There are many examples of stuff like this, yes, I think you have also read here in Brazil people post things like "pirating Nintendo is a moral duty", or joking about the ridiculous lawsuits and fan projects takedowns, because its everywhere.

The sentiment regarding Nintendo outside Japan and the USA, where they held a virtual monopoly with the NES, and nurtured the first generation of fans that would go and influence a lot other people online, creating a bubble culture around it, is very different.

Like we also have an usually better view here towards Sega than most of the world, because of how the Tectoy partnership allowed official gaming to be in reach of a lot of people outside piracy. I'm included on that one, I developed natural good will towards them, but I'm not blind either.

Stop being a nintendo simp,nintendo badly wants digital only to, thats why they created GKC..once the servers are down and that happens a lot faster then with sony(keep in mind ps3 store is still up)

All those games have noo value att all,digital crap!

All companies are crap nowadays.

GKC technically doesn't need internet after the initial installation, in so much as you don't delete your download. 

Also the Wii store is still available for existing purchases, just not new purchases. That likely would be the case for GKC users 20 years out, unless Nintendo goes bankrupt. 

GKC is basically just a physical, off-line license system which uses the physical cart for DRM without having to be online, similar to how some discs worked near the end of physical PC gaming. 

I'd suspect people still will buy GKC's 20 years from now because they'll have collector value and there probably would be "alternative" means of getting the game data. 

It's only waste if you throw it away. If you are a collector and keep the cases to display them on your shelves, it is no waste but it has personal value to you. 

Same thing with digital only/code if stays on your console if you dont delete it.

And noo,their is 0value in 20 years from now to "collect" a GKC that you cannot use anymore...0value.

GkC is a glorified digital download code that you can at least when servers are still  online "resell"  that stops when the servers stops.

Next step for ninty is to release their own games on a GKC and then they will anounce a digital only console..mark my words.

People will still be able to use their GKC 20 years from now for the same reason they can still play their Wii digital games that they purchased nearly 20 years ago. 

Plus many collectors don't even open boxes of the things they collect. There still would be value because scarce things have exchange value regardless of their use-value. 

It is very unlikely that the price of GKC's will be $0 twenty years from now. 

Playing digital offline only works for the primary/designated platform in most circumstances. GKC allows you to play offline on multiple devices (after installing onto them), because the card is the license. You can't do that with most platforms and digital (secondary platforms need to log in to play digitally.) 

We shall see,i highly doubt GKC will still work when servers are offline...and i highly doubt switch2 will even work in 20 years time.

GKC are worth nothing  when you cant use them anymore,you cant resell something that cant be activated.

What makes you doubt that they'll work given the historical precedent (all major early online storefronts still let you download games two or more decades out; Steam, XBL, Wii Shop, PS3 Online, etc)? Also why do you think SW2 consoles will stop working in 20 years time (I still have NDS and PSPs from 2005 that work. My Wii, PS3 and 360 also still work, and that was an infamous gen when it came to console longevity.)? 

Again, all you need to play a GKC is the game data. There is no online license check. I could imagine people discovering how to transfer game data from SW2 to SW2, maybe even without full blown custom firmware, and then using the GKC as the license, no server necessary. 

The value of GKC over digital is that they're not tied to an account. This comes with the disadvantage in that in some ways they are less convenient, but if one wants a physical license that advantage exists. 

And again exchange value =/= use value. Many people buy things they never intend to use or which can't be used.

That’s also where that meme comes into play, if buying ain’t owning, then pirating ain’t stealing, lol. And to no one’s shock, people have been spamming this all over their Twitter posts on the subject.

I mean, it was never stealing, but I definitely see where they’re coming from. Even if it did constitute theft, you can’t steal what you can’t own, that’s also true.

Then PleabStation should expect even more piracy than ever before, and only have themselves to blame for it.