The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered: The Switch 1 cartridge is not required to play on Switch 2

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered: The Switch 1 cartridge is not required to play on Switch 2

What if we told you that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered can practically be obtained for free on Switch 2? It seems CD Projekt RED may have made a decision that will undoubtedly please players.

If a user owns a physical cartridge of the Switch version of the game, they can get the Switch 2 version for free as a standalone title. This is not an upgrade. The game can then be launched without needing the physical cartridge. In practical terms, all an owner of the physical Switch 1 version of The Witcher 3 needs to do is lend their copy so their friends can get the Switch 2 version without paying.

For now, we don’t know if this is a bug or a deliberate move by the Polish studio.

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