How long will Switch 2’s Game Key Cards keep working?
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Summary
Nintendo is releasing some new Switch games only as digital “game key cards”, which only entitle the holder to a download and do not contain the game data themselves.
This has led to concerns that these games will effectively become useless should Nintendo ever turn off the ability to download them.
However, the company has kept its Virtual Console downloads for the original Wii alive for nearly two decades, with purchases made on launch day still downloadable.
This suggests that there is no definite timeline for when Nintendo might stop supporting a generation of games, and its servers persist long after a console becomes obsolete.
This is good news for collectors and fans of old games, as their purchases may remain accessible and relevant well into the future.
