Sony announced PlayStation is going fully discless by 2028, and Nintendo just responded by looking straight into the camera and saying no. Bill van Zyll, Nintendo's VP for Latin America, confirmed the company has "no plans to ditch physical" games — because Nintendo goes "off what the consumer prefers." Imagine that: a trillion-dollar industry asking customers what they want.
The little cart that started the argument. Nintendo says it's not going anywhere.
The click of a cartridge versus Sony's 2028 discless roadmap. Only one of these sounds like the future right now.
Physical and digital, side by side on Switch 2. The console is barely a year old and Nintendo's staying agnostic — what you buy decides what stores stock.
One asterisk: some Switch 2 cartridges are just key cards that unlock a download, so "physical" isn't always the full game on the cart. Still, next to Sony's disc exit, a company openly pledging to keep shelves stocked is the rarest thing in tech — good news you didn't have to pay extra for.
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Source: Eurogamer
