Star Wars Outlaws Dev explains why the version of Switch 2 is a game key card

Physical copies Star Wars Outlaws Nintendo Switch 2 comes in the form of a game key card, and the reason is related to power compatibility between console hardware and a game engine used to power the action adventure game. Many Nintendo fans expressed disappointment using Nintendo and now Star Wars Outlaws It attracts similar criticism.

Star Wars Outlaws It was originally published for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC in August 2024, and while aggregated reviews from players on platforms such as Opencritic and Steam have generally shown good reactions, the game has fallen far from Ubisoft's Sales expectations. With his launch on Nintendo Switch 2, September 4 has just been 4.

Switch 2 cassettes are reportedly unable to handle Star Wars Outlaws

However, some potential players were taken from the use of the Nintendo's controversial card cards, the Little Red Switch 2, which look like normal physical games, but instead come up with a digital key to download the game. Some fans online criticized Ubisoft on the release of the physical switch 2 using the game keys, assuming that this has been taken as a measure for cost savings, but one high -ranking developer in Massive Entertainment now states that the assumption is incorrect. Robert Bantin, who has worked in the Massive audio department for almost eight years and currently serves as an audio architect for his proprietary Snowdrop game engine, has taken blues to indicate that normal switching cartridges do not allow the performance of the development team focusing on the disks of an open world. “I don't remember the cost of cards that have ever come into the discussion – probably because it was Moot,” he said.

Most critics surrounding the cards of the game key come from a feeling of losing ownership of the games. Nintendo said he had implemented the system to allow Switch 2 owners to continue to gain experience in buying physical games with cases that can display in their collections, even if the games are too big to fit on a hybrid console cassette. It seems that the company is aware of the concern of some players about their purchase, because in July Nintendo launched a survey of game cards in Japan to assess the reaction of fans to the system.

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According to legends that emerged in July, the sequel Star Wars Outlaws He was canceled while he was still in the early stages of development. Despite the insufficient performance of the original game, there seems to be in demand for a sequel as a petition of fans Star Wars Outlaws 2 He circulated on change.org and has gathered almost 2,000 online signatures.