Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. One of the stranger details that came out of last week’s big Nintendo Switch 2 event was the existence of game-key cards.

Once the Switch 2 does go on sale, and games start to release in tandem, check the game boxes carefully: On select titles, you will notice a white strip along the bottom of the cover art, notably ...

The addition of game-key cards that aren't tied to a single person's Nintendo account makes it easier to pass a game off to a friend once you've finished with it, or to resell it and recoup some ...

Summary: Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2 games that launch as game-key cards won’t be tied to your Nintendo account. This will allow for the games to be resold, shared, and rented out.

Tetsuya states, "So key cards will start up on the console or system that it is slotted into, so it's not tied to an account or anything." The game-key card must be in the Switch 2 after a game ...

And one of the most controversial pieces of info we discovered is that some physical games on Switch 2 won’t actually be physical games. Instead, players will get an essentially blank Game Key ...

The Nintendo Switch 2’s latest innovation is the Game Key Card. However, it is so pointless that it is actually bad for game preservation as a whole.

The fact many third-party publishers have so enthusiastically embraced game-key cards this early into Switch 2's lifespan isn't likely to delight physical collectors, but the scheme does at least ...

So we should expect that some Switch 2 games, whether they are on Game-Key Cards or not, will have online logins. At least, it’s not mandatory for Game-Key Cards.

It’s far too soon to tell just how many Switch 2 games will rely on game-key cards, but we know all will be revealed as launch draws closer. For now, the Nintendo Switch 2 is primed to click ...

With the Switch 2 generation, Nintendo will introduce Game-Key cards, which don't contain the game's data and instead trigger a downloadable version for you to play.

It’s a good thing that the Nintendo Switch 2 comes with a base 256 GB of internal storage — eight times more than the original Switch’s paltry 32 GB — because some Nintendo Switch 2 games ...