According to Bantin, though, Ubisoft chose this format for Outlaws not to save money, but because the developers had a hard ...

In summation, a game-key card doesn't contain the full game on the physical cartridge. Instead, it's a "key" that lets you ...

The use of Switch 2's widely-disliked Game-Key Cards has been defended by a Ubisoft developer who worked on the Nintendo port ...

First released last year to a mixed response and lackluster sales, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot recently blamed Star Wars ...

One Ubisoft developer has explained why Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 will rely on Game Key Cards instead of standard ...

Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the vanishingly few third-party Switch 2 titles to have a proper physical cartridge rather than a ...

Unlike regular game cartridges, game-key cards simply allow access to a digital download of the game in question when inserted into the Switch 2.

Game-Key Cards are Nintendo ’s new branding for cartridges that still require the game to be downloaded from the Switch 2 ...

Instead, when slotted into a Switch 2, game-key cards will automatically present instructions on how to download the title in question.

Nintendo fans have shared a lot of frustration online about the Switch 2's Game-Key Cards, which don't have the actual game on them.

Capcom has commented on Nintendo's game-key cards on the Switch 2. Although these releases come in a physical box, the developer and publisher considers them digital sales, due to how the actual ...