{"id":110689,"date":"2020-03-24T04:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/goosebumps_the_game_for_switch_is_another_code-only_physical_release"},"modified":"2020-03-24T04:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:55:00","slug":"goosebumps-the-game-for-switch-is-another-code-only-physical-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/24\/goosebumps-the-game-for-switch-is-another-code-only-physical-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Goosebumps The Game For Switch Is Another Code-Only Physical Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0401c7ceb98d2\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0401c7ceb98d2\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0401c7ceb98d2\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ever since the Switch arrived on the scene, a number of publishers have been releasing physical games with a code inside the box and not much else. If you&#8217;re in it just for the case, that&#8217;s fine, but it also means an internet connection is still required and when servers eventually go offline, there&#8217;s no way to download the game.<\/p>\n<p>Despite multiple publishers receiving scathing criticism for this practice, the trend seemingly continues. According to the UK online retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2943&amp;awinaffid=113418&amp;clickref=&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shopto.net%2Fen%2Fswgo25-goosebumps-the-game-code-in-box-p193802%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external\">ShopTo<\/a>, the cover of the upcoming European physical release <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/goosebumps_the_game\">Goosebumps The Game<\/a><\/strong> displays a &#8216;Download Code Only&#8217; warning. Squint and you might be able to see it below, else view the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2943&amp;awinaffid=113418&amp;clickref=&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shopto.net%2Fen%2Fswgo25-goosebumps-the-game-code-in-box-p193802%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">website directly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p>One of the higher-profile titles that was scheduled to receive this same treatment was Obsidian Entertainment&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/outer_worlds\">The Outer Worlds<\/a><\/strong>. Fortunately, when the game was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/the_outer_worlds_switch_release_gets_delayed_due_to_the_coronavirus_outbreak\">delayed<\/a> in February, the publisher Private Division changed its mind and said it would be releasing the physical version on a game cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>ShopTo says the hard copy of Goosebumps The Game is due out next month on 10th April. The digital release is <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/goosebumps-the-game-switch\/\">already available<\/a> on the Switch eShop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Ever since the Switch arrived on the scene, a number of publishers have been releasing physical games with a code inside the box and not much else. If you&#8217;re in it just for the case, that&#8217;s fine, but it also means an internet connection is still required and when servers eventually go offline, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}