I recently pre-ordered a Switch 2 and will get it end of this week and now is the time for getting games.
However, I noticed that digital is overall more expensive than physical even when the games are new from retail stores. For example;
- Mario Kart World is €72 digitally, €68 physically.
- Tears of The Kingdom €78 digitally, €70 physically.
- Ocarina Remake €70 digitally, €65 physically.
Might be a stupid question but is this a normal thing for consoles? I have not purchased any games for consoles since I went over to PC gaming in 2019-2020. Can’t remember anymore how it was on PS4/5.
I like having the game physically, sort of owning it (if it still can be called owning). But the loss of easily switching games will be a sad ‘loss’ lol.
The games I’m planning to purchase in the long run are:
- Mario Kart World.
- Tears of The Kingdom.
- Some Yoshi games.
- Breath of The Wild (already played though)
- Newer Kirby game (2027 one).
So I didn’t think this sounded right from my experience and checked the UK store (where I am) and it is as you’d expect, all digital purchased games are generally cheaper by £8 - £10 than a physical released. Some older Switch 2 games are priced the same for both physical and digital though.
Just wandering, have you possibly misread the prices the wrong way round. As the prices you listed seem like it would be right if they were reversed.
This is on the official Nintendo site and other retailers selling physical maybe even cheaper.