If you want to (politely) let Nintendo know what you think about game key cards on theSwitch 2, now you may have a chance.
Nintendo has launched asurvey(viaVGC) looking for customer feedback about Switch and Switch 2 game buying habits.
The survey includes a question for opinions on various methods of purchasing games, including a standard physical release, a regular digital download, a code in a box, a code on a receipt from a retail store, and acontroversial game key card.
Let Them Know What You Think
For each listed way of purchasing a game for the Switch 2, respondents can rank it from “Definitely would buy” to “Definitely would not buy.”
When I filled it out, I was given the opportunity to explain my preference when it comes to the methods that combine physical and digital,such as game key cardsor buying a code at a retail store, which I ranked as “definitely not.”
It also asks questions about reselling, gifting, or sharing games, as is the main listed selling point of game key cards as opposed to standard digital games, and more standard customer feedback questions like how many Switch games respondents have purchased in the last year, what other gaming devices they own, and if their buying habits and preferences differ between platforms.
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It’s anyone’s guess if Nintendo will actually listen to the feedback (or receive it at all, based on some responses to the Redditpostabout the survey, which seems to be targeted and tracked to specific users), especially given howthird-party publishers mostlyseem to be going all-in on game key cards.
They havetheir own justificationfor the prevalence of game key cards, and customer disdain for them may not be enough to sway them on their position.
Still, drawing more attention to this survey and delivering more feedback about game key cards may help in the long term, even if most of the anonymous responses never make it to Nintendo.
Hopefully the feedback that does get through to them will make a difference, although Nintendo doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to listening to what their fans want.
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