Nintendo adds a new wrinkle to its game-distribution system. Here's what you get with a game-key card and how to tell what you're really buying before you check out.

US preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2 console went live at Best Buy, Target, and Walmart at midnight Eastern time last night (though the rush of orders caused problems and delays across all three ...

Final Fantasy VII Remake Director Naoki Hamaguchi, says devs hate the slow loading speed on Nintendo Switch 2 carts, driving ...

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The shift toward digital-first video games has been a long time coming, and the issue goes well beyond Nintendo. The PS5 Pro ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you're curious about a particular title, our Switch 2 game pages list the type of physical release (if known). Rumoured Switch 2 Game-Key Cards Here are some prominent Switch 2 games rumoured to be ...

Video game industry analysts have warned that Nintendo's strategy with Game-Key cards is making developers nervous about ...

It’s a good thing that the Nintendo Switch 2 comes with a base 256 GB of internal storage — eight times more than the original Switch’s paltry 32 GB — because some Nintendo Switch 2 games won’t come ...

Some Switch 2 games will be on Game-Key Cards, which don’t come with an actual game on it: Instead, the game-key card is your ‘key’ to downloading the full game to your system via the internet. After ...