How can Nintendo combat raising software prices?

[firebush03]

RolStoppable said:

firebush03 said:

How much did the cartridges cost for NS1 versus NS2? Maybe I have a misunderstanding. I know that cost for development and such have gone up, but my theory is that the cost of the cartridge was what sent Nintendo “over the edge”.

If game cards were the reason, then digital prices would have not been increased.

That doesn’t seem like a convincing reason. From what I understand (i.e. I’m not 100% sure this is true but I remember reading about it somewhere), the reason so many devs choose to charge digital and physical similarly is to make sure physical sales don’t fail to reach retailers demands. If retailers aren’t happy, they’ll stop prioritizing shelf space and marketing, greatly limiting sales (as seen, for instance, with Steam Deck. Only sells through Steam and, consequently, has only move a few million units in over five years).