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

  • deltapi@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Currently there are physical collector editions, that don’t actually have a game on disc, just a download code.

    I bought the BG3 deluxe edition, which promises game on disk, soundtrack, etc.

    They delivered on everything except…the game disk is 26mb. It’s a branded steam installer for you to install so you can use the steam key they provided in the box. I have never before been so disappointed in a ‘physical’ game purchase.

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      12 hours ago

      I haven’t bought physical in a while, but hearing about such stories more and more. It sounds specially annoying when they do that with collectors edition. These are their hard-core fans / customers, at least don’t short-change them.