You may buy Nintendo's Switch 2, but you won’t own the games

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GAMERS REJOICE - The day that Mario, Pokémon, & Zelda fans have been looking forward to is right around the corner: The Switch 2 from Nintendo is out on THURSDAY, June 5th!!

The second generation of Nintendo’s flagship console has been highly anticipated for years, but the launch announcement was NOT without controversy.

Nintendo announced the new console back in January, but it wasn’t until last month that details came out about games, pricing, and licensing.

It was revealed that instead of buying the GAMES THEMSELVES at your friendly local game store, the cartridge you buy is merely a KEY to download the game from Nintendo’s digital storefront, which caused quite the stir among the Nintendo faithful…

We reached out to Nintendo of America last week to get their response to the question about “right to repair” in WA State, and we’ll update this story as soon as they respond.

GUEST: Ryan DiVittorio - Writer at CBR.com

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