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[diffusionx]

You are:

Paying full price for a product that:
-Won't work unless your conect to the internet.
-You'll be subsidizing the Space the Game takes because nothing comes in the card
-You're also getting a cover with a ugly ass label
-No alternative other than digital purchase is offered

Its better than code in a box but not much better.

Also close to 90% of Game releases are like this.

Like I said, every single game is incomplete in the box. On every single platform. Just because the vast majority of games work doesn't mean you're getting the full, complete game as it stands when you buy it or going forward.

 

[Mozza]

I very much doubt they want our opinion from on here.

 

[ReyBrujo]

-You'll be subsidizing the Space the Game takes because nothing comes in the card

That's one thing gamers have always liked since consoles started coming with standard drives (Xbox I guess) or common SD cards (contrary to the PS memory cards or even the PSP Sony-exclusive cards). But the idea of not being able to just insert a game and play can make you anxious, I agree with them.

 

[Sinozen]

Lol remember all the feedback they got for Breath of the Wild and gave us the same unchanged game with added features?

Or what about everyone wanting 3 lap tracks on Mario Kart World and they intentionally patch it to force people to play intermissions.

I think they only care to look like they care, but they don't care.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

It's "Collectors" who somehow think games will be worth big bucks 20 years from now.

Aged spirits are a thing of the past for making a good income.

The future is aged video games.

The older and rarer, the better.

 

[MSduderino]

Could we see collectors editions including "full game" on cart because those can be 100+ anyway and it's an in demand feature?

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Could we see collectors editions including "full game" on cart because those can be 100+ anyway and it's an in demand feature?

Yeah but then they will charge $15-20 more for the physical versus digital. And watch physical sales plummet.

 

[Judge Magister]

My opinion is simple.
If a physical game is not the game in physical format then it's just plastic pollution. Go full digital and don't come up with this s*.

 

[Nostalgic Nightmare]

Like I said, every single game is incomplete in the box. On every single platform. Just because the vast majority of games work doesn't mean you're getting the full, complete game as it stands when you buy it or going forward.

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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I already sent the survey. I told them I don't support the Keycard or digital format, only physical.

There are tricky questions to get you to give a positive answer, and I told them no... 100% physical format is best.

And I don't plan on buying an SD Express card.

 

[Deerock71]

They suck, the box should have a giant warning on the front and the back.

Nah. That should be for CODES IN A BOX. Do people fundamentally understand the difference between the two?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Nah. That should be for CODES IN A BOX. Do people fundamentally understand the difference between the two?

They should both have big warnings, which I guess the Keycard cart kind of does - at the very least, it is better advertised than the game key codes have been historically.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

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[Deerock71]

They should both have big warnings, which I guess the Keycard cart kind of does - at the very least, it is better advertised than the game key codes have been historically.

Codes are one and done. Key cards do not share that malady.

 

[Hari Seldon]

The thing I hate about it is that you get punished for being a super fan. You can only connect 2 switches. I have 2 OG switches (one for me and one for kids) and now a switch 2. I guess I just have to toss one in the garbage. I will definitely not be purchasing another switch 2 after this if they come out with an OLED model.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Don't like it, will never buy them. And that's about it on my end

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Codes are one and done. Key cards do not share that malady.

It's better, but it's not physical. I will admit that Key Cards have obvious and tangible advantages over game key codes, such as transferability and so forth. But in the long run, they fail my use case. I still regularly enjoy to play games from my Super Nintendo, Saturn, or whatsoever. If those were game key cards, I'd not be able to do that any longer as the servers would be long since dead, therefore no amount of "it's not as bad as x" will encourage their use or support from me personally.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I don't get the fuss. If you want a physical copy this is as close as you'll get. Download it and there's your physical copy you can play without internet authentication in the field.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I don't get the fuss. If you want a physical copy this is as close as you'll get. Download it and there's your physical copy you can play without internet authentication in the field.

And the console's memory? It's only 200 GB.

 

[Deerock71]

And the console's memory? It's only 200 GB.

The same issue we were having with a Switch game card that had 8GB on the card and required a 12GB download, and AT BEST you had 64GB on board. Yet...the Switch sold 153 million and counting.

 

[Brock2621]

Absolutely ABHOR it

 

[Gambit2483]

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Never felt so satisfied to take a survey and tell them how much I don't like key-cards. At least they are fully aware of the situation. Attach rate data for physical vs key-card must be somewhat worrying I'd imagine