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).