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curl-6 on 29 November 2025
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Cobretti2 said:
curl-6 said:

The harsh reality is that physical is on its way out.

Most consumers buy digitally now, and that percentage increases with each passing year.

In a few years, physical will be next to irrelevant and relegated to a niche thing for collectors.

I am all for digital as I use Steam but Nintendo's DRM is over the top.

They need to make it consumer friendly.

If I log into a console with my account I should just play the damn thing. Not eject this on one system or transfer that, locked to a console code etc.

Steam is simple every time a laptop dies on me I get a new one, and just reinstall, if I got three laptops I can install it on all three. I don't get send on a side quest to unlock the game I purchased already. Who has time for that?

There's definitely room for improvement, yeah. I believe the Virtual Game Card system is optional though, and you can revert to the old system.

I feel like we need to get used to digital as going forwards there's just not always going to be the option to own a game physically, on any platform.

While I'd prefer proper game cards releases for all big Switch 2 games, I'm not gonna pass on say RE Requiem or 007 First Light just cos I can't get them on a piece of plastic, I'll just download them from the eshop like most people do.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 29 November 2025