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J.Wynne on 10 May 2017

Glad they dropped it. Switch tax would get old fast.



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Helloplite on 10 May 2017

Sounds like Switch carts cost substantially more than optical media. Hopefully these costs will lower in the future or we could be looking at one of Switch's greatest weakness.



Cloudman on 10 May 2017
spemanig said:
Guys, it still has nothing to do with cartridges. Guys. Guys.

Where's the extra costs coming from then? I'm curious to know.



 

              

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Platina on 11 May 2017

Nice to hear, so now the same price as on other platforms?



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Nuvendil on 11 May 2017
twintail said:
Cloudman said:

Where's the extra costs coming from then? I'm curious to know.

Probably Nintendo licensing costs

Just so you two know, Spem was being sarcastic.

However, I'm not convinced that the cost is all that substantial, the math just doesn't make sense.  People keep thinking of N64 carts when discussing the Switch cards.  Note I said CARDS.  The Nintendo Switch game cards are not iterations on ye olde cartridges.   They are based on flash media tech which is not very expensive when your target performance is just comparable to a 5000RPM HDD.  

What this actually tells me is that the profit margins Grey Box are working on are alarmingly thin.