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Cyberpunk 2077 developer comments on Switch 2 key cards, says having proper "cartridge with a plug and play experience" is "right thing to do"

Physical media is still very important to the Nintendo community and developers would do well not to "underestimate" that, says CD Projekt exec.

These key cards don't actually contain game data, and instead trigger a download from the Nintendo eShop when they are popped into the device. Nintendo players "are quite receptive" to that "plug and play experience", Rosner furthered, and so CDPR knew having a physical cartridge version of Cyberpunk 2077 for Switch 2 with no download required was "a goal that we wanted to achieve" from early on. We were happy with how that game was received by players so, when we heard about the more powerful Nintendo Switch 2, we immediately thought it would be the perfect platform for Cyberpunk 2077," CD Projekt's gameplay technical design expert Filip Downar told Eurogamer, adding that the studio was "thrilled" to be working with Nintendo again.

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