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StellaStellaStella
Joined: 04 Feb 2023
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Both Pokopia and Resident Evil 9 are game key cards if I'm not mistaken so I think this puts to bed any myth that game key cards are being rejected by gamers. It just turns out ports of 6 year old games sold at full price just don't sell on the Switch 2.
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Silver Kirin
Joined: 09 Aug 2018
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 7:53 pm |
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| StellaStellaStella wrote: | | Both Pokopia and Resident Evil 9 are game key cards if I'm not mistaken so I think this puts to bed any myth that game key cards are being rejected by gamers. It just turns out ports of 6 year old games sold at full price just don't sell on the Switch 2. |
You're talking about Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade aren't you? Well, the Switch port was going to be a tough sell, at least in Japan, I think FFVIIRI's Switch 2 port has actually sold quite decently globally, all things considered. Though I do believe that Capcom has done a somewhat better job at promoting the RE series on the Switch, at least they ported some "modern" (i.e. HD) RE to the Switch 2 before Requiem's release, none of the "modern/HD" FF games (the XIII trilogy, XIV and XV) are available on Nintendo. And obviously a brand new game is going to sell better than old port, the same happened with Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. And while technically the RE Requiem's Switch 2 sales are much lower compared the PS5 version, it seems Capcom didn't actually print a lot of copies (despite being a Key Card Game), so there's actually not a lot of stock.
Speaking of Key Cards, for graphically intensive games like FFVIIR and RE Requiem, I can get why they're released on Key Cards, but I don't know why Pokopia isn't on a regular Game Card.
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Betty Sue Dubroski
Joined: 23 May 2024
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2026 2:51 pm |
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I've always viewed Nintendo consoles as their own thing. I play Nintendo games on them since they never come out elsewhere. But everything else comes out on PC so I can get those there.
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Oakenshield
Joined: 20 Apr 2026
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| Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2026 5:40 am |
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| StellaStellaStella wrote: | Both Pokopia and Resident Evil 9 are game key cards if I'm not mistaken so I think this puts to bed any myth that game key cards are being rejected by gamers. It just turns out ports of 6 year old games sold at full price just don't sell on the Switch 2. It’s kind of like expecting people to flock to a slow-paying casino when fast payout casinos site are out there offering instant gratification - gamers, like players, know where the real value is |
It’s not the key cards that are the problem - it’s the pricing and the lack of effort in some of these ports.
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