Not defending Dementia Donny and either way I’m not shelling out $80 for a game ever, just wondering if this is really a result of the tariffs. I understand the console price being high due to them but I don’t see how it would affect the price of games that are essentially going to be 100% digital

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    20 hours ago

    Aren’t the physical versions just a key you plug in that let’s you download the game? Seems to me like that’s just easing people into going full digital.

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      9 hours ago

      No, not all. It’s a an option. Basically yubikey DRM

      Like even the game carts have a few choices for storage. For example, Pokemon pearl and diamond remake were notorious to go with the smaller storage carts where half the game is only downloadable

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      And subsequently kill off the second hand market, perfect for a company that famously never discounts their games.

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        19 hours ago

        My understanding is that only some games are a “key in a cartridge” and they are able to be resold second hand.

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      From what I read, some are like that, but not all. That would be a fucking travesti.

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      Someone corrected me the other day on here that it’s not all games that are doing that but only some will be a game key and others will be the full game. I’m assuming that all first party titles will be the game key since this is largely about piracy and not allowing people to easily dump the game from the cartridge like people did for the Switch.