| bonzobanana said: Nintendo need to push for selling digital codes in retail packs which lowers the price below even optical discs. Give them a nice plastic case like cartridge Switch games but half the thickness with a large banner on the front stating 'Digital' and 'Internet connection and ?GB storage required' or words to that effect. |
They've done something similar in the past with 3DS/WiiU, expect it with the Switch.
FYI the eShop top-up cards also work on the Switch.
| SegataSanshiro said: This is speculation. Pretty sure the company Nintendo partnered with worked with them so keep costs way down. The cost for a Blu Ray pressed is 2 dollars. A MASK Rom costs $2.50. So this is not a huge leap over Blu Ray cost. More expensive yes,but not by much. Again people seem to think Carts of 1996 and it's issues apply to ones made in 2017. For the most part not the case anymore. |
Interesting information you come forth with. Do you have a source?
| Conina said: I'm sure that supply and demand are much more important for the price setting (and later price reductions) than the production costs. Due to the sparse selection so far, there is a high demand for new Switch titles and publishers are trying to take advantage of that. If many of the Switch buyers let them get away with the price increase, it won't change and Switch versions of multiplatform games will stay more expensive than the other versions. |
It's launch prices plus greed (that term that was thrown around these past months with Nintendo's accessories).
