Why was there almost no outrage about game keys?

TPMJB · May 22, 2026

Marc_LFD said:
Those are patches yes, but as long as it's playable it's still good to have the game on the cart.

So now... We'll have to rely on piracy to preserve Switch 2 games.

Lol good luck when we haven't dumped the carts yet. Maybe encrypted, but certainly not in a usable form.

Tigran said:
I bet you have a huge steam library though.

If we so choose we can backup our steam libraries, though.

I gather that Nintendo says "it's the third party's choice!" but really they charge the developer substantially more for physical giving them no real choice in the matter. I would further guess the developers are under NDA discussing that very fact.

Marc_LFD · May 22, 2026

TPMJB said:
Lol good luck when we haven't dumped the carts yet. Maybe encrypted, but certainly not in a usable form.

If we so choose we can backup our steam libraries, though.

I gather that Nintendo says "it's the third party's choice!" but really they charge the developer substantially more for physical giving them no real choice in the matter. I would further guess the developers are under NDA discussing that very fact.

I mean, in years to come, not now obviously.

I'm a bit tempted to pre order Star Fox 64 HD as it looks like it's packed with a lot of brand new content.

TPMJB · May 22, 2026

Marc_LFD said:
I mean, in years to come, not now obviously.

I'm a bit tempted to pre order Star Fox 64 HD as it looks like it's packed with a lot of brand new content.

That game tempted me to update my switch past the first day, but I've held strong so far.

Helps that I don't have much time for gaming anymore :')

sexually_inactive · May 23, 2026

To me personally you buy a Switch 2 for Nintendo exclusives and play everything else on a PC or Switch clone like the Steam Deck. Nintendo still releases their games on the physical cartridge and physical media for PC games is already long dead. I don't like the decline of physical media but what Nintendo is doing at this point in time doesn't bother me very much. If they go all digital, and they very well might in the future, then I'll be fucking pissed.

Avalyn · May 23, 2026

Tigran said:
I bet you have a huge steam library though.

I like to support developers. Especially smaller indie ones. But I am no hypocrite in this regard - All of the games in my steam library are also found elsewhere if I need the backups someday. Yarrr

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