Nintendo's Nightmarish Virtual Game Cards Make the Switch 2 a DRM Minefield

Nintendo's Nightmarish Virtual Game Cards Make the Switch 2 a DRM Minefield

We found out the hard way just how bad Switch 2 DRM can get.

Nintendo’s Nightmarish Virtual Game Cards Make the Switch 2 a DRM Minefield

Nintendo originally billed Virtual Game Cards as the Switch and Switch 2’s new means of managing the games, making the process of loading digital titles as simple as slotting in your physical Game Cards from one console to the next. In practice, Virtual Game Cards are one of the more restrictive examples of DRM we’ve experienced. Not only does it mandate you have a single copy of a game at any time, but you can also only have one instance of loc…