Nintendo Switch 2's game-key cards are "part of a larger trend that we can't avoid," Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says, as physical media is becoming "less and less part of the industry"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi thinks the Nintendo Switch 2's controversial game-key cards are part of an unavoidable trend in the games industry.

Capcom, Ubisoft, Sega, and Square Enix have all been supporting the Nintendo Switch 2 pretty strongly in its first year, but the unfortunate part of that is that all of their games' physical editions are practically useless because they are game-key cards (which are cartridges that allow you to download and play digital games). While they have their uses, with a Star Wars: Outlaws dev saying regular cartridges "simply didn't give the performance we needed" they have been disliked by Switch 2 owners due to them being unsuitable for preserving games once digital stores go offline.