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With Switch, Nintendo is currently offering the platform friendliest to physical game collectors, but the existence of ...
A new leak (spotted by Notebook Check) from the publisher Arc System Works might hint at why a publisher would choose the Game-Key over a digital only or physical cartridge. Arc System Works has been ...
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser explains Game-Key Cards are for 3rd parties to publish 'deeper and larger' games on ...
Nintendo Switch 2 game-key card warning. Image credit Nintendo Customer Support. On the upside, as was pointed out by GI.biz's piece, companies like Square Enix, Capcom, Sega, and Taito have ...
When I went to Asus’ headquarters to see all of their new products ahead of the first day on the show floor at Computex 2025, I wasn’t expecting a new keyboard to be revealed, especially a split one ...
When Nintendo Switch 2 launches in June, many of the first games that are released for the system will be on Game-Key Cards. These cartridges simply act as a “key” to download the game from ...
There is a lot new with Switch 2, but Nintendo's introduction of Game-Key cards has muddied the waters of physical versus digital and led to plenty of debate. For instance, not everyone is a fan ...
This puts CD Projekt in the relative minority, as many other third party studios are instead favouring 'key cards' for their own Switch 2 releases. These key cards don't actually contain game data ...
While not all physical releases for the Nintendo Switch 2 are Game Key Cards, a number of releases are. These cartridges hold a license to download a game without any data on the actually chip ...
This update gets your Switch 1 ready for a system transfer to Switch 2, as well as GameShare and Virtual Game Cards. This update gets your Switch 1 ready for a system transfer to Switch 2 ...
Game-Key Cards for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 have been incredibly controversial amongst the community, with more and more third-party studios seemingly opting to utilise the technology ...
Speaking of which, it’s been confirmed that Switch 2 game cards won’t necessarily have a copy of the game on the card itself. These Game-Key Cards will be labelled on the box, and act as a ...