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 games remain vital to Nintendo players and developers should not “underestimate” this, an exec at Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt has said.

CD Projekt is currently getting ready to launch Cyberpunk 2077 on the Switch 2 and, unlike many games set to be released on Nintendo’s new console, on its Switch 2 launch Cyberpunk 2077 will offer a physical game cartridge with the actual game on it.

This puts CD Projekt in the relative minority, as many other third party studios are instead favouring ‘key cards’ for their own Switch 2 releases. 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.

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But while there has been a general lean towards digital media over the past few years, CD Projekt says it has used its learnings from releasing The Witcher 3 on the original Switch when deciding upon a physical Switch 2 release for Cyberpunk 2077.