Since the arrival of Game-Key Cards on the Switch 2, there has been ongoing discussion about the future of third-party physical releases. Even during the Switch generation, certain hard copy releases didn’t always live up to expectations, opting to include a download code instead of the actual game.
Fortunately, some companies are still making an effort, and with this in mind, there’s news today that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Trilogy is now available as a proper physical release on the original Switch platform after all this time.
This information is based on a listing spotted on Amazon, with the box art no longer including a small banner mentioning download requirements. According to the same page, the release of this version was last month, and the page for the Switch release requiring a download is still live (thanks for the heads up, Nintendo Everything). You can see the ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots in the social post below:
Although this is just a single listing, it’s already got quite a lot of attention from Switch owners who have wanted a proper physical version of this collection that didn’t require a download. If this listing is accurate, hopefully, it comes with the more recent updates by the developer ‘Video Games Deluxe’, who took over from the ‘Grove Street Games’ port team.
