TL;DR: R-Type Dimensions III is switching from a Game Key Card release to having the full game on the card. Because of this, the physical release MSRP is increasing by €10. They will honor the old price for existing pre-orders.
Initially, the publisher said that this was made possible by the new smaller capacity cartridges that Nintendo just announced. Later, they updated the press release to remove any references to cheaper cartridges and instead said that Nintendo did not announce anything.
Could we ever see a “DRM-free cart”, that’s low storage like the key cards, but the key stored allows people to install the game for play anytime, untied to the card?
Indie development on Steam has fully relied on digital distribution, and can’t sustain off of carts anymore. So I’m floundering to find a way to express digital’s usefulness to a Nintendo fanbase that’s currently pissed at a pricing gridlock.