Nintendo's new Game-Key cards are basically physical DRM for digital downloads--a new product design that may stymie the ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 is approaching, and for at least some of its launch catalog, companies are opting for Game-Key Cards ...

The new cartridges contain access to a download instead of having the game on the physical media.

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One of the stranger details that came out of last week’s big Nintendo Switch 2 event was the existence of game-key cards.

When Nintendo Switch 2 launches in June, many of the first games that are released for the system will be on Game-Key Cards. These cartridges simply act as a “key” to download the game from ...

With the Switch 2 generation, Nintendo will introduce Game-Key cards, which don't contain the game's data and instead trigger a downloadable version for you to play. Since the card will act as an ...

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 ...

As pre-orders for the Switch 2 went live earlier this week, we started to learn more about many of the launch and post-launch games that will be available for Nintendo’s next big console.

Nintendo's barrage of Switch announcements over the last two weeks have also come with changes to the way Nintendo treats physical and digital copies of games. Digital games can now become ...

The CEO of publisher Nightdive Studios shares his thoughts on the Nintendo Switch 2’s game-key card system, which has been a ...