Nintendo said the cards won’t be locked to user accounts. In a conversation with GameSpot, Nintendo executive Tetsuya Sasaki clarified that Game-Key Cards “will start up on th

Following the reveal of Nintendo’s new game-key cards during its Nintendo Switch 2 event last week, we’re finally getting more details about why they exist and how they can be used. Although they don’t contain a physical copy of a game,

People on the Internet have gotten mad about Game-Key cards, just like people on the Internet have gotten mad about many aspects of the Switch 2 launch ($70-to-$80 games, relatively few brand-new first-party launch games, a $449 base price that may end up getting raised again because of Donald Trump's disruptive and unpredictable tariff program ).

The company moved most of its manufacturing to Vietnam from China to avoid tariffs. But the unpredictability of President Trump’s plans have thrown Nintendo for a loop.

Now, the reveal of the Switch 2's Joy-Cons are giving the publisher a real chance to compete in the shooter market once again. Nintendo hasn't strayed from porting major FPS games to the Switch. Classic games Doom and Quake are available alongside contemporary titles like Superhot and Dusk.

I spoke with industry analysts who offered their guesses on the potential cost of the next-gen Nintendo console.