2d ago

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?

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

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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.
- The new Switch 2 cartridges supposedly won't have the games on them... just the license to download and play them.
  
  If that’s the case why would they bother giving game cards a higher speed interface?
  
  I guess it's not all games, but only some will be license only.
  
  Pretty much the same as Switch 1 then
  
  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.
  
  Yes CDPR is going to put an understandably storage optimized version of Cyberpunk and Phantom Liberty on a 64GB cart
  Source: https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/news/cyberpunk-2077-ultimate-edition-comes-launch-day-to-nintendo-switch-2/
  
  Interesting. I know that one is 70GB minimum on Steam.
  
  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.
  
  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:
  https://www.videogamer.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-game-key-cards-are-physical-carts-that-have-no-game-data-on-them-at-all/
  
  Wow, if the games are not on the cart then I’m not buying Nintendo.
  
  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".

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