Reggie hints at the future of Digital games on their platforms.

[JWeinCom]

spemanig said:

JWeinCom said:
I'm not sure how a download code card would fit Reggie's description.

An NFC card perfectly fits his description. It's not like carts save playing data anymore. They are effectively worthless now. They don't do anything that can't be done better digitally. The NFC cards would effectively do the same thing carts already do, which is basically nothing, but give the cards them selves the collective value that Amiibo currently have, but from launch.

No it doesn't.  

Reggie talks specifically about being afaid of losing access to the content.  How does a one time download code like you suggested address that concern at all? 

And NFC cards do not do the same thing that cards do.  A card has the game on it.  As we speak, I'm playing Shenmue on my Dreamcast.  I can do that because the data, which is far too large to fit on any NFC card by a degree of millions, is on the discs.  A one time download code on an NFC chip does not do the same thing.  If 40 years from now the eshop is a distant memory, or even in five years from now if I've forgotten my account information, the NFC card you proposed would be useless.  Since NFC cards hold a maximum of 1 mb, all those could provide is a download code that would still require the eshop.  Meanwhile, a hundred years from now, assuming my Dreamcast is stored properly, my great grandkids can still play Shenmue.  That is the security Reggie was clearly talking about, and your NFC proposal does not in any way provide that.