Another glimpse into the future of every "better than nothing" key card and
#PhysicalFraud disc. All bound to become "exactly the same as nothing". Only in this case it happened the other way round. Game wasn't even uploaded to begin with, it seems.
This is exactly what worries me about Game-Key Cards 😕
When the download isn’t available, your “physical game” becomes nothing more than a piece of plastic that can’t even play the game you paid for.
I’m sorry, but I just can’t consider that a real physical release.
And now we’re seeing a concerning example with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Holiday Play Edition on Switch 2.
A physical owner reports being unable to download or play the game after inserting their Game-Key Card.
The console displays error 2016-0070, while the eShop lists a download size of just 82 MB, compared to around 2 GB for the Switch 1 version.
The cause is still unclear, and we don’t know how widespread the issue is.
No download. No game. That’s the risk of a format that depends entirely on external downloads.
Hopefully GameMill and Nintendo can get this resolved quickly.