TL;DR: Nintendo has revealed the Nintendo Switch 2, highlighting new features and content. A significant change involves Game-Key cards, where some physical game cartridges only serve as keys to ...

Cameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He’s a product expert who began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023. We’ve suspected that the ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. One expected Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade was more internal storage for games and data.

Certain physical Nintendo Switch 2 games will be digital downloads that use a new feature called Game-Key Cards, Nintendo has revealed. Why a particular game may use a Game-Key Card instead of a ...

Nintendo Switch 2 features new game cards that come with a sleek new red look and faster data reading speeds. Nintendo dived into the details on how physical game cards will work for its upcoming ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 has been unveiled, and with it, we've seen Nintendo state that your old Micro SD cards for the OG Switch won't be compatible with this new console - you're going to need a ...

The big picture: Nintendo's first-party lineup for the Switch 2 has not only embraced the trend toward $70 games, but some titles also push the price to $80, including upgraded versions of titles ...

Nintendo has revealed that physical copies of certain games on the new Switch 2 console will be 'Game-Key Cards', requiring a download before they're playable ...

Nintendo will sell 14.7 million of the new Switch 2 video-game consoles this year, the research firm Omdia predicted Wednesday, easily exceeding the tally for the debut of the original eight years ...

Amid all the excitement of Switch 2's big news bonanza, Nintendo has quietly confirmed some physical releases on the console won't have any game data on the included game card. Nintendo is ...

This one detail will make the difference if gamers will celebrate or condemn Game Key Cards. There’s still a lot of confusion about the Switch 2, as Nintendo seems to have difficulty catching up ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 features 256GB of internal storage The console still supports expandable storage, but you'll need to use a microSD Express card to run games These cards offer faster speeds ...