LLC: "With official store pre-orders due to open today, Nintendo has announced the requirements for players who want to get a Switch 2 directly from My Nintendo Store."
I had some hands-on time with the Nintendo Switch 2 at an event in Toronto. From what I played, the system's launch will be a strong one.
I wanted the kart bundle.... had to get the standard instead. No biggie, I'll get MK9 at some point. I'm just looking forward to improvements to my SW1 games were possible.
From all the hype going down. This will probably be Nintendos biggest launch. The only BIG negative about the launch is the the 80 dollar games and key cartridges. Since this will be huge, it will only validate their pricing strategy.
These are the first 3 games I'll buy on the Switch 2. MK world, Fast Fusion, and Cyberpunk 2077(yes this is my first time playing it.)
ARMS, Pokémon and much more.
All upgrades should be free or have a very minimal fee. By the way, there are unofficial reports that pre-orders for switch 2 reached almost 7M units globally already! Crazy!
The worry is that at some point down the line, Nintendo's Switch 2 eShop will close – just as the Wii U and 3DS eShops did – and these Game-Key Cards will be dependent on Nintendo's servers supporting downloads of existing titles long into the future.
"Seeing Nintendo do this is a little disheartening".
Let's ignore the fact that this is 3rd party devs who are opting to do this to save on manufacturing costs. Is Nintendo supposed to just tell them No?
nintendo will also publish games that are on key cards. nintendo should tell them no because what is the point of purchasing a physical game and having it be a digital download. that entire debacle should be outlawed and banned.
The key cards are kinda garbage. The only plus is that you can resell them.
I think anyone buying a Switch 2 should only buy the full game cards and ignore the key cards. If you have a PC or PS5/Xbox you'd probably buy the third party titles for one of those anyway since they will look and run better, except for the ones lighter on the hardware of course.
