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Dustin Bailey

Despite Switch 2's controversial game-key cards, Nintendo president says "physical games are still a key part of our business"

A screenshot of Mario Kart 9, shown during the Switch 2 reveal trailer. .

With Switch, Nintendo is currently offering the platform friendliest to physical game collectors, but the existence of game-key cards for Switch 2 has the holdouts from the supposedly inevitable digital future feeling nervous. For now, though, it seems Nintendo has no plans to abandon proper retail cartridges.

"In the immediate future, physical games are still a key part of our business," Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser tells IGN. "And we value our relationships in particular with our retailers, and want to make sure we have products available for them to sell to their consumers."

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