Because they can release a game sooner and at a lower quality. In fact a day one patch is standard for nearly every game nowadays.
Before being patchable games were definitely still released with bugs, but it was rare for them to be truly game breaking.
They want the companies that make the games to release patches for any bugs that are discovered
Technically someone who buys a game just wants it to work. Many generations of games were released without the ability to patch them after release. Games had a higher quality to them before being released.
While I won’t disagree that there is a benefit of this feature for consumers, the larger benefit it to the company creating the game.
Just to be fair, the Nintendo Switch 2 does support “Game Key Card” games. Such that you still must download the game and use the card to authenticate your game.
However there are zero first party* Nintendo games that are “Game Key Card” games. If you buy Mario or Zelda you do get the game on the card.
I do expect that will change in the future and follow the trend Sony is taking to be 100% digital. So you’re right to be concerned that they are heading in the same direction.in fact with Sony already heading that direction it’s even more certain.
*(Pokemon, which feels like a first party and Nintendo owns a large portion of, is technically third party.)
So less than a month ago Trump held a UFC fight on this very lawn.
Per TheHill.
Now that lawn is turning into a helipad? What happened to the company that said they’re going to fix it? What happened to that money?
I know the obvious answer is someone just pocketed $1 million dollars, but who?