Ex-Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry lead Alex Hutchinson has often spoken of his love for physical media, which sadly seems to be going the way of the dinosaur. Asked about Nintendo Switch 2 and Game-Key Cards, Hutchinson said that the new way of distrusting physical cartridges loses some of what made the business special. Unfortunately it seems more and more third party developers are selling their Switch 2 games as Game-Key Cards, with only a minority distributing actual cartridges with the game on.
“It’s funny that Nintendo is going to get away with it. It just shows you the power of nostalgia in our business that the way they will beat up Microsoft versus Nintendo is just not the same, especially in Europe. It’s like, ‘oh, Nintendo’s doing it, alright we’re not gonna say much.’”
“I hate it,. I think it’s sort of lame. I don’t know, I just feel like it’s getting away… we’re losing some of what made the business special. Trading Game Boy cartridges at school, or, you know, DS for the modern audience. There’s something nice about that.”
