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New report suggests third-party Switch 2 game sales are "below estimates"

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Looking at this list of 3rd party games, I wonder if the reason for this is that most of these games have been available on other platforms already for quite some time. If you were interested in e.g. Hades 2, unless you just didn't have a PC available, you probably weren't waiting for an at-the-time unannounced Switch 2 to play it on. Heck, Cyberpunk is 5 years old at this point. Street Fighter 6 is 2 years old and was on a lot of other platforms.
I expect we might see different results when we see more 3rd party games getting simultaneous launch on Switch 2 and other platforms.
- A lot of players and local venues prefer PS4, PS5 and PC for fighting games. If you have licensed PS4/PS5 arcade stick it should work on all three of these platforms. Unlicensed ones might not work with PS5 games. Switch is mostly just for melee.
  That being said game key-cards seem largely inferior to physical versions on other platforms even if you likely have to patch most games these days anyways.
  
  Game cards seem like a tone-deaf attempt to appeal to those who just want a physical copy.
  
  I mean - they're better than the codes they used to slap in boxes. At least you can lend these or sell them (for the lifespan of the console, or whatever server it uses...)
  
  Are they? If you didn't buy the game with the intent of lending/reselling later I feel they're even worse than code-in-a-box.
  
  Yeah, they're not tied to accounts or consoles. Any console with the card in will be able to play the game after downloading it. You can trade or sell them.
  Codes and boxes are just digital purchases with plastic waste attached and no further benefit.
  They're shittier than real physical games, but they still do have that one advantage over digital games, just with the drawback that you still have a physical cartridge you have to switch out and carry around. It's a mixed bag.
  
  In other words, they're exactly the same as a lot of the games on disc for Xbox and PlayStation.
  
  Theyre the exact same, the only reason to buy physical is to have the gane when the conpany decides to try and screw you over.
  
  I mean they're clearly not. Codes are one time use and forever bound to you, these can be sold/traded.
  I'm not saying they're good. Just that there is an advantage (and disadvantages)

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