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Game preservationists say Switch 2 Game-Key Cards are ‘disheartening’ but inevitable (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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And why I continue to buy games and support sailing the seas.

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[–] emb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Not to defend Nintendo much here, but the situation with game-key-cards is at least better than that. You can freely trade, give away, resell them like any physical cart.

It's a step up from digital in terms of freedom, but a step down in convenience (cart has to be in the system).

Compared to real, physical, data-on-the-cart media though, these are a definite downgrade.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Someday we’ll find out that all the Switch 2s actually peer together and create a blockchain to track ownership