Comment by drdexebtjl

It can be a part.

Games shipping broken and needing day-1 updates is a consequence of our indifference towards physical media dying.

On the Switch and the Switch 2, I’ve never had a physical game that didn’t let me skip updates and play offline.

Probably due to a mix of Nintendo actually reviewing retail releases before they are “pressed”, and due to the fact that these are portable devices with no cellular.