Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

[Zippy6]

Soundwave said:

Zippy6 said:

It's perfectly reasonable to be surprised at $80 Nintendo games already though. The pace of the move is staggering. Less than two years ago all Nintendo Switch games were $60 or less. They only released one $70 less than two years ago and suddenly we're jumping to $80. I don't think anyone had the foresight that Nintendo would be charging $80 for physical games this soon, or that they'd be the first to do it. With only one $70 title it feels more like they jumped straight from $60 to $80.

They were one of the last to release a $70 title but now are already jumping into the $80 territory.

Physical games are the past, I think people just need to accept that. The $80 is basically a "fine we'll give you physical games but we're not eating the physical cost of the cart + retail margin for no charge any longer, you want that, you pay for it".

The games are $60-$70 ... $80 is just for a minority audience that for whatever reason needs to have physical games ... they can pay more for that. 

Maybe this will force physical to become a minority on Nintendo Platforms, but as of FY24 physical is still much more popular than Digital on Switch.

In FY24:

Physical Software = 49.8% software sales
Downloadable versions of packaged software sales = 25.85% software sales  (51.5% of all digital sales)
Download Only Software, Add-on Content, Subscriptions = 24.35% software sales (48.5% of all digital sales)

Physical Versions of games had almost double the sales of downloadable versions of retail games on the Switch in FY24. So if games have both a physical and digital version then physical basically has a 2:1 advantage. 66% of Switch gamers get the physical copy.

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