Kelly

I'm reading:

• "exclusively Nintendo Switch 2 game cards" as meaning its the new red S2 game card format.

So no, not compatible with S1 consoles

I'm reading:

• "exclusively Nintendo Switch 2 game cards" as meaning its the new red S2 game card format.
• "include the original Nintendo Switch game and its upgrade pack all on the same game card" as meaning that the base game has been patched with the NS2E upgrade and the result written to disc.

Of course if any post release patches that occur may need to be downloaded but their apparent intent has been to provide a version that is playable from gamecard.

This sounds like the best implementation with the exception that the base game is not playable on S1 consoles (something you could do of you bought it digitally).

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the #1 highest selling title on Switch (67m)
• Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe is the #5 highest selling videogame (75m)
• Mario Kart is the #13 highest selling videogame series(189m)

It has a few fans out there

PSx

Transferable licence.

They can be sold, gifted, inherited, etc.

Its the same concept as a stub game disc which requires a full online install (something Xbox used for cross-gen one/series titles).

Its nothing like the account tied physical sales they proposed at the Xbox one announcement.

Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be account- or console-locked

What? Of course not ... that's why they are in the form of game cards.

Switch games are sourced only from Nintendo

I'm pretty sure some regions can buy Nintendo digital games from humble store.

The don't support my region so j don't know what the range is like but I believe it as available for some places.

I don't think he has a great understanding of Australian prices.

The current MKW price of au$120 looks high but if you remove our GST and convert to USD with the average exchange rate over the last 12 months its equivalent to us$70.85. (Donky Kong is au$110 or us$65).

We are currently at a low point with our dollar so the conversion for MKW today would be us$66.49. (DK would be us$61).

Compared to the prices I'm seeing internationally it looks like Australia is getting relatively generous prices from Nintendo.

Interesting, maybe we are just getting a good deal.

Their preliminary thoughts are that the direct's footage for this title was probably processed incorrectly and may not represent the experience on actual hardware.

https://youtu.be/BC8XX9pwP40?t=1h0m39s

I just calculated in another thread that the Australian pre sales tax price converts to us$383.91. That's without any language or region restrictions.