Comment on Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 days agoWhat I took away from the story is that they’re still going to sell cartridges, but the games won’t actually be on them … they’re essentially bulky, overengineered QR codes to be able to download the game you just bought a physical copy off. So, services gone? Congrats on your useless $80 piece of plastic.
In my opinion, that oversimplifies it. PlayStation and Xbox have disks without the “Next Gen” Version on it for years, but nobody cared. At this point there are also no games that have this license-on-a-cartridge.
After all, you can still sell the cartridge, something you cannot do with a completely digital game.
chloyster@beehaw.org 1 day ago
The game key cards are only an option developers can use. Afaik no Nintendo published games are using them. Most games still have the game on the cartridge