You guys are assuming that 3rd party devs/pubs are being greedy and charging more for profit instead of balancing out the costs with no proof. I sourced at least something that explains that there is definitely a higher cost to put a game on NS because of the format. If you're gonna assume the cost at least go with something in the middle that's sensible.

Carts are definitely a factor.

It seems CD based platforms always got good support because producing physical games was simply cheaper.

There's always going to be trade-offs in engineering ... (what N64 game paks did to optimize for speed and capacity is different to what Swtch game cards did to optimize for density and cost efficiency) 

Devs are not on the same page as you are when it comes to the cost of bigger Switch game card sizes ... 

DQH 1&2 - ~80USD

RE:RC - ~40USD and the rest of the collection has to be downloaded which is bigger than what's stored in the game card itself ...

Lastly we have L. A. Noire ... 

It seems like every time that a Switch game uses 16GB game cards there's always compromises abound ...

License fees is what I am talking about. I think it is somewhat region based and not a fixed cost, hence why this game in some regions is exactly the same cost as the PS4/ONE version and in Europe it is not.

Proof saying that 3rd party devs are being greedy was just posted a few posts ago.From an actual guy who handles these things.(Zhuge Ex).It could have been guess before, but its not anymore.Read Nuvendil posts for a more detailed analisys.

Flip back a few posts.  Industry analysts say it's about 60% more.  We are talking less than $10 - at most $6 - more than PS4 and Xbone. And more favorable relations and buying larger quantities will drive that down further to 5, 4, even 3.   So yes, they are raising prices to offset this small added cost.  No they are not raising it according to that increase.  They are raising it by "industry standard" increments and based on what they can get away with.  Unless you seriously believe they needed to charge that much for DQXI to make good margins and didn't do it to capitalize on the launch situation and the powerful DQ license.

Oh and all of that applies to the 32GB card.  16 will be lower, probaly 3 dollars more at the absolute worst if you plan a limited run.  Probably more like 1 or 2 dollars difference.  

Tl;dr:  the extra 10 does recoup costs but it also nets them extra margins abkve and beyond. And if you think PUBLISHERS (not devs, PUBLISHERS) - the same publishers that push absurd preorder bonuses, launch day DLC, content carving, season passes, numerous exorbitantly prjced collector's and limited editions, microtransactions - wouldn't do that, you're kidding yourself.

Oh and to be clear, the 5 and 6 dollar increases are worse case scenario. That's me applying that 60% to all costs to get it to the retailer. 60% more to Nintendo, 60% more for packaging, 60% more for components. That's highly unlikely. Packaging and shipping will be unaffected and the Nintendo cut will vary somewhat and buying larger quantities gains greater discounts. So 3 to 5 is probably the real range and games will run the gambit but 5 being the exception. And again, this is the 32 GB card.

Which BTW, further evidence that this is publisher end BS: Puyo Puyo Tetris was $10 more on Switch. Yet it is small enough to fit on a TWO GIG card. For reference, that same analyst said an 8 gig = a standard PS4 blue ray. So why is the version on the CHEAPEST medium more expensive? I'm telling you people, it's because they can. And if not, why does Sonic Forces have price parity when it is on a bigger card than Puyo Puyo Tetris?

From what I understand and what I could look up, NS game cards are custom proprietary flash media so the prices of typical mass produced NAND flash cards are not really comparible to it.  

I expected blu-ray discs costed more than regular dvds by a fair bit when they first hit the market. Aren't blue-ray and regular dvd movies cheaper now?

I read back a couple of pages and saw nothing about proof.  

The Zhuge Ex tweet.Its maybe 20 or 30 posts back.Just look a bit further.And if you did find that, but dont accept that as being proof, a statement with an professional analist with close ties with the videogame industry, then there is no point to argue further with you.