Former Capcom dev says Nintendo Switch 2 Game Key Cards protect the gaming industry

[Redaktion]

Former Capcom developer Masakazu Sugimori has an interesting, if controversial, take on why Nintendo might just be the gaming industry's white knight.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Former-Capcom-dev-says-Nintendo-Switch-2-Game-Key-Cards-protect-the-gaming-industry.1114178.0.html

[TruthIsThere]

I don't give a oomph about consoles anymore... but to be realistic, nothing stays locked in the gaming industry.

[Gallo123]

Lol the guy is a music composer.

Saying Nintendo doesn't need profits because it has 13 billion in cash for liquidity is just beyond stupid. But hey that's why he's a composer not a producer/business manager.

Sometimes if you've got nothing to say, don't say it on social media. Just makes you look dumb.

[BM]

Forget these stupid cards. I prefer physical to where I can trade, sell, etc. And digital is gone once they decide to remove the servers. And its not like you download the games and keep.

[EeleyeDDT]

Yeah this is total bs. Argument completely falls apart when you consider the fact that digital storefronts are not forever, ESPECIALLY at Nintendo.

Unless there's some magical way the Wii, Wii U, and 3ds Eshops can be purchased from that I haven't heard of there's 0 reason to expect that the Switch 2 won't follow suit, thus rendering everything that's on a game key card inaccessible and lost to time.

If not for physical copies, emulation, and software dumps, entire console generations would be lost media by now. Key cards help no one.