{"id":3177,"date":"2025-04-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=3177"},"modified":"2025-04-15T06:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T06:42:53","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-games-are-not-too-expensive-readers-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/13\/nintendo-switch-2-games-are-not-too-expensive-readers-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch 2 games are not too expensive \u2013 Reader\u2019s Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donkey Kong Bananza – how variable is variable pricing? (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My twopenn’orth on Switch 2<\/a> pricing. It’s a bit long, so please scroll down if sick of hearing about it.<\/p>\n

Aside from pushing Mario Kart World<\/a> to \u00a375 they should have just gone with everything else at \u00a370 and charging for that bland looking tutorial thing, I’m OK with it.<\/p>\n

The console is well priced. The Mario Kart World bundle is even better value.<\/p>\n

Aside from Mario Kart World\u2019s physical price all other prices are lower than what Sony<\/a> and Microsoft<\/a> charge for a new triple-A game. If you buy digital, then Mario Kart World is cheaper.<\/p>\n

Switch 2 upgrades have been confirmed as costing $10, in-line with the rest of the industry. There’s a decent selection of games that will receive free upgrades, like Super Mario Odyssey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Switch versions of games that’ll see price increases for the Switch 2 version come with addition content, along with the frame rate and resolution bumps. Except the Zeldas, where it’s just a phone app along with the bumps. But those two upgrades will be available on Nintendo Switch Online. [There\u2019re two prices for Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games: $20 for games with new content, like Super Mario Party and Kirby, and $10 for those with no new content, like Zelda – GC]<\/p>\n

The story of Switch 2 carts being Switch games with a download code looks to have been debunked. [This is debatable<\/a>: at time of writing the only one that has commented on the situation officially is Nintendo Australia – GC]<\/p>\n

All in all pretty in-line with the rest of the industry.<\/p>\n

So why the outcry?<\/p>\n

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