▲ 815 ▼ It was a good run… (lemmy.world) submitted 3 weeks ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 160 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children) Cartridge is alive and well in the Nintendo ecosystem. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) A lot of Switch cartridges now only have license keys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago Well at least Nintendo themselves still releases full game cartridges and it's not like you buy a Switch for third party games anyway. Nintendo only introduced the Gamekey card because third party publishers, especially Acti and Ubi, were releasing their own version on Switch 1 and not using consistent packaging labels to tell a gamekey from a full game cartridge apart so probably confused many consumers. Hence why Nintendo created an official version. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago Many are just Game Key Cards. Which are like Carts, but they need to download digitally. The worst of both worlds :D permalink fedilink source parent [–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 6 points 3 weeks ago Nintendo has its own slew of ethical issues. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago Alive, but well? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) A lot of Switch cartridges now only have license keys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago Well at least Nintendo themselves still releases full game cartridges and it's not like you buy a Switch for third party games anyway. Nintendo only introduced the Gamekey card because third party publishers, especially Acti and Ubi, were releasing their own version on Switch 1 and not using consistent packaging labels to tell a gamekey from a full game cartridge apart so probably confused many consumers. Hence why Nintendo created an official version. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago Well at least Nintendo themselves still releases full game cartridges and it's not like you buy a Switch for third party games anyway. Nintendo only introduced the Gamekey card because third party publishers, especially Acti and Ubi, were releasing their own version on Switch 1 and not using consistent packaging labels to tell a gamekey from a full game cartridge apart so probably confused many consumers. Hence why Nintendo created an official version. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago Many are just Game Key Cards. Which are like Carts, but they need to download digitally. The worst of both worlds :D permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 6 points 3 weeks ago Nintendo has its own slew of ethical issues. permalink fedilink source parent