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What effect will the price of Physical Switch 2 games have on you?

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I'm hoping that this means that Nintendo will be less rigid on the price of its games and we see more sales of first-party games past the 30 percent mark, and the return of the Nintendo Selects range of older games at bargain prices.



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I was strictly a physical buyer up until this generation when I realized I have digital copies of most of my PS4 games via PS+ and likewise for my Xbox/PC games via GamePass/Steam/GOG/etc and I don't feel like going through the effort of selling my physical copies. So they're kind of just sitting there. I am not a collector, and don't care about collecting.

I think I'll just go digital for all platforms going forward. I will likely sell all my physical Switch games (because they do hold their value) and buy digital versions. 



burninmylight said:

I'm hoping that this means that Nintendo will be less rigid on the price of its games and we see more sales of first-party games past the 30 percent mark, and the return of the Nintendo Selects range of older games at bargain prices.

We need Nintendo Selects for Switch as of about 5 years ago. I really hope they happen.

I'm expecting $29.99 for them though for physical and digital (since they're Switch games). I feel like $19.99 is way too low for Nintendo and most publishers. 



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Bandorr said:

We will see. $80 seems highly absurd. I just can't see anything Mario kart is going to do that can be worth that.
Specially when the hdr/4k/120 is limited to being docked.

Nintendo sees the long term value. They've never made a bad MK game and the whole point of the series is replayability. People still buying MK8D 8 years after launch, and I've been replaying it still to this day after all these years. Absurd price, yes, but Nintendo sees how many people will be willing to buy it and for how long.



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Bandorr said:

We will see. $80 seems highly absurd. I just can't see anything Mario kart is going to do that can be worth that.
Specially when the hdr/4k/120 is limited to being docked.

HDR and 120hz are supported in handheld. 4k would be ridiculous overkill on such a small screen, 1080p is already the sweet spot.



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Let's hope Nintendo will bring back Players Choice/Nintendo Select then at least will give physical gamers a bit of a break.

Last edited by V-r0cK - on 03 April 2025

If anyone can find solid info on the digital price of MK/DK in the US I would like to see it.

Both the UK and EU stores give different prices for physical/digital but the US nintendo store only gives one price. $79.99 for MK, and $69.99 for DK. I've assumed that the digital versions will be $10 cheaper in the US to match other regions but that's just an assumption on my part. I've not actually seen anything about the digital game prices in the US so it's possible that the $79.99 is for both physical and digital in the USA. It would be strange but it's weird the US site doesn't list two prices like the other regions.



A big thing is how many games are gonna be the price of MKW. If most big games are DKB price with only megatons being the former then its still rough but not terrible if the digital discount is common enough. If it does end up being common then that discount should help digital take over for Nintendo this gen since a lot of people will probably buy less or completely stop buying physical Nintendo games over the next several years with them costing more.

Last edited by Norion - on 02 April 2025

I tend to buy physical but I'm boycotting if the prices stay that high!



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It looks like it'll take me years to feel like buying a Switch 2.
The presentation was good but their greed is off the charts