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| Random_Matt said: Even Capcom have said it is a case of money, they will make more using key cards. |
It's just not realistic to ask publishers to give up like 30-40% of their profit margin for a format that isn't even any good and doesn't enhance the game in any way (it makes it worse actually with the worst loading times possible).
Especially when that is not the case on any other format they work on, like it ain't happening.
For PS5-XBSS games, the Switch 2 version probably costs a bit more than the other ports because it's hardware is a bit more challenging to port than say taking a PS5 game and making an XBox version, so there's already that working against Switch 2 versions, you want the publisher to on top of that take significantly less profit margin to accommodate a cartridge as well?
Like you're really starting to push it with such an ask.
If you're a friend of a friend and just casually know someone and ask for a ride back from a party, fine, but if you're asking for a ride completely the other way across town and then on top of it want to make a pit stop to pick up dry cleaning or some dumb shit ... like c'mon dude. You're really fucking pushing it with that ask, you can't push 3rd parties to ridiculous levels, they're not anti-Nintendo anymore per se, but you can't push your luck and ask for the moon either. Nintendo doesn't have that kind of sway with 3rd parties and they know it, the GCK was meant to be a reasonable way to allow physical SKUs of Switch 2 games that can be sold in a retail setting while keeping a profit margin similar to PS5/XBox retail games. It's not some insidious conspiracy.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 01 October 2025
