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firebush03 1 day ago
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Louie said:
firebush03 said:

But… nobody is explaining how lol. GKCs are much closer to a physical cartridge than a code-in-box will ever be. Cartridges will full game loaded are just a glorified GKC. It’s literally just a difference in how the system accesses the game (besides other little things e.g. you need to download the game to play it initially). It can be resold, and no, it won’t lose all its functionality once the servers go down (as far as precedent is concerned).

I think at this point multiple people have given quite in-depth explanations as to why they don't like GKCs. What exactly is it that is still unclear to you? (Genuine question, I guess many posters would be happy to give further reasoning). 

Ahh after having gotten some sleep (I am currently a student in graduate school… we don’t often sleep very much lol), I’m realizing I was being a bit obtuse yesterday.

GKCs have their pros and cons. While in the short-term, yes, these cartridges function virtually identical to your standard fully-on-cart games, the main concern comes from the fact that it is possible for Nintendo to unanimously decide to “pull the plug” in continuing to honor a GKC purchase. You never truly own the game, but merely have access to a license which grants you access to the game at Nintendo’s discretion— it is very clear where the issue lies in this.

That said, while I do perceive much GKC discussion as a tad bit hysterical at times (e.g. those who take issue with GKCs yet continue to download NS2 eShop games or use a disc drive to play their physical PS5 library), there is no denying that this means of selling a game isn’t the most ideal. It is far better than digital in that (a.) it is much easier to transfer your copy between systems, (b.) you sell/trade the copy of your game so long as Nintendo is still supporting GKCs, (c.) it functions almost identically to a physical game in the short-term, for those who love physical, (d.) etc.,… but it certainly is far from flawless nor ideal.

Oomphf I feel bad getting so aggressive and combative with the users in this thread. That’s my bad, all.

Edit— I’m tagging everyone b/c it seems people are still arguing with points made earlier in the forum. @Pemalite, @Shadow1980, @Leynos, @Cerebralbore101, @mutantsushi, @angrypoolman, and whoever else returns to this thread, I’ll add you here.

Last edited by firebush03 - 14 hours ago