Why Are Game-Key Cards So Controversial?

[Cerebralbore101]

Helloplite said:

Darwinianevolution said:

If I get a regular cartridge for my Switch after the servers go down, I can still play the game. Maybe I don't get all the updates, but I still have a playable version.

If I get a game key kart for the Switch 2 after the servers go down, I have nothing but a piece of plastic.

(2) Some of your old disc-based games are already kind of just a piece of plastic. I have 3DO and Sega Saturn games that have developed disc rot despite carefully looking after them, and in many cases your old video games console is no longer working. My Game Gear is no longer working because caps blew and leaked - a very common problem with some Sega systems, especially the Game Gear. My Amiga 600 floppy disks are also no longer working - they have long been demagnetised, with expected life spans of 5 to 35 years, I can no longer play Return to Atlantis or Lotus Turbo Challenge 2. I also have Tornado on DOS CD-ROM which also suffers from disc rot.

Roughly 3% of discs will rot once a decade according to a study by the Library of Congress. This is of course if you store them at 70F and 50% humidity. So after 100 years 70% of discs will still work. 

There's a new PCB board for many Sega systems including CD and Gamegear. Honestly, unless a chip is completely dead any system can be repaired. Lasers are recappable and serviceable. Motors, gears, shells, pins, caps, and lasers all have new replacements. 

P.S. Leynos insulted you because you are the 100th person to come in here with "nothing is on disc anymore" nonsense that I have debunked repeatedly.