Nintendo announced that starting in May, physical copies of new first-party Switch 2 games will cost more than their digital counterparts, beginning with 'Yoshi and the Mysterious Book' at $70 physical vs. $60 digital. The company cites higher production and distribution costs for physical cartridges as the reason. This marks a shift from Nintendo's previous policy of equal pricing for both formats.
Background
Historically, Nintendo has priced its first-party games the same for both physical and digital formats, despite the additional costs associated with manufacturing and shipping physical cartridges. The Switch 2 console launched last year with this pricing parity still in place.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Mar 26, 2026 at 02:57 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10