Update thanks to thethatfox:

Physical game cards may also not actually contain the game:

Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview

Game-key cards are different from regular game cards, because they don’t contain the full game data. Instead, the game-key card is your “key” to downloading the full game to your system via the internet.

Update 2: There is probably a difference in Game-key cards and card that contain real game data. So we don’t know right now how often these game-key cards are used or if nintendo is using them.

  • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    We didn’t buy most games when I was a kid, we rented them.

    Many people still rent games, for even cheaper then they did back then. Xbox Gane Pass and similar services are popular for a reason.

    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Most of the games I buy today are less than $10 anyway. What I want from games has really changed, and a lot of the time I’m just playing free Roguelikes rather than commercial games.