I think the point is that X years from now, when the servers are turned off, you don’t actually have the game.

LetsGetTechnicl 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

That's true, but Nintendo has been good about this. You can still download your digital purchases from the Wii, Wii U and 3DS stores just fine.

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coldpie an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I believe that is largely true even if they shipped a game on the cart. Many games ship broken, and they also change many times over the course of their life. I don't think official media can be considered any part of a future accessibility strategy for at least a decade now. Game keycards don't change that fact in any way.

	▲	drdexebtjl an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It can be a part. Games shipping broken and needing day-1 updates is a consequence of our indifference towards physical media dying. On the Switch and the Switch 2, I’ve never had a physical game that didn’t let me skip updates and play offline. Probably due to a mix of Nintendo actually reviewing retail releases before they are “pressed”, and due to the fact that these are portable devices with no cellular.