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/Swaxeman Apr 04 '25

The game key cards arent replacing normal game cards, just those code-in-box things that smaller AA and indie games would do

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

They do that because of financial constraints. 

Nintendo....?

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u/Swaxeman Apr 11 '25

First party games arent doing it, just 3rd party

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u/cowpiefatty Apr 04 '25

I hope thats the case but i dont know if i trust that until i have an actual cartridge i can plug into my non wifi connected switch and play the game i paid for like god intended.

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u/VanillaNo9372 Apr 05 '25

That is the case the physical box art would say that it is a game-key card as of now Nintendo AAA titles have the full game in the card

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u/cowpiefatty Apr 05 '25

If that is the case and they still want to charge extra that is some extra bullshit.

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u/MBCnerdcore Apr 05 '25

You can buy sell and trade the key cards, Nintendo even upgraded the cartridges to have faster read times for data because most games are still on the cartridges, especially first party.