parmesanApr 4, 2025

Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do?

https://lemmy.world/post/27786269

Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? - Lemmy.World

Not defending Dementia Donny and either way I’m not shelling out $80 for a game ever, just wondering if this is really a result of the tariffs. I understand the console price being high due to them but I don’t see how it would affect the price of games that are essentially going to be 100% digital

Show threadAdmiral PatrickApr 4, 2025
Just gouging us. Even on the 3DS before they shut the shop down, digital download games were the same price as buying them on a cart.
Show threadMeekerThanBeaker
The new Switch 2 cartridges supposedly won’t have the games on them… just the license to download and play them.
Apr 4, 2025 at 6:36pmWeb
Show threadHideakikarateApr 4, 2025
Not all games will be like that. Some will have the game on them. Street Fighter, Elden Ring, and Bravely Default are examples of a few that will be key cards. Oddly, I heard that Cyperpunk will be entirely on the cartridge.
Show threadMeekerThanBeakerApr 4, 2025
Interesting. I know that one is 70GB minimum on Steam.
Show threadJayGray91Apr 5, 2025

Yes CDPR is going to put an understandably storage optimized version of Cyberpunk and Phantom Liberty on a 64GB cart

Source: cdprojekt.com/…/cyberpunk-2077-ultimate-edition-c…

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition Comes Launch Day to Nintendo Switch™ 2! - CD PROJEKT

CD PROJEKT RED proudly announces that one of its best-selling video games, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, will join the launch day lineup for Nintendo Switch 2, as revealed in today’s Nintendo Direct. Snapshot: Cyberpunk 2077:

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Show threadFartMaster69Apr 4, 2025
If that’s the case why would they bother giving game cards a higher speed interface?
Show threadMeekerThanBeakerApr 4, 2025
I guess it’s not all games, but only some will be license only.
Show threadFartMaster69Apr 4, 2025
Pretty much the same as Switch 1 then
Show threadRetro_unlimitedApr 4, 2025
Wow, if the games are not on the cart then I’m not buying Nintendo.
Show threadHideakikarateApr 4, 2025
Same here. Unless it’s a game that I absolutely can’t get anywhere else, I’m probably just gonna use the Deck for those “key cart” “games”.
Show threadVindictiveJudgeApr 4, 2025
The sheet was describing the new box art spec for games like this one, not saying that that their new games would do that. It will probably be the same situation as with the Switch 1 where only a tiny fraction of games are like that.
Show threadMeekerThanBeakerApr 4, 2025

Yeah, doesn’t seem to be all… but probably more will be like that than Switch 1 if chips become too expensive especially with tariffs.

At least, they’ll be marked:

videogamer.com/…/nintendo-switch-2-game-key-cards…

Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Cards are physical carts that have no game data on them at all

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a host of awesome new specs, features, games and more for the upcoming handheld. Alongside unique additions like Joy-Con mouse support and an awesome new GameChat feature, Nintendo’s more sinister additions were keenly avoided.  Following the Direct, a new form of Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge was revealed: the Game-Key […]

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