Everyone seems to hate Switch 2's game-key cards except for the publishers who keep producing them, and the latest game on the train is Borderlands 4. Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford previously noted that physical copies of the looter shooter would require an additional download on Nintendo's platform, but now that pre-orders are live, we have full confirmation that it's coming via a game-key card.
Box art for Borderlands 4 on Switch 2 is emblazoned with the dreaded white bar warning of a game-key card inside the package, meaning that you're getting less of a "physical game" and more of a "plastic license key." Which, I guess in legal terms, is what a physical game is anyway, but it feels a lot worse when you're not even getting a local archive of the game's full launch version.
