Nintendo is launching a new physical game option for the Switch 2 that don't contain the "full game data" and are instead used as a "key" to download the game onto your system via the internet. While ...

We’re now in the era of digital games that can be resold. It took four days, but we finally solved the Switch 2 Game Key Card mystery. When we first reported on Game Key Cards, we pointed out that ...

UPDATE: Publisher Spike Chunsoft has contacted IGN to clarify that the physical version of No Sleep For Kaname Date – From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES for Nintendo Switch 2 is in fact a Game-Key Card title.

Many third-party studios are offering their titles as Game Key Cards on the new Switch 2 console, and according to Capcom, it considers this format to be a digital sale. During a Q&A session following ...

Update [Thu 24th Apr 2025, 10am]: Pre-orders for Switch 2 games are starting to go live in the US and, in the case of Sega titles at least, it looks like they too will be game-key cards in the region.

All Switch 2 game-key card titles don’t have the full game on the cartridge, which means people who get a Persona 3 Reload physical copy will still need to download the title. It’s 25.4GB, before ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 features several exclusive titles I'm excited to play, but how you access these games may differ from previous iterations of the console. The Switch 2 supports regular game cards ...

Alex Co has been writing about games for 15 years and running, and is a huge fan of online shooters and anything horror related. Nintendo Switch 2 will support larger, graphically-intensive titles.

Nintendo sent out a survey to individuals about Switch 2 game-key card system, physical cartridges, and digital downloads of games, and the link appeared online. While it isn’t possible to actually ...

There is a lot new with Switch 2, but Nintendo's introduction of Game-Key cards has muddied the waters of physical versus digital and led to plenty of debate. For instance, not everyone is a fan of ...

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