Does a game key card cart have to be in the Switch to play the game or is it not needed after the game has been redeemed?
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Like, is it an eshop game at that point or some sort of worst of both worlds situation?
Oh, second question, just out of curiosity: is there a copy of the Switch firmware on a game key card, like there was on Switch 1 carts (and probably Switch 2 carts also)?
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Like, is it an eshop game at that point or some sort of worst of both worlds situation?
The key card acts like any physical that has a complete overhaul post launch. The physical goes in, the game plays from internal storage. It contains no game data, and you have to download the full game from the server.
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Oh, second question, just out of curiosity: is there a copy of the Switch firmware on a game key card, like there was on Switch 1 carts (and probably Switch 2 carts also)?
This only helps in areas where internet is scarce or non existent. Even banned switches are allowed to download firmware updates even if everythint else is blocked (source: just did this myself recently)
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This only helps in areas where internet is scarce or non existent. Even banned switches are allowed to download firmware updates even if everythint else is blocked (source: just did this myself recently)
This really was only meant as a hypothetical. The Switch 2 requires a launch day firmware update; that is probably on the launch day carts: is it also on the launch day game key cards?
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This really was only meant as a hypothetical. The Switch 2 requires a launch day firmware update; that is probably on the launch day carts: is it also on the launch day game key cards?
Even if it did have firmware, the card is burned months ahead of shipping, and launch day firmware was finalized only days or weeks before launch. A game that comes out 6 months later might have launch day firmware, but that's likely outdated by the time of release.
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Even if it did have firmware, the card is burned months ahead of shipping, and launch day firmware was finalized only days or weeks before launch. A game that comes out 6 months later might have launch day firmware, but that's likely outdated by the time of release.
Isn’t the entire point of including the firmware on carts to ensure your system meets the minimum requirements to run the game? Packaging a non-functional version would be ridiculous.
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Isn’t the entire point of including the firmware on carts to ensure your system meets the minimum requirements to run the game? Packaging a non-functional version would be ridiculous.
Game Key Cards won't function without connectiong to the internet to download anyway, so there's probably not much point in including firmware updates on those.
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The key card acts like any physical that has a complete overhaul post launch. The physical goes in, the game plays from internal storage. It contains no game data, and you have to download the full game from the server.
Does it write to the card, or does it just write to your storage?
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Does it write to the card, or does it just write to your storage?
Your storage
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Your storage
Thanks. I had hoped it'd be the cart itself
