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Switch 2 pub backs off Game Key Cards after leaking lower-cost cartridge options
Inin suggests new low-cost options allowed it to “recalculate production” for full cartridge.
TL;DR
- Switch 2 Game Key Cards are controversial among players concerned about ownership and access.
- Publishers have preferred Game Key Cards to reduce production costs on physical releases.
- Inin Games initially stated Nintendo announced new, smaller cartridge sizes for Switch 2.
- This announcement led Inin Games to plan a physical cartridge release for *R-Type Dimensions III* instead of Game Key Cards.
- Inin Games later retracted its statement about Nintendo's official announcement but rumors of smaller cartridge sizes persist.
- The availability of smaller, cheaper cartridges could encourage more full physical releases for Switch 2 games.