Civilization 7 Switch 2 Physical Edition is Only a Code in The Box

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HaseoVII

12 June at 19:38

Wukong (nothing against Astro Bot but Wukong was robbed lol) and Stellar Blade have set the bar. Western devs need to step up.

HaseoVII

12 June at 19:32

Western devs are so afraid of making games that have attractive women, and that aren't inclusive to everyone. This may be a hot take, but I firmly believe that not everything needs to be inclusive. If everything catered to everybody, the world would be an incredibly boring and predicatable place

Kiryu-chan

12 June at 14:44

Oh dang, 160K already!

Kiryu-chan

12 June at 14:14

Soooooooo... Stellar Blade on PC is sitting on 147900 concurrent players on Steam. And counting. Bots and bootlickers are seething and coping right now on Reddit. They cannot fathom how a game like Stellar Blade is outperforming games like Dragon Age The Failguard, Concord and AC Shadows.

Ladies and gents, the recipe to success is simple. Make an honest-to-goodness game with likable characters and most importantly-- MAKE IT FUN... and success will follow.

I bought the PS5 version last year, and I did not hesitate for a moment to buy the complete edition on Steam to play it maxed out on my PC. The devs deserve the success

Tea

12 June at 9:33

@zombia - Please PM me - we don't have stock but we can get

phreak

12 June at 9:28

@tea: Woah! I didnt even see that! Looks great!!

Zombia

11 June at 18:57

@Tea
Does Nexus have Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin on PS4 in stock by any chance or can order it ?

Kiryu-chan

10 June at 14:55

Oh trust me @Tea, that trailer lives in my head rent free lol. Cannot wait. RGG and Persona fans eating real good lately

Tea

10 June at 12:53

Surprised you guys aren't talking about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L3XVVzsmHE

Stranger Than Heaven

HaseoVII

09 June at 14:07

@phreak How could I have forgotten about Naoto lol I'm a fake fan. Yes Naoto would probably cause the biggest disturbance in the force. But I trust Atlus so I'm 90% sure she'll be fine.

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Civilization 7 Switch 2 Physical Edition is Only a Code in The Box

by Sam Aberdeen on 12 May, 2025

Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 launched earlier this year to mostly positive reviews due to its quality of life improvements and quick-burst campaigns. While it initially launched on consoles and PC, fans suspected that it might get a release on Nintendo Switch 2 as well at some point. Now that we have confirmation of the $70 Switch 2 version, we also now know that the physical edition of the game will only have a code in the box.

As reported by GameSpot, the physical edition of Civilization 7 on Nintendo Switch 2 doesn’t actually come with the game on a cartridge. Instead, players who purchase it will be greeted by a download code in the box, requiring players to download the entire game. It seems like the physical box is only meant for display purposes, which is a little disheartening for collectors hoping to build up their physical collection of Switch games.

We already knew that certain Switch 2 games may not have the entire game on the cartridge but now it looks like we’re slowly getting more information about which games will be affected. This now includes Civilization 7.

On the bright side, the Switch 2 version of Civilization 7 will fully harness the new Joy-Con mouse controls on the next-gen console, making the gameplay a little easier to grasp and bringing it closer to its PC counterpart. Fans complained that the PlayStation and Xbox versions of the game featured controls and UI that were a bit difficult to use and navigate.

The game’s description reads:

“The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known! In Civilization 7, your strategic decisions shape the unique cultural lineage of your evolving empire. Rule as one of many legendary leaders from throughout history and steer the course of your story by choosing a new civilization to represent your empire in each Age of human advancement.”

Civilization 7 will launch alongside the Switch 2 on 5 June. It’s also available on the original Switch. Make sure you read our full review.

Source: GameSpot

Original article on GLITCHED

Sam Aberdeen

Writer. Enthusiast of all things geek. Legend has it he completed Final Fantasy VII without a memory card.

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There are 2 comments

Scottie

How many games today actually have a fit for purpose game on disk day one?

When I buy any game day one I let it soak in the patches for a month or two.

Lurch

If most modern publishers are too cheap to burn an entire game's worth of data onto a blue-ray, I'm guessing they're even less keen to spend on more expensive cartridges? Sucks for preservation and once again leaves it in the hands of emulation teams to figure out how to extract and preserve installed data.

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