While it’s fair to say that the Nintendo Switch 2 is hyped amongst most in the gaming community, there are still those who are speaking loudly against the system and some of its features. The biggest one that’s causing “controversy” is that of the game key card system. Through it, developers, mainly 3rd-party teams, can put their entire games online, and players use the cartridge to download the data. Many don’t like this, even though it’s the 3rd-party teams themselves who chose to do this option.
IGN chatted with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser about the controversy, and he made it clear that Nintendo isn’t phasing out physical game purchases. Instead, it’s merely a method of providing options to other developers:
Exactly. They’re just trying to provide developers with more options and opportunities to innovate, which is what Shuntaro Furukawa noted the company wanted to do with the Switch 2.
Not everyone will use this system, and Nintendo themselves aren’t doing it with its 1st-party games. Thus, this “controversy” is more overblown than anything and not something to fear.
