Why Are Game-Key Cards So Controversial?

[JackHandy]

A physical object will degrade, true. But when it's in my possession, its rate of degradation is up to me, and I take immaculate care of all my stuff. For instance, I have an Atari-2600 and a slew of carts. Some of them are pushing a half-century old. They all work. Flawlessly. My NES carts all work, my Gameboy carts all work, my SNES carts all work, my Genesis carts all work, my PS1, PS2, Gamecube discs all work. The memory cards work, the consoles work. All of it works. Some of that is just a testament to their durability, but a lot of it is due to the fact that they're stored properly and handled with care. In other words, I am in total control over it, and that brings me comfort. I know that when I reach for my Megaman 3 cart and pop it in, it'll just work. And it won't have input lag, it won't have changes to the sprites, or altered music due to licensing issues. It won't look different or play different and be stuck inside of a HDD. It's as it was when released, as it was when I first experienced it. Static, pristine and virgin... for the rest of my life.

These are just some of the reasons I love ownership.

Last edited by JackHandy - 19 hours ago