games are completely soulless compared to ALL of the other Pokemon games.

Now it is proven that even a turd with the Pokemon logo will sell well and people will eat it.

And still no MAGICIAN LORD?!

So, the price of trash is not going up, that is nice to know

Even if it is more powerful, I doubt that it will beat the Steam Deck in terms of tinkering.

Also, mouse control or it will be just for Xbox games on PC OS?

Not interested at all.

@Bizzyb I really hope that the publishers that cheap out are punished where it hurts the most ... their pockets!

Only then, the idiotic practices for saving money at the expense of the users, END!

@Chlocean They did the same with the release of the Witcher 3 on the Switch 1 as well

And they are behind the DRM free pc games hop GOG.

I hope they make an online physical preservation shop like LRG in the future

I think we already see that the key-cart statistics in the stores miss the "bestseller" tag that the physical editions have.

I HOPE that EVERY key-cart release actually LOSES money, so it sends a message to the big players.

Come on Elden Ring be a normal release!!!

I still have hope that Bandai Namco will release it on a normal cart and not a key-cart.

@Bunkerneath To be fair there is a version with both Assassin's Creed 3 and Liberation both on the Switch cartridge, so there is at least the option to choose.

@fpcreator2000 Sad, well again I saved money

I think this was confirmed as a key-cart in one retailer.

Let's face it, an underperformed game will not be given a proper physical release.

Also, hello???? This is Ubisoft. They are cheap and they can't afford to take any risks now.

Is this a key-cart release in the west?

@Tasuki It is amazing and the team behind it announced a third faction in the future update - Bulwark. Dwarves, mountain trolls and runes

Absolute peak to an undying game!

More Elden Ring for me. It is harder to play a Faith character than a Quality one, at least for me!

I cleared Limgrave and the Weeping Peninsula. Now I am in Liurnia of the Lakes and hunting for dungeons

On the side I have Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Horn of the Abyss on the Steam Deck and Octopath Traveler on the Switch

Happy gaming everyone!!!

No, publishers do not deserve money for physical releases that do not contain a playable build of their game.

@Oldstalk and that is ok because key-cart is not a physical release. It is a plastic DRM key.

If there is no playable build on the physical media it is worthless for a physical collection gamers.

LRG is only distributing this, they are not making it.

Still they do it for the money and good relationship with the publisher.

Not a good look!

One of the best games EVER created!