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Nintendo says it has no plans to ditch physical games, knows how much fans like it (nintendoeverything.com)
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“Historically, we’ve been very agnostic, right? We go off what the consumer prefers, and take that into account very heavily. We also have a platform that was just launched. We’re barely just over a year into NS2. It’s got both digital and physical – that capability. There’s no plans to ditch physical. We know how much the fans like it as well, so our position has been to be agnostic.”

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[–] 15 points 1 day ago

When the Xbox One was announced with always online DRM and was getting massive backlash, Sony famously responded with a short video which essentially won them the console generation:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA

Then, a generation and a half later, Sony announced that they will be completely discontinuing the production of all physical games.

Here, Nintendo is using even weaker phrasing, saying there are "no plans" to ditch physical media, when, starting this console generation, they already started selling "Game Key Cards," which do not contain any game data, and the prices of storage are only getting higher due to the AI bubble.

Nintendo is just a publicly traded corporation trying to make more of a profit next quarter than they did last quarter. When push comes to shove, those profits will take priority.

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