{"id":160605,"date":"2025-06-05T15:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160605\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:59:10","slug":"publishers-are-thanking-nintendo-for-game-key-cards-on-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160605\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishers Are “Thanking” Nintendo For Game-Key Cards On Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Game-Key<\/a>Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n

Game-Key Cards for the Switch 2 have proven to be a monumentally controversial move from Nintendo, with many fans upset at the potential implications for game preservation and ownership.<\/p>\n

However, according to a short quote from Kaoko Kino, president of Japanese video game consultancy firm Kyos Inc, publishers are “thanking” Nintendo for Game-Key Cards, noting that the move will help offset the rising cost of game development (thanks, Bloomberg<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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\u201cSoftware publishers are thanking Nintendo as they face rising costs to make games.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The vast majority of third-party titles for the Switch 2 have been revealed as Game-Key Cards, with the notable exceptions being Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition<\/a> and titles from Marvelous. Nintendo itself has confirmed that it has no plans to release its first-party games on Game-Key Cards.<\/p>\n

While some publishers may well be thanking Nintendo, others aren’t quite so keen on the idea. Stephen Kicks, founder of Nightdive Studios, said that the move is “a little disheartening”<\/a>, and that Nintendo should “take preservation a little more seriously”.<\/p>\n

Have you come around to the idea of Game-Key Cards at all, or are you boycotting the products indefinitely? Let us know with a comment.<\/p>\n

[source bloomberg.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\"Ollie<\/p>\n

Nintendo Life\u2019s resident horror fanatic, when he\u2019s not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Game-Key Cards for the Switch 2 have proven to be a monumentally controversial move from Nintendo,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[128,270,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-160605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-nintendo","9":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}