CD Projekt exec says "the right thing to do" is release a real Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge for Cyberpunk 2077, not a game-key card, in message to other studios: "Do not underestimate the physical edition"

Cyberpunk 2077 DLC screenshot
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With 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Cyberpunk 2077, developer 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:CD Projekt Red is one of very few third-party studios offering a proper, physical game cartridge on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2. As most other third-parties instead opt for the new game-key card forꦚmat – which contain no game data on the physical cart – CDPR says that's not what Nintendo players want.

Asked if CD Projekt Red could've gotten away with just launching Cyberpunk 2077 on a game-key card, busi🌳ness development VP Jan Rosner tells that "it’s not a matter of getting away with something. Nintendo at physical retail is still strong, and retail is, in general, not goin🌱g anywhere. I don't think we'll soon experience a reality where we're just having all games digital."

Rosner says that proper physical game releases are "especially important for the Nintendo audience. We maybe could have got away with it, but is there a poꦬint? The right thing to do was to have it out on the cartridge with a plug and play exper🎀ience."

While game sales have been slid💧ing towards digital over the years, physical games still make up a substantial portio𒅌n of sales.

A report from suggested that, across the first 40 weeks of the year, around 25% of all new games were sold through traditional retail in Europe. But that figure includes both the digital-only Steam and the digital-focused Xbox platforms. On Switch,🌳 a whopping 65% of third-party games were still sold through physical retail.

"Do☂ not underestඣimate the physical edition," Rosner warns other studios. "It's not going anywhere and Nintendo players are very appreciative of physical editions that are done right."

Clearly, Rosner isn't the only industry figure who feels that way. Former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry lead Al🥃ex Hutchinson feels that game൩-key cards are "losing some of what made the business special," and Nightdive CE🦹O Stephen Kick thinks they're "disheartening💮."

Popular rumor has suggested that Nintendo is offering only the option of game-key cards or massive 64GB cartridges to publishers. While tha♕t specific detail is technically unconfirmed, it's certainly ch🅺eaper for studios to focus on lower-cost game-key cards over proper cartridges. Whether players are willing to support that cost-cutting measure remains to be seen.

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Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and isܫ currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional da🌞lliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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