Nintendo, the last bastion of hope for gaming.
Then why did they invent game keycards?
>>749510694They already ditched it for keycards
>>749510694>keycards and digital are both cheaper, thus creating decoy pricing you have to be retarded to believe this
>>749510694Keycards are plastic with download codes. They're just being sneaky about phasing out true physical, but yes you can trade it for store credit.
>>749510765>>749510806>>749510924>>749510926keycards are for other publishers since they demanded them, nintendo first party does not use them as NoJ prefers full physical releases as part of their business strategy.
>>749510694Based. I will keep owning my games.
>>749511129thanks for the PR responseunfortunately for you, nintendo doesn't have a record of keeping promises or giving liberty to its usersthey had no issues selling dlc and charging for online, they just did it a bit later
>>749510765To combat digital media
>>749511332to my knowledge they've still never done MTX
>>749511352the e shop exists and it's the most merciless form of digital distribution
>>749510694Actual quote here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaLVcqavw74&t=717s
>>749511352>to combat digital>by making it worseWe had a way to combat digital, it's called physical.
>>749510694Nintendo is the only hardware manufacturer left who can afford a retail presence. Their games never cost as much as Sony and Microsoft first party games. And they never go on sale. MK8D and BotW are STILL $60 almost a decade later.
>>749511447The eshop wasn't a replacement for traditional physical until third party publishers decided to do that to save money.
>>749511480>>by making it worse*better. They're the exact same game but the GKC version keeps value while the traditional digital eshop one doesn't.
>>749511361they make up for that by keeping their games $80 forever
>>749510694Based.>>749511508They go on sale frequently. On eshop.
>>749511807>They go on sale frequently. On eshop.wow 10 year old games for 30% off. Thank you so much Nintendo. My ass isnt worthy of your cock
>>749511807Nintendo will discount Luigi’s Mansion 3 to $40 and then act like it’s the deal of the century.
>>749511361>nintendo online>gamechat
>>749510806Nintendo has never used a key card for a first party game.>inb4 but Pokopia!Koei Tecmo.
>>749512046what have those got to do with microstransactions?
>>749511694>digital except you also have to insert a useless piece of plastic to playWorse.
>>749512089Just because they're not in first party nintendo games doesn't mean you aren't getting fleeced. Justify why you pay Nintendo extra for online, let alone chatting without sounding like a massive shill.>it's only $20!So are several features offered by Xbox and Sony
>>749512204>Justify why you pay Nintendo extra for onlineI don't.
>>749510694This is the part where we excuse Pokemon for using game key cards because uhhhh Pokemon doesn't count as Nintendo :^))
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>>749512380Too late>>749512053. I'm surprised the discord hasn't found this thread yet>>749512251That doesn't change the fact that basic features are paywalled by Nintendo
>>749512416key cards objectively have no advantages
>>749512129>I'm too much of a fat fuck to simply swap cartridgesftfy
>>749512204Paying an online service is not a microtransaction / mtx. If Nintendo was selling selling Smash Bros. characters, F-Zero vehicle skins, or packs of premium currency in a Zelda game for $4.00 each, those would be microtransactions.
I don't get the issue with key cards. You can sell the game after unlike digital only games. >hurr I want to leave it on my shelf for 40 years and never replay itYou still can.
>>749512416How is he in any way wrong>get game>can't play it initially without internet access>????
>>749512482key cards are sellable and tradeable, digital isn't.Still prefer true physical though and haven't bought any keycards, fuck publishers that chose to use them.
>>749512534Even africans in a mud hut have internet
>>749512482See >>749511694
>>749512482Please do explain to me in detail how being able to resell them is not a huge advantage.
>>749512053Nintendo published it. The publisher usually decides how a game is release so yes it is was Nintendos decision to use game key cards
>>749512556>muh pennypinching reselling for the user, not a poorfag, you fucking dumbass
>>749512534See >>749511694
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>>749512636you never lend a game to a friend?
>>749512595Cope reasoning. Desperately looking for some advantage to such enshittification. To the point that being able to get rid of the game you purchased is somehow an advantage.
>>749512629Well then it is some funny coincidence that the only game made by Koei Tecmo was a GKC while every other game like Fire Emblem, Ocarina of Time or Metroid Ravenous is fully in the cart.
>>749510694Based Nintendo. Buying a Switch 2 right now!
>>749512697>WW: NintendoThanks for the confirmation.
>>749512636That was as benefit to the user
>>749512750>d-doesn't count!Concession accepted.
>>749512053Do you not know the difference between a developer and a publisher? The developer are code and asset monkeys, this is Nintendo's product and they are the shot callers for their product.
>>749512750You seem to be upset that physical may be replaced by GKCs so why don't you tell us why you valued physical versus GKCs or traditional digital.
>>749512705no one on pc is bound by licenses>>749512820the user can't benefit if you no longer have the thing to use
>>749510694Why would they? They rigged the retail market decades ago and won, it's a big part of why their prices never actually fucking drop. Why now of all times, when people are loudest about their appreciation for physical releases, would Nintendo axe the market they cornered with a vicegrip that other corporations would literally kill someone to have? Nah, now's the time to own that shit and own it hard.
>>749512595I can resell physical. Why do keycards need to exist?
>>749512983>Why do keycards need to exist?publisher greed
>>749512495>moving the goalpostsThe tendoid special.
>>749512908Again, it's the only first party game that's been a key card and it was made by Koei Tecmo.If you genuinely think they had nothing to do with that decision then you might actually be a little bit of a retard. The Switch 2 port of Hyrule Warriors is a GKC too btw.
>>749512957Looks like they benefited seeing as they have money in hand versus no money
>>749512983See >>749511352
>>749513101you're no longer a user if you don't have the damn gamesit's physical but now you have to keep it on your anemic internal storage and you don't even get to take it out
>>749510765Because the Switch 2 requires a faster storage medium that costs more.With devs not knowing how to optimize, they're not shipping a 256-512gb Switch 2 cartridge for anything less than $100.You'd then be complaining that games are too expensive.
>>749510694Nintendo hasn't released a good game since totk. And before that it was botw. They're such a shit company
>>749513207>>749512416
>>749513043Developers don't make top level decisions like this, the publisher does. Next you're going to tell everyone Smash is actually a Bandai Namco game?
>>749512940I just want to put the fucking game in and play it.I liked the Switch 1 because it didn't have that, the PS4 was shit because you had to the whole game from the disk.At least pure digital has the convenience of not having to change disks, GKC is the worst of both worlds.>buh you can sell emI BUY MY GAMES TO PLAY AND KEEP THEM YOU FUCKING RETARD
>>749510765They consider key goy cards physical, that's the catch.If there even is a console generation after this, watch it be digital only anyway. Nintendo says they'll never do something then turns right around and does it all the time, like paid online.
What's funny about all this GKC bitching is that the servers to download the games will probably outlast a lot of the "true" physicial games if 3DS cartridges are anything to go by.
>>749511361>to my knowledge they've still never done MTXThat's what Amiibo are. Happy meal toy MTX.
>>749513463So you don't value physical over over GKCs or eshop digital?
>>749513463No point in arguing with poorfags with no metaphorical peripheral vision
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>>749510694Oh boy Nintendo, thanks for not phasing out the GKC so you can keep your retail presence for exposure and marketing.
>>749513463Then just buy the digital version lmao. Every game that cameout in gck has digital version.
>>749513721>literal claw arcade machine>main character tries to guilt trip you with a sob story>constant fomo badges with every new game release>predatory "collect X badges" rewards>barely any gameplay attached to it, basically a fancy shop interface for Nintendo to sell home screen customization>came out in 2014, at the peak of every gaming company implementing mobile mtx strategies in normal games>so ahead of the mtx game, it came before any mtx regulation>with all of this, not a hint of controversyIt really is okay when nintendo does it
Haha the one console that isn't just selling software licens->bricks your hardware remotely because they feel like it:)
>>749514404>You MUST download ze gameYou're no better than the snoys. Besides i refuse to buy digital on anything except PC, because at least then i can extract the files to truly own them. Can't do shit on a closed system like the switch, even the PS5 is better off now that it's jailbroken.
Keycards have a shitty shelf. We’re already seeing switch 1 carts failing due to inactivity.
>>749516712Sounds good. Have fun!
>>749510765>>749510806>>749510924thats a physical format anonand pretending it isnt means admitting sony invented this problem of game key disks during the ps3 era>>749510926digital codes are one time use, key cards are usable and shareable as much as you want
>>749513463>I liked the Switch 1 because it didn't have that,wrong, the epidemic of voucher carts which were literal GKCs before nintendo officially coined the term was a very obnoxious problem with the switch 1and thats not counting the devs that straight up gave you code in box shit at full price like gta6 is trying to pull, because fuck youso congratulations on outing yourself as a larper
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>>749516393>wahhhhhh I tried to use a migswitch and go online and I got banned from multiplayer
They have already ditched physical games, they're just (correctly) counting on their fanbase being too retarded to notice.
