Former developer Capcom Masacazu Sugimori expressed support for NintendoPlaying cards rejecting a fan claim that they exist only because of greed. Comments add fresh fuel to the debate, which has already raised concerns of fans of Nintendo fans and rising products.
Game keys cards are tokens in the shape of a cassette that authorizes to download the switch 2 eshop. In principle, it acts as a physical key to accessing a digital product, hence the name. For the first time announced in April 2025, they are only available as a possibility of distribution for Switch 2. This technology has proven to be a disputed complement to Nintendo gaming ecosystem, with fans criticizing it as an inhibition of preserving the game and claiming that its primary purpose is to reduce costs.
Former developer Capcom and long -time composer of Sugimori massacazu has recently shared a contradictory view of the controversy surrounding the Switch 2 card and the media format itself. He took X, formerly Twitter, September 9th, rejected the suggestion that Nintendo had launched gaming keys for greed, Automan West reports. Industry veteran pointed to the “crazy” level of “crazy” cash stocks 2 – which in March 2025 achieved equivalent of $ 13.72 billion – as evidence that it has better things than inventing ways to shave the pennies to leave the individual costs of splitting games.
A copy of the digital game could survive its physical counterpart – in the theory
While a cynical man could say that Nintendo was as big as it was exactly because It's not beyond things like gaming keys, Sugimori shared more developers. He expressed the belief that this technology is “aimed at protecting the game industry and digital entertainment” as a whole. With a composer who is considering criticizing that Nintendo cards contribute to the loss of the media, he faced that traditional physical formats were not guaranteed even longer. “Physical things have a lifetime and eventually break,” Sugimori explained. “Digital goods, on the other hand, have no lifetime.”
Although Sugimori is rooted in facts, it does not address the full extent of public concerns about controversial technology. From the perspective point of view, game keys have hurt game protection cards by making mass -produced physical copies even more rare, while disqualifying titles from some cultural heritage programs. For example, the Japanese National Diet Library in August 2025 said the nature of the game keys cards is eligible for archiving within the government's conservation program.
Physical things have a life and eventually break. Digital goods, on the other hand, have no life.
More generally, some vocal consumers criticize the publishers for cutting corners to a “physical” distribution queue with things such as game keys, but without any resulting cost savings to consumers. Nintendo recently said that the physical versions of the first page of the switch 2 will stick to traditional cassettes, suggesting that the GKC format was primarily introduced to help third -party publishers.
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Nintendo
- The original release date
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June 5, 2025
- Original MSRP (USD)
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449.99 $
- Operating system
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Proprietary
- Resolution
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1080p (handheld computers) / 4K (anchored)
- HDR support
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Yes
