This only helps in areas where internet is scarce or non existent. Even banned switches are allowed to download firmware updates even if everythint else is blocked (source: just did this myself recently)
This really was only meant as a hypothetical. The Switch 2 requires a launch day firmware update; that is probably on the launch day carts: is it also on the launch day game key cards?
Even if it did have firmware, the card is burned months ahead of shipping, and launch day firmware was finalized only days or weeks before launch. A game that comes out 6 months later might have launch day firmware, but that’s likely outdated by the time of release.
Isn’t the entire point of including the firmware on carts to ensure your system meets the minimum requirements to run the game? Packaging a non-functional version would be ridiculous.
Game Key Cards won’t function without connectiong to the internet to download anyway, so there’s probably not much point in including firmware updates on those.
This only helps in areas where internet is scarce or non existent. Even banned switches are allowed to download firmware updates even if everythint else is blocked (source: just did this myself recently)
This really was only meant as a hypothetical. The Switch 2 requires a launch day firmware update; that is probably on the launch day carts: is it also on the launch day game key cards?
Even if it did have firmware, the card is burned months ahead of shipping, and launch day firmware was finalized only days or weeks before launch. A game that comes out 6 months later might have launch day firmware, but that’s likely outdated by the time of release.
Isn’t the entire point of including the firmware on carts to ensure your system meets the minimum requirements to run the game? Packaging a non-functional version would be ridiculous.
Game Key Cards won’t function without connectiong to the internet to download anyway, so there’s probably not much point in including firmware updates on those.
I don’t believe it does. From what I’ve heard the Game Key Cards don’t even contain the game icon.