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"The Right Thing To Do Was To Have It Out On The Cartridge": CDPR On Cyberpunk 2077 Switch 2 Cart

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Vaspaan Dastoor

Published May 7, 2025

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CDPR has ensured that Cyberpunk 2077 will be entirely on the Switch 2 cartridge.
The studio believes that Nintendo audiences are different, and prefer physical editions of games.

It's safe to say that there are mixed feelings about the currently. While a more powerful console that can play the latest triple-A games is great, fans are disappointed by the price point of first party games like . Even former Nintendo staff were left a bit dಌisappointed after the Direct.

If Cyberpunk 2077 Can Run On The Switc🦂h 2, I Bet Anything Can

Nintendo is s🌺etting a big precedent with Cyberpunk 2077 on th🎐e Switch 2.

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While prices and launch lineups are one thing, it was also revealed that man🐻y of the cart🍒ridges for upcoming Switch 2 games will only act as game key cards. This💎 means they will not have the full game stored on them, but will initiate a download when inserted. This will especially be a problem for the big triple-A titles and Switch owners who aren't used to big downloads. Howe🐽ver, it seems has decided to keep the entirety of on the cart, as it's the right thing to do.

CDPR Recognizes That The Nintendo Audience Is Different

In a conversation with , CDPR VP of business development Jan Rosner said that the studio took a conscious effort to ensure the entire game is on the cart🐲ridge. "The [internal storage] was way lower than it is now. A game like The Witcher 3 would take up to 80% of your internal memory if you don't have an external memory card," he explained.

"But a plug and play experience is a r🏅eally cool thing. We've already seen from the original Switch that Nintendo players are quite receptive to that. It was a goal that we wanted to achieve fairly early on.” As for why Cyberpunk won't be us✨ing a key card like some other games, Rosner explained that Nintendo audiences are different. They are used to the "plug-and-play" experience, and CDPR wanted to give them that.

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Play♒ing Cyberpunk 2077 on ꦓthe Switch showed me the new handheld's true power.

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He noted that "it’s especially important for the Nintendo audience. We maybe could have got away with it, but is there a point? The right thing to do was to have it out on the cartridge with a plu🍨g and play experience.

Do not underestimate the physical edition. It's not going anywhere and Nintendo players are very appreciative of physical editi🌄ons t🀅hat are done right.”