Like, is it an eshop game at that point or some sort of worst of both worlds situation?

  • the_joeba@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    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 A game that comes out 6 months later might have launch day firmware, but that’s likely outdated by the time of release.

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      11 days ago

      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.

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        10 days ago

        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.