Here we go again: Switch games cost more due to cartridges?

[JOKA_]

sc94597 said:

JOKA_ said:

The numbers look small, but that whopping 50 cent increase represents a 25% increase in cost.

This is a meaningless usage of a percentage. The costs of producing a video game are much greater than the costs of production for the distribution medium. There are retail costs, licensing costs, and of course the costs of development. The final price of the game reflects all of this. 

I'm not trying to say its would be a 25% cost increase in the whole game, just in that particular line item. I don't even know if his numbers are right. Just trying to point out at that a 50 cent increase over 2 dollars seems small, but is actually a decently large percentage increase.