A recent leak has seemingly revealed why so many games on Switch 2 are using game-key cards, as Nintendo is reportedly only offering developers 64 GB cartridges or the controversial game-key format.
Considering how popular the original Switch has been over the past decade, its successor should have been one of the easiest slam-dunks in Nintendo's history. That hasn't exactly been the case, though, as the new console has run into a number of big issues since it was revealed, from how expensive its games are to a purported lack of innovation.
Switch is already a bigger success than the Wii U ever was.
Perhaps the most controversial part of the Switch 2's line-up, though, is how it's handling its third-party physical releases. Many of the games that are coming to the Switch 2 (aside from Cyberpunk 2077, of all games) will be using the game-key card that requires an additional download, instead of just being contained completely on the cartridge itself.
As you can imagine, this has caused a lot of fears about the Switch 2's approach to physical releases and made preservation even more of a worry than usual. Nintendo fans...
