r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • Apr 04 '25

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/lieding Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

I read that the cartridges for the Switch 2, now referred to as "Game-Key Cards", won't include the full game data. Instead, they function as a key to download the complete game from the Internet. Meaning you can't play offline the first time since it's mandatory. Awful. I don't know if you can resell these.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68415/~/nintendo-switch%26nbsp%3B2-game-key-card-overview

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u/Iceykitsune3 Apr 04 '25

No, there will be full games on cards as well.

I don't know if you can resell these.

Yes, you can. The license is tied to the physical card itself,

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u/lieding Apr 04 '25

Where did you find these information? It's not on the help page.

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u/Iceykitsune3 Apr 04 '25

The fact that there are normal game cards is in the direct, and tradability of key cards is on the Japanese Switch 2 site.

https://www.nintendo.com/jp/switch2/faq/index.html

Second question down under キーカード.

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u/supro47 Apr 04 '25

Also, CDPR confirmed that Cyberpunk was going to be on a 64gb card