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[asdasdasdbb]

Nintendo already showed this. New Nintendo games have been $69.99 whether physical or digital. Starting with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, the digital version is $10 less.

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive - Nintendo Official Site

Join Yoshi on a charming new adventure in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, a Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive filled with colorful worlds and creative gameplay.

www.nintendo.com

I suspect that is only a one time thing with Yoshi, because they wanted to cut the price of Yoshi specifically.

 

[adamsapple]

I suspect that is only a one time thing with Yoshi, because they wanted to cut the price of Yoshi specifically.

The support page says it's for all Nintendo published games that are Switch 2 exclusive.

Information

Beginning in May 2026, and starting with preorders for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, new Nintendo published digital titles exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 will have an MSRP that is different from physical versions.

About Nintendo Switch 2 Game Pricing | Nintendo Support

en-americas-support.nintendo.com

 

[Topher]

I suspect that is only a one time thing with Yoshi, because they wanted to cut the price of Yoshi specifically.

The announcement says this will be the case "starting" with Yoshi. Implies this will the practice moving forward. Will not be a good look if they suddenly change the practice for more popular games like Zelda and Mario. But.....this is Nintendo

 

[spookyfish]

Oh....so it is actually is a discount for digital. I'm surprised, but......well done, Nintendo.

Well, that makes sense and is as it should be. But -- Nintendo, so ...

Honestly, we'll have to see how this is going forward, because the physical Yoshi price was already announced, wasn't it?

 

[Topher]

Well, that makes sense and is as it should be. But -- Nintendo, so ...

Honestly, we'll have to see how this is going forward, because the physical Yoshi price was already announced, wasn't it?

Yeah, I googled it and this was the price listed a couple of weeks ago. This announcement is saying this will be the norm. Yeah, it is a good thing really. Cutting their costs by incentivizing digital rather than making physical prohibitively expensive.

 

[spookyfish]

Yeah, I googled it and this was the price listed a couple of weeks ago. This announcement is saying this will be the norm. Yeah, it is a good thing really. Cutting their costs by incentivizing digital rather than making physical prohibitively expensive.

I've never understood why digital was the same price (I mean, of course I understand it), so this actually makes sense.

Which is why I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Will not be a good look if they suddenly change the practice for more popular games like Zelda and Mario. But.....this is Nintendo

I think standard games will be $70/$80. Would be interesting if this ends up meaning that big games end up being $70/$90 instead of $80.

 

[Topher]

I've never understood why digital was the same price (I mean, of course I understand it), so this actually makes sense.

Which is why I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Publishers still have a lot invested in physical stocks so moving that inventory being priority would be my guess as to why the prices have been the same. Going to be interesting to see what this does to physical retail stocks for Nintendo since first party is the primary draw.

 

[tr1p1ex]

There only 3 possibilities with this announcement:

- Digital games are getting cheaper
- Physical games are going up in price
- Digital games are getting cheaper AND Physical games are going up in price

Either way Physical game buyers like myself lose out in this.

Those 3 possibilities all mean the same thing because it's all relative.

Not sure how you lose out. It has always cost more $$$ to put a game on a cartridge. It's really just a bit of a right sizing for digital buyers.

I've never understood why digital was the same price (I mean, of course I understand it), so this actually makes sense.

Which is why I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Someone posted that Nintendo Europe has been pricing digital ~$10 lower for 1 year.

 

[Trogdor1123]

digital wont be cheaper. physical will just be more expensive.

I was thinking this too. No where does it say digital Will be e cheaper.

It's already over $100 here many of their games. I'm probably out on a switch.

 

[LuxFixxins]

Those 3 possibilities all mean the same thing because it's all relative.

Not sure how you lose out. It has always cost more $$$ to put a game on a cartridge. It's really just a bit of a right sizing for digital buyers.



Someone posted that Nintendo Europe has been pricing digital ~$10 lower for 1 year.

Perhaps that was the test.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Did people here assume Nintendo will lower digital prices? Lol

They simply increased physical edition prices.

Learn to read.

 

[dorkimoe]

they always said it was cheaper for digital than physical and we never got a discount, about time

 

[Pataponpon]

It seems Nintendo is correcting some regional prices too, in Brazil the new edition of Mario Wonder just dropped from R$499 to R$429. A day after having digital Yoshi getting this new digital price coming from R$349 to R$329.

Good times to be a Nintendo fan ngl. I dont collect physical Nintendo so having digital going cheaper now is gonna save me a lot from Fire Emblem, Splatoon Raiders and whatever else they have planned for this year.

 

[Gambit2483]

I already contracted my spending on Nintendo games and doubt I will buy another of their consoles. Let's see how raising prices works out for the

If you aren't going to buy a 3D Mario, Zelda or next Smash bc of the price then you were never going to get one to begin with. These games aren't cheap and have never been cheap.

Edit: That said, Nintendo really needs to take a look at how they are pricing their AA titles. The majority of their AA games are probably not viewed as "worth it" at a $70 MSRP (physical or otherwise). Although I guess we'll see what the market decides.

 

[tkscz]

I was thinking this too. No where does it say digital Will be e cheaper.

It's already over $100 here many of their games. I'm probably out on a switch.

The first game they are doing this with, Yoshi's Mysterious Book, will be $60 on eShop and $70 physical. Can't say what that'll be world wide but apparently it's always been like this in the EU since the Switch 2 launched.

 

[blacktout]

We'll see when Fire Emblem launches.

Let's wait and see.

We haven't seen Fire Emblem yet, but the prices for Rythm Heaven, Splatoon Raiders, and Yoshi, taken together, seem to make it clear that Nintendo is dropping the prices on digital titles by $10, not increasing physical titles.

Actually, given that Rhythm Heaven is $40 for both physical and digital, when most Switch 1 bargain titles were $50, it seems like Nintendo has cut both physical and digital prices for Switch 1 games, though that's still kind of ambiguous, since Tomodachi Life was the standard sixty bucks.

What is clear though, is that there's zero evidence that this is a price increase.

 

[memoryman3]

We haven't seen Fire Emblem yet, but the prices for Rythm Heaven, Splatoon Raiders, and Yoshi, taken together, seem to make it clear that Nintendo is dropping the prices on digital titles by $10, not increasing physical titles.

Rhythm Heaven is a Switch 1 game, so it is subject to legacy pricing. Splatoon is obviously priced as a budget title to account for the lack of multiplayer and it is $10 more.

 

[blacktout]

Rhythm Heaven is a Switch 1 game, so it is subject to legacy pricing. Splatoon is obviously priced as a budget title to account for the lack of multiplayer and it is $10 more.

Bargain-priced games on the Switch 1 have consistently been $50 for the last several years. See: Warioware, Donkey Kong Returns HD, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and I'm sure others that I'm forgetting.

I don't think Nintendo has released a $40 budget game since Captain Toad in 2018, but correct me if I'm wrong.

So you would expect Switch 2 budget games to be $60, and, in fact, that's what you were arguing was the case with Yoshi earlier in this thread.

Instead, it seems like Switch 1 budget titles have returned to their pre-Switch boom/inflation $40 prices, Switch 2 budget titles will be $50(D)/$60(P), Switch 2 standard prices will be $60(D)/$70(P), and Switch 2 premium prices will be $70(D)/$80(P), all of which is consistent with a $10 reduction to digital games vs. 2025 prices, which is exactly what Nintendo's press release implied and most of the people in this thread thought was happening.