Since Switch 2 launched, one of the hottest topics has been Game-Key Cards – physical items which unlock digital downloads. Critics have said Game-Key Cards are anti-consumer, and Japan's National ...
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 ...
Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and is sure he began doing so professionally in 2010 or thereabouts. If he was forced ...
TL;DR: Developers highlight that Switch 2 game cartridges have slower loading speeds compared to the console's internal SSD, limiting performance for high-end games. Square Enix's director explains ...
The saga of the Switch 2’s Game-Key Cards has taken another plot twist. Game-Key Cards are a strange hybrid digital physical category for Switch 2 games. The card does not contain any game code in ...
Many of us have a few things to say about the Nintendo Switch 2's controversial game key cards, which don't actually contain game data, and instead trigger a download from the Nintendo eShop when they ...
Nintendo’s data-free, download-unlocking Game Key Cards have proven popular with game publishers, even as they’ve drawn ire from many fans of games stored on physical media. Now, though, a developer ...
Nintendo has taken a lot of flak for the use of Game-Key Cards with Switch 2 games, which has resulted in an embarrassing rejection from the Japanese government, one that subtly condemns their use.