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Nintendo Switch2 game key carts are worse then some of you know for the consumer. forget about price, usability is degraded. (kotaku.com)
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Remember when you use to buy a Switch game and the game would atleast partially before updates, be on the cartridge?

Well imagine buying a key cart for your Switch2 and, you have to download the game from their servers from scratch. The game doesn't download itself to the cartridge, but onto your Switch 2 consoles internal memory.

Now imagine getting a bad update and trying to delete some data including the update, just to play with the original games version.

physical Key cart games are treated just like they are digital which means you can't revert the update.

Even if the game is saved onto your Switch's internal you cannot legally play a key cart game, without the key carts inserted in your switch.

The game data is not stored on the key cartridge but on your switch's internal memory.

$80 $70 Nintendo Switch 2 carts

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[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Nearly 90% of physical games can be completed without a download of any kind. I can't say how Switch 2 cards will end up, but I would hope it's not as dire as everyone seems to think it'll be. If it is, I guess I won't buy Switch 2 games.

Physical game on cartridge statistics

https://www.doesitplay.org/

[–] rob299@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

from what I understand, there are three legally supported ways to play Switch games on the Switch 2 I might be wrong.

There are game cards, then there are game key carts, then direct download from eShop. The key carts, are probably going to always require a download of the whole game. Maybe Nintendo might prove some of us wrong on this.