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CD Projekt exec says "the right thing to do" is release a real Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge for Cyberpunk 2077, not a game-key card, in message to other studios: "Do not underestimate the physical edition"

"I don't think we'll soon experience a reality where we're just having all games digital"

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With Cyberpunk 2077, developer CD Projekt Red is one of very few third-party studios offering a proper, physical game cartridge on Nintendo Switch 2. As most other third-parties instead opt for the new game-key card format – which contain no game data on the physical cart – CDPR says that's not what Nintendo players want.


Asked if CD Projekt Red could've gotten away with just launching Cyberpunk 2077 on a game-key card, business development VP Jan Rosner tells The Game Business that "it's not a matter of getting away with something. Nintendo at physical retail is still strong, and retail is, in general, not going anywhere. I don't think we'll soon experience a reality where we're just having all games digital."

Rosner says that proper physical game releases are "especially important for the Nintendo audience. We maybe could have got away with it, but is there a point? The right thing to do was to have it out on the cartridge with a plug and play experience."

Keycard is the most controversial format of the Nintendo Switch 2, and it seems even silly that a Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 or Bravely Default game, being games that take up little space, use this format.

Recent data mentions that even in Japan the sales of video games in Keycard format are too low, also opposing the format,

 

[Walter Matthau]

I wanted to buy Yakuza at launch, but will be holding off due to it being a game-key card. Probably going to wait until $30 at retail or $20 digital.

Cyberpunk 2077 is going to benefit from being one of the few full physical releases.

 

[VGA-Games]

I'll definitely support CD Project Red as a Video Game Collector

 

[lestar]

They clearly made a deal with Nintendo to get cheaper carts, a Win-win escenario for both parties

 

[Deerock71]

They clearly made a deal with Nintendo to get cheaper carts, a Win-win escenario for both parties

Nintendo should swing more of those deals. GTA IV and V on one card!

 

[lestar]

Nintendo should swing more of those deals. GTA IV and V on one card!

Nintendo is willing to give them for free to have GTA V or even IV on Switch2

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Hell yeah it is. Save physical gaming. Give customers a real choice.