Switch 2 should have used PS5 strategy regarding physical media

[HoloDust]

Soundwave said:

HoloDust said:

We're seeing things quite differently - when you buy CD/DVD/BD, that's very much a physical copy of the game. Whether or not it requires installation (like most PC games from mid 90s onward required), either partial or full, is irrelevant. What matters is that it comes on physical media that you bought and can store, and eventually whip out of that storage 20 years later and it will work on supporting hardware. This would be the same case with proposed cheap "install required" Game Carts.

GKC is just a code on the card, instead of code in a box, and doesn't work without servers from where you must download the game.

What real difference is there between having the data on "holder cartridge" that is otherwise useless at running the game itself versus downloading the game online onto a SD Card?

The data is the same in either case, no? If you pop the SD Card in there 20 years later, you should theoretically have the same data as you would on a cartridge. 

Technically, yes, in that case it would be the same once it's downloaded to SD card. Except for this thing of having to actually download the game and transfer it to external storage - well, just like with any digital game on consoles. That and "install required" Game Cart coming packaged in the box - well, just like any other CD/DVD/BD game.

Try to look at it this way, since to me it seems to be messing with your perception, maybe because it's also just SD card - let's call this "install required" Game Cart a "Game Disk", and imagine that inside is actual disk, like UMD for PSP was. Data is on the "disk", you pop it in and install it onto your console. Sounds familiar?