Why are Nintendo Switch Games so Expensive?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ค. 2021
- In this video we take a look at why I think collecting for the Switch is so expensive compared to other consoles.
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Because the cartridges taste too good
Forget about Tidepods, Switchcarts are the new snack!
Thats what im sayin
Really? let me try it
@@gamingandstouf3564 so, how did it taste?
Everybody it's like a lolypop
I wish the price for the digital version of games was lowered to cpmpensate after those games go out of print
Physical copies are actually subsidised! to actually match the digital version
Hopefully you look at the new device. Steam Deck. You might need to know digital games there are cheaper than the other 3 and constantly on sale.
@@tr1bes i have switch + PC so i already know steam is way cheaper. The switch was my first console since the Wii sinc ei have been piss poor for a load of time
I mainly play on my Switch recently and I only play 3rd party anime games and majority are digital. I have not bought any Nintendo game aside from Fire Emblem 3 Houses. Now that I have a PC, I mainly play my newer games on there because the steam versions of 3rd party anime games are far more cheaper. Not to mention that steam has really good sales compared to the Eshop. I will only use my Switch for another Fire Emblem game only going forward.
I feel like with the Switch more than any other console, I can't be bothered to actually swap the games out and prefer to download them and just play them off the menu
It's awesome because you can buy a switch game, complete it and then sell it for almost full amount again 😎
This is what I'm doing. I try to find them cheap on marketplace and then when I complete the game I sell it again on Ebay for even more money than I paid for it.
@@Cookedfrfrfr When Destiny 1 was still a thing I bought a used copy from Hastings for like 15 dollars. When the new expansion came out Hastings was doing a buyback program for select games and they knew Destiny would be a good seller, so they bought it back from me for 45 dollars. I never even played the game.
@@tylertrego1276 damn. Big fat W.
I sell mines for $20
@@WakerOfTheCryingRain bro get switch games from the libary for free i always get it from there i promise i got links awaking picmin 3 deluxe captain toad treasure tracker and im gonna get more from the libary
Getting many games Digital dosen't feel right. I love holding something in my hand, rather then just seeing the game in my steam list.
having a giant amount of physical games doesnt feel right either though. I sell a game now if i dont play it anymore. That is the actual best thing about physical releases: resell value. With digital games your money is just gone forever
@@igeljaeger Same I only keep the best games
Many games that would normally be digital only do get physical releases these days, though. I think some companies fully understand that even when there's a push to go all-digital, there will always be a physical niche... at least I hope so.
Digital all the way. No need for stacks of game cases and having to get up to put a new cartridge in
Same, this is my exact thought that's why I prefer physical... Digital just doesn't feel right, or doesn't feel like I actually have it lol. I like the nostalgia part of inserting a game disc or cartridge into your system. And it looks beautiful on your shelf :)
I always thought it was interesting how NEW Vita games were always priced lower to compete with DS/3DS prices, even though they were cutting edge handheld games at the time. Then when Nintendo releases the Switch they go straight for the $60 price point.
My guess is that Sony matched the lower pricing in order to be competitive. By the time the Switch came around there wasn't really any handheld competition for Nintendo, so I figure they probably went expensive with their games just because they thought it was an easy way to make money.
@@YSN part of the reason is likely that they see switch is more a home console on the go than a handheld to be used on a tv. given that price wise the switch is closer to a nintendo home console
Nintendo Switch is considered a home console and not a handheld. Plus, the Nintendo Switch, when in handheld mode, is the most powerful handheld at this time, so even if it was solely a handheld device, the games would probably be priced higher. Maybe not $60 high, but probably $49.99 high as the standard.
The largest capacity Game Card is 32GB. Supposedly, there was supposed to be a 64GB Game Card in development, but I have yet to hear of a Nintendo Switch game that uses a 64GB Game Card.
@@NYCJoeBlack not anymore with Steam deck
@@joanjoestar3252 - I know, that is why I said, at this time. The Steam handheld isn’t out yet for sale at retail, so technically, the Nintendo Switch is still the most powerful system in handheld mode.
3DS games prices are also insane!
Not really
@@edwardsaldana2534 the pokémon games on 3ds are getting expensive
especially pokémon games
@@edwardsaldana2534 Try to buy a Shin Megami Tensei game!
@@SebaGomez not when they were first released
I think the pandemic is also a big part of it, due to more people spending time indoors and therefore spending more time playing games. When you look at price charting sites, you see so many games that had been sitting around the same price for years suddenly skyrocketing right around March of 2020
Also the chip shortage
@@iProgramInCpp wtf does the chip shortage has to do with games not going on sale?
@@tomohawkcloud chip shortage means supply is lower than usual, demand is at an all time high so the price it takes to make carts actually goes up; if the game is still sold constantly at $60 then the profit margin lowers causing the maximum sale percentage to drop dramatically
20 years ago a new video game was like a new car, it depreciated immensely the second you own it. But now if you keep the game and contents in pristine condition it can hold 70% of its value right away, and begin to gain in value in 2-3 years. The hobby can about pay for itself now with a little time and effort to resell the stuff you've played, further down the line.
Apart from game cube What games sell for more than they were new
Getting games isnt about reselling them their about playing them
It's the reason I barely play Nintendo games the prices never go down and more often than not will actually raise in price.
I think video game collecting in general has just become bigger and bigger. It'll be interesting to see when this trend will end - because it definitely has an expiration date
Oh it’s you! I remember watching your video on the Pokemon game prices.
Once internet is fast enough for enough people and everyone can stream games it will be dead. Just like dvd’s were dead when people were able to stream movies.
It has ended for me. Once I started expanding the physical game collection into room #2 my wife gave me that look. I sold them all, modded any appropriate consoles, aquired the necessary multicarts, and now my collection is 100% digital.
@@lordbunbury streaming games will not be an alternative, as input lag is an issue.
@@sarowie Yeah, maybe not streaming exactly, but if you can download a whole game in 10 seconds it would be good as well.
My dude has Senran Kagura Reflexions and Peach Ball, I'm proud
Proud of what? You found another Weeb?
Yes
$300 in Switch would get me 5 AAA games. $300 in Steam would get me 5 AAA games + 20 other games.
Probably since
1. Cartridges are more expensive than blue ray discs
2. Because of this physical quantity of games is more limited
3. Demand for videogames increasing
4. Scalping tactics for certain games
You got it pretty much spot on
Rather like:
Nintendo can offet them at a higher place, because people buy it anyway.
Greed is the answer but nice try
@@duden7983 I vote for ur answer. Cartridges cost more??gimme a break from that kit Kat please.
Forgot the nintendo corporate nintendo slave fanboys.
I tend to always buy my games half off when someone sells it on marketplace. It may take months but I always find the games I want for the prices I'm willing to pay.
"That the switch is half way through it's cycle"
Me: wait what? No, shut up.
It was really annoying having to pay $50 for a copy of Pokken Tournament DX in May of this year. It came out years ago, if it was a third party game it would be $20-30 by now.
The question is: Do you enjoy the game?
In Australia u have to buy it for $80
On PC I am perfectly fine with "digital only" games. The main reason is due to crack groups and pirates which honestly helps out with anti-DRM preservation (If a digital service would go down). Sure there is something deeply satisfying with the physical releases of the golden days, big boxes, extensive manuals, extras like maps, stickers etc.... Nowadays it's often just a cheap plastic box, housing a disc or a cartridge and if you are lucky you get a flyer-style manual or ad... This is why my excitement over physical has died out over the years. It doesn't feel very exciting to open the box of games anymore.
It really is what happen on all physical game now... Except ofc if you buy bundle/limited edition pack that cost waayyy more
I hope that old switch games don't become too expressive
to purchase in the long run...
Ikr you dont what then to express too much otherwise they will be waaaayy to Expressive!
I’m going to assume this is the same situation as what was going on with the N64 & PS1...
CD’s are cheaper to produced when compared to the Cartridge.
Yeah the N64 Cartridges were extremely more expensive then the PS1 CD's
Yeah but why is digital still expensive as shit?!
@@tr1bes Yeah but Steam is very cheap in comparison
No, Nintendo just charges more cause they can
@@applehazeva2739 Nintendo tax
Breath of the wild $59.99
breath of the wild 2 $59.99
Super Mario odyssey $59.99
Super Mario odyssey 2 $59.99
Why don't Nintendo come out with a player's choice line of games that have sold millions of copies at a reduced price at $29.99
Skyward Sword HD (10 year old game) $59.99
@@SparkTFS *Remaster for a 10 year old game. But yea still high a price, I was really bothered before buying it because it's the remaster of my first Zelda game but I would rather spend money on something new. It's a great game though and if you've never played it it's worth picking up imo
@@reddiamond8136 Nah.
Botw for me is 69$
For me, It doesn't matter if physical games costs more than digital. Having a physical library of games is better than having a digital list. Buying physical games sometimes gives you free goodies like posters, mini soundtracks, trading cards, etc... Physical copies also gives you advantage because you can resell it no matter how old that game is. Lastly, nothing can beat the feeling whenever you're entering a local game store.
This is a cool point. But when you realise Nintendo already had optical formats and still kept their prices way up high, this becomes a moot point.
At the end of the day, Nintendo games are so expensive because they know their fans are willing to put up with them. Simples as that.
its basically basic supply and demand. demand is high enough that it sells at the higher price point
@@thebravegallade731 if they reduce price they will sell even more. Basic demand and supply doesn't capture real life markets.
Not dropping price is to dissuade people from waiting for a price drop
@@bern9642 they are not dumb. They will seek the most optimal price for profits. They are the ones that better understand their own market. if they reduce 50% all their games' price, that doesn't necessarily mean that they will sell 50% more to end up in the same profit. It could be less or it could be more. If their average price is 60 dollars on new big games that means that that is the optimal price attending to their maths. They don't put prices randomly, they experiment with different prices to seek the best profit, not more sales, which makes perfect sense. If they could sell one single game that cost all other games together, they will do it, and it would be even more profitable for them since they don't have to comercialize and distribute millions of cartdriges. Srry for my english.
@@publiovirgilio2238 that's not necessarily true. Not at all. Sony reduce the prices of the games all the time and for the past decade, they have been making the most profit from game sales.
Even currently, Nintendo systems are selling faster and they are topping sales charts but Sony is still recording more profit. I believe that's because although Nintendo's hot recent games are selling very well & topping the charts, their older titles where they refuse to reduce prices aren't selling at all. Sony reducing the prices of almost all their older games means all those are always selling moderately well. Add all that up and Sony ends up making more money.
Sometimes, it's just a culture the company adopts. Nintendo are old fashioned and they won't change because it kinda works for them. Sometimes, they make massive losses (ex Wii U era) but overall they can still compete with Sony and Microsoft.
The cold hard truth 😔
I find it weird that the switch is halfway through its life cycle, its sort of upsetting due to the cost of the games, I really hope the next console is backwards compatible
I think the switch series will last longer than previous console series of Nintendo's, the 3ds was backwards compatible so I hope the next console is
Great points covered and good content. Thanks for the video
I Don't care what anybody says a DIGITAL VERSION SHOULD NOT BE THE SAME PRICE OF AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL GAME. I've never bought a full price release digital game for £40/70/90 and never will do . When consoles go all digital I'll stop collecting.
Yeah. A lot of people justify the pros of physical media, but still get mad when digital prices are lower, despite it making all the sense, as most of the cost from physical media is absent.
They are already starting to be full digital
Switch cartridges can also be wiped and reused by the manufacturer
It would make sense to do so with games that are sitting on the store shelf too long
I don't know if this is something that's actually done, but its something I wonder about
So, I only just got a Nintendo Switch for Christmas a couple of days ago, and when I tried to buy games for it, I found that the only two I was dedicatedly interested in (Zelda: Breath of the Wild and SSB), were both still being sold for $60. I asked how that's even possible, and was told that Nintedo claim that their first party games- and this is a direct quote from the sales rep, quoting Nintendo- "... do not depreciate value."
...
Yeah, okay, and I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.
Sad part is a good chunk (if not the vast majority) of Nintendo's fandom adopted to that mindset too, probably to trick themselves that they are paying for a premium experience rather than getting scammed. If Sony & Microsoft can heavily discount first & third party, so too can Nintendo but they opt not to because they know people will begrudgingly (and sometimes happily) pay full price, 'cause "supply-and-demand" and all the other excuses.
@@SlingMeAWeb
The cherry on top of this pile of shit is that the Switch is still an inferior machine. Even with its reduced graphical settings compared to other consoles and PC's, it still struggles HARD to render smoothly, at least with Breath of the Wild, which I finally found at a local secondhand store. Like, just trying to render Korok Forest in pristine, calm weather makes the system cry in agony. once the storms come in, I've accepted just doing as little as possible, and in some cases, just find somewhere safe to hunker down in, switch HDMI inputs to my PC, and just dick around for like 5 or 10 minutes, waiting for the weather to clear up so the game can run again.
The reason Nintendo always used out-of-date, obsolete hardware was because it was cheaper, and by using cheaper hardware, they could keep costs down, and sell their systems for cheaper than their competitors who were all vying for the latest and greatest hardware. It's how when the competition was breaking the $500 USD price point, Nintendo could still offer a full gaming experience for $250 USD. Now though, they're still using obsolete hardware, but are trying to nickel and dime every last cent from the customer. Fuck that, I got everything secondhand, and I'll be getting those Amiibo cards or tokens for $20, rather than pay $120 a pop for some stupid paperweight that's pricewalling the in-game content on the game I already paid for.
Nintendo may have existed for over a century, but I have to wonder if I might live to see them go out of business, or at least become a third party developer like what happened to Sega.
Sony, Microsoft, and even Valve all do what Nintendon't.
they want sell expensive because they scare hype will fade
There is also the fact that there are too many LRG clones that just pump out shovelwear trash games as limited releases. Because of this it causes an idea that anything limited is worth a lot, even if it’s trash.
Poop Slinger.
LRG ?
This is a really cool discussion that honestly taught me a couple things. It never occurred to me that cartridges are more expensive to produce but I guess that does make sense.
Than you realize that it actually costs no more than 1$ to produce a signle cartridge
There’s other factors besides production costs. There’s also the logistics of getting them to stores and the actual physical room that stores have to display them.
Yeah but it still doesn't explain why an old game like Zelda botw or super Mario party or even Mario kart I deluxe is still, going for a full $60 on , the eshop. And when they're on sale they're still $45. That's about the same price as what you could get at retail. At retail the physical copies are only $50. Still Nintendo charges $60 for digital
Pretty sure Nintendo gets a publishing fee when going physical as well.
@@itsmesteve1081 because people are buying it at that price. its not hard. smh
Honestly the mention of pc going digital
I miss when I could play with someone just by giving them the disc
Yup. In high school I had a friend who would lend me some of his PC games. Discovered so many great games that way.
Yeah same but times are changing, and at a fast rate too. I miss when all platforms for gaming were all about you going to your friends or family’s house to play video games together. Now everything is heavily rely on digital Pc being the biggest example.
Digital way easier to share than physical one as the pandemic told me that.
The issue is ownership and the mandatory patch to fix broken released games.
@@Prodzick uh not so sure,shared library allows 1 to play it + they have to stream to see them play + you can't just allow someone else to play
@@Prodzick parsec/steam remote play uses streaming which my internet is close to 0 upload speed
Also some games you could reuse cd keys which is why I mentioned it
as a old gamer its really sad to have only digital copy of game because if your account will got suspansion or penalty/ban you'll ended up by not having access anymore and that is sucks also opening ur favorite game from the box and smell and touch that cartridges and putting into slot is something that gives unique feelings.. one is like LDR other one is physical love..
i just got the switch lite the games are so exspensive man I wanna buy zelda and mario so bad but $60 for Every Nintendo Published Game is Unblievable :(
The situation with 2nd party Switch games is odd to me because during the Wii U era, lots of scalpers bought up Devil's Third copies, hoping to sell them at a high profit down the line through ebay. But then Nintendo, seeing a demand, increased their stock of it (Which was pretty funny because it hurt scalper bank accounts). And that was for a game that was frankly mediocre. If I had to guess, the pandemic probably has more to do with lack of physical restock of 2nd party games than anything else.
Started collecting the games that I've always wanted i agreed that ill be collecting a select few games coming out here in the future
This was an issue for Otome games, now it's improving and we rare getting more physical releases outside of japan
Ys VIII and Langrisser I and II on Switch hard to fine and expensive too. Also see you're a man of culture with senran kagura lmao
There is no point paying the scalpers...
YES don't be stupid at let them take advantage of you
I always troll them into thinking I'm buying.
The thing I like to add, is the fact that they seemingly never go on "sale"... just like Sony games... Sony only puts games on sale when the game is already a best seller.
But yeah you have to know what you want to collect, and buy it on release with the switch.
If it's not been mentioned already, the chip shortage plays a huge role. Since these are cartridges, they need chips inside, and the supply of chips can't keep up with the demand for switch cartridges, causing the price of rom chips to go up
For me, a good example of flucation prices for Switch games is Valkyria Chronicles 4. On the Eshop, it has gone up and down but usually 15 to 19 dollars. Then ebay sales goes up but then a local gamestop was selling it NEW for 11 dollars.
it also doesn't help the fact that the Switch E-Shop doesn't exist in South East Asia region. If I want to buy a digital exclusive game or dlcs, I'll have to buy region specific cash codes at a shitty exchange rate.
On the plus side, it's relatively easy for us to get physical games from all regions since our local stores take supply from everywhere with the exception of Limited Run games.
So THAT'S why that region gets so many physical games that don't come physically in others!
@@koba2348 Yup. But it's quite common for those physical games to have many translation errors tho. Most of the ones I've seen came from Bandai Namco anime-style games.
@@hukesama8389 so those games don't have the same exact translation as NA region digital release?
@@koba2348 Depends. The ones I meant are usually not picked up by any western localization team (sometimes they do translate them later) and the JP publishers saw that SEA players were still interested in those games.
Some of the SAO games and Fate Extella Link were examples I could think of at the moment that has different english translations.
I actually managed to get myself a new physical copy of Astral Chain this year, from GAMESTOP no less. Regular retail price too. Guess I got lucky.
They're at every Walmart in my city for 49.99
I bought mine used for $40 not long ago
The games are good enough to live up for their price, still they are expensive as hell. Still, I don't regret buying a single one, especially exclusives
I only buy used games because I am not willing to pay 50-60€ for the new ones.
Animal Crossing for 35€
Monster Hunter Rise for 35€
Breath of the Wild for 45€
It is a good deal to tell the sellers that you come by personally, so they don't have to do and pay shipping.
So they are willing to sell for 35€
Cost way much and AAA titles never go on sale . Nintendo needs to work on this issue
This must be an American thing. Cant speak for other countries but here in NZ switch games never go over $90nzd which is about $55usd. Where as ps5 games are $129nzd and xbox are $109nzd. Switch is by far the cheapest here
Do you get digital sales? In the UK PSN has regular quite deep price cuts on its store. Nintendo barely cuts the price, it's like 10-20% off.
@@lankylemon8555 not as much as playstation and xbox ill admit but i have seen a few good ones. Not as often though
It really depends where you live and which market you go to. Here in the United States Switch games never go above $50 at Walmart
Interesting to see your point of view. Here in Germany we don't have a price problem, for switch games at least. Some games can be hard to find ( especially the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna Expansion), but if you check out 2-3 stores you should be able to find them. They usually don't disappear from the store shelves that quickly.
auf deutschem ebay verkaufen sich wohl die meisten älteren switch games für ca 30 bis 40 Euro. Was eig verständlich ist. Da wundere ich mich was da das Problem in den USA ist... Marketing Strategie?
Ya, I worry about the future of collecting these types of things. I like the physical/tangible item, so I opt for that. Who knows, maybe years down the road these physical copies will be worth a lot more because people will want to get back into the nostalgia of the Switch.
Because cartridges are great for games collecting. Some games worth over $1 million. Collectors love cartridges.🤑
Are they expensive? I have picked up 56 games on cartridge since getting my switch in December of last year, including a good number of first-party titles and no shovelware. You're right that some 3rd party titles can be pricey used, but between dekudeals, hunting on ebay, and a bit of patience I have been able to get almost everything for below MSRP, sometimes well below. The first-party titles have been among the more expensive for me, and Wonder Boy in Monster World. I got a copy for my girlfriend in 2019 for $35 and ended up paying $50 for my own copy a few months ago.
I completely agree with the worry about digital (I have been gaming long enough to have lost access to a couple libraries now... Direct2Drive and ImpulseDriven), it's part of what convinced me to go for a Switch after skipping consoles last generation. Also, yes... maybe things will settle down post-pandemic, but last year absolutely expolded the values of all collectables and brought MANY new collectors into the fold. This is true in everything from video games to comic books, dolls, action figures, you name it. It seems like a lot of people are catching the collecting/speculating bug. As a longtime collector it worries me a bit, a similar hype bubble happened around comics in the early 1990s, and after the bubble popped the industry never really recovered. I don't think video games will share a similar fate... but the collectors market might.
@Logan McGlynn It's the gamer's curse: when we are young we have the time we want to play video games but no money to buy them with; and as we get old we have the money to buy the games we want, but no time to play them. 😖
That's why I love my steam deck and PC.
Doom 2016 on Switch in 2022 still costs $79, while ever other version is $15
To me digital or physical is a matter of price. I buy whichever I find for less money.
Exactly i been waiting for breath of the wild to hit at least 30 but damn u
They don't go on sale. So might as well buy day one.
It wont hit 30. It will stay the same price then go up in price once its out of print.
Yeah, that’s what I was waiting for. My brother and I used to share a switch and he got BOTW for $60. He moved out and I waited a while to get a switch. BOTW was the first game I wanted and I got it for the same price he did when it first came out. I only got my switch about 2 months ago. I don’t think BOTW is going down in price soon.
@@fourtweven it goes down on Black Friday to 40 dollar but that’s it
Bruh for a used copy of BOTW on Facebook Market Place is super cheap. I've seen it for $30
Unless you want to play a game when it just comes out, if you wait a couple months you can pick up most £60 games for around 40-50 on eBay depending on the title
my local game shop still has quite a few Super Mario 3D collections available, i bought 2 more copies and hoping to resell them for a a nice profit in a few years.
I think another problem might be a regional issue. I live in the US and my local Walmart has plenty of copies of Astral chain for 50 USD. Xenoblade 2 is still hard to find though.
mine has 2 rows of them for 30 USD each LMAO
Nintendo stopped printing Xenoblade 2 and Xenoblade 2 Torna cartridges.
At least according to what I've heard.
@@DonutTPOTer pick one up if you havent you might have seen the first game though.
xenoblade is out of print
Wait……is Ryza 2 out now?…….. I’ve waited so long and was busy with work I forgot to get it. 😅😅😅
It came out the 26th of January. xD
i like having the physical copies of the games. especially roaming every store you can find for that one game. like with the old DS or an old ps
Hyrule Warriors Definitive Eddition, Arms, I could be wrong but also Cathrine Full Body, Prinny, Ys VIII are some of the games I have not seen in retail for a bit. Rtype Final 2 recently came out and for some reason I rarely see it in retails. Ive been trying to find a physical copy of Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom and that game is becoming rare.
They remain playable
for more than 10 years, man, they're
better than discs. 🤔
I went all digital because it's so much more comfortable to just click the icon and the game starts and there are incredible discounts on digital only keys.
Also not having to worry about scratching/breaking/loosing the physical copy.
What I can't stand though, are games that require to be online.
Best thing would be, if all physical games come with a digital unlock.
I think Nintendo should have went with a mini Blu Ray drive + SSD combo. Kinda like the PSP but the game installs to the SSD for fast loading. Or at lest just give us mini Blu Ray and let us install to a SD card.
They put a coating of candy on the cartridges
You can't deny Switch tax is a thing. Almost every game on the Switch is significantly more expensive than on another console.
You didn't mention that seal of quality of nintendo
Bulls***
I like to collect physical copies bc I’m old enough to have seen digital stores eventually go down or become unsupported. Once that Switch breaks 20 years from now you’re out of luck unless you have physical.
there's always homebrew.
Am I the only one that's cheap and wants the physical copy so I can resell it and recoup a lot of the cost of the game? Knowing that I can resell it for most of the price I paid definitely encourages me to buy more games.
Good part of being European is that we‘re usually a few months behind the US. So I need to buy Torna now? Alright!
Personally I think the accessories for the switch are expensive
I was wondering which game to get next but that settles it. I should probably get a copy of Astral Chain before it's too late
The one thing making me hesitant in buying a switch OLED is the goddamn game prices. $60 is crazy to me as a PC player.
I wanted to buy switch today and I had no idea about this situation with prices and I went to their eshop and I was like WTF is going on there!! I'm glad that I didn't get this console jeez what a greedy fucks! I think I'm gonna get a steamdeck.
@@Voltomesssteam deck is more expensive lmao
@@angelvillegas9604 I was referring to nintendo eshop prices that are much higher than steam for example so I rather get steam deck and have cheap games than pay 10% more for same indie games on nintendo shop or old nintendo mario games that still cost full price after so many years.
Cartridges have always been more collectible than optical discs. I see a Switch cartridge as something I want to hold onto more so than a PlayStation or Xbox release with incomplete data
on the disc or required installs and additional downloads. I also have more faith in the Nintendo product as it just seems less disposable with all the services and micro transaction type games. In a word, the cart just ‘feels complete”.
Amen to that, that's exactly why physical is mandatory with Nintendo games for me. However it pisses me off when we can't even have that completeness anymore, specifically talking about the Diamond and Pearl remakes, where the cartridges shipped with the incomplete game (missing intro and end animations, etc.) and were completed with an update. This trend better not continue or get worse, or else not even Nintendo carts will be safe from the day 1 patch plague and feel just as incomplete as PS and Xbox discs.
@@JohnDoeWasntTaken yes, I was really pissed off about that BD cart day 1. Nintendo do occasionally update their own carts with updated code but it’s impossible to know when or if it’ll happen.
@@modestyblaise4167 Yep, usually though they never update the carts in a big enough way to really impact their preservation when servers go down. I heard that over the course of production the carts ship with the newest updates anyway eventually, so really I just got mega screwed buying the Poke double pack so close to launch. Can always buy them again to have the whole game on the carts but I mean, you can already argue that buying both versions is essentially buying the same game twice, now I have to do that again? Anyone would be pissed.
Price gouging by Nintendo, nothing more.
If only I'd known the Shantae physical games were a limited release only... 😢
If you get a switch game on cartridge, is it ready to go, or do you have to a bunch of online stuff first?
It is ready to go, at maximum you have to download a patch that takes one or two minutes to update, but it should not be mandatory.
tldr: Nintendo price gouges like crazy because they know people will still buy it, just like Apple
No, the video is about used games and not about new game pricing
@@YSN i didnt even bother watching tbh thats just all i can ever associate nintendo with
And that's how the streaming services will set on the throne in the next few generation, because this current business model isn't going to work anymore for most of consumers. It's too costing too much really.
Alot of these games that are 3rd party that are hard to find are at Best Buy believe it or not. Usually in person they have a much bigger selection of Switch games than anywhere else. At least in Portland, OR
i still find it baffling that i got animal crossing brand new for £40 and companies like cex and games second section are still more expensive even though a new copy is still easy to buy
Nintendo is the Apple of videogames,they are gonna try to milk you as much as they can while making you believe the price is reasonable because "they are special and better than the rest"
As an physical game collector I actually like that Nintendo games stay at high price. I don´t feel comfortable buying a new game that I can find over half priced within the next half a year. It makes the game feel low quality. Also it is reassuring to know that my older games will have a decent value even after 10 years and I can sell them if needed.
Yes I agree! I have almost 200 physical games. I scour slickdeals, dekudeals and cheapassgamer daily. Anytime something goes on sale I snag it. Most games are worth more than I paid. Average price I paid on my games is probably under $20 no joke!
Cex and game in the UK have pre-owned games that are more expensive than new ones.. and I mean new releases as well!! It's craaazy
My Walmart still had a few copies of Astral Chain so I bought a copy before they disappeared.
They are very overpriced! For a game you gonna beat once or twice then put it away to collect dust 💀 I mean majority of the Switch games are solo or semi solo games.
" Why are Nintendo Switch Games so Expensive? "
Cuz it's Nintendo.
Each game card cost $22USD to manufacture. While a Blue Ray disc is a 1 USD.
@@willcail Oh rlly? then why the fuk an 4 year old digital game costs 60 bucks? accept it, nintendo sucks.
@@willcail And i know physical copies costs more to manufacture, but it doesnt explains why digital games costs almost the same.
0:48 what's up with those game boxes? They look different from the ones they sell in the UK
NA cases
Same question should be asked about the PlayStation 5 games. I know some people are going to defend this by saying they're not as expensive but that's because the games are either pre-owned or on sale.
The lengths nintendo hardcores go to defend them, is insane. Nintendo is greedy that is the only answer
if its their games its one thing but stuff like burnout paradise or rereleases of old games its not their fault its just cartridges are more expenisve to produce
Sony is even more greedy than Nintendo imo. PS5 games are $70 lmao. It's even worse for fellow Europeans as PS5 games are 70 Euros (equivalent to $82.49 USD) and 70 Pounds in the UK (equivalent to $95.69 USD)
@@jasonmartinez5116 60€ is already 71$ so we get screwed on a regular base, and this is without including the price of DLCs (always more common in triple a) also having a higher price tag (which is odd since unlike the games DLCs are digital only, so they could actually price match with the US)
People complaining about paying $60 for Skyward sword when I dropped over $200 to get Shantae and the Pirate's curse, and over $150 on Monster Boy
Xenoblade Chronicles is still crazy
Why would you do that?
@@Toast0nyx Masochism
What’s that’s game on the top right corner in the beginning of the video??
Team Digital honestly, the only thing I want physical is figurines, artbooks and other goodies/loot from these games. The convenience of being able to boot up and switch between games is Queenly.
i have torna-the golden country from when it released and i dont plan on it leaving my grasp. not because i like the game, but because i havent finished it in over 2 years
The physical version won't die because you can resell game cards later. That's the way of its pricing will be.
I like to buy the cartridge version though.
I just got astral chain for $27 dollars at GameStop in the USA. Not sure if it is different here or not but I don't usually have issues finding games.
i was thinking earlier, when i was younger i’d have no choice but to get the physical copy, when my parents were young they’d have to go to an arcade and later buy a system made solely for one game, like donkey kong, i think eventually everything will be digital which is sad, but maybe my parents thought it’s sad to have one console that you just put different games into rather than a whole console per game
I got the Xenoblade 2 and expansion for about $60 total last year. I was surprised with the pricing the past few months. Jeezus, talk about luck. I was not gonna get switch games until end of life, but decided to pull the trigger.
I wait when the game goes on sale . But if I really want a game that wanted then buy it full price. But other then that I buy the game on sale. I seen a lot of nintendo switch games for $20 at walmart and best buy low same of the games $ 20 to $ 44.
Is the cloud game subscription ready?
Game collecting in general has increased over the last 2/3 years. Vita, PS3 even Wii games are jumping up multiple times the value.
Additionally companies like Limited Run, Super Rare, etc. have made Switch collectors more concerned about “missing out”. So, very few games hit rock bottom prices like years ago. Collectors continue to look for even recent games to make sure they don’t have to pay 2-3 times as much later