The price of Switch 2 titles has been revealed by the official Nintendo website. The upcoming console’s games will cost more than Switch 1 titles.
Nintendo has updated its official website with product pages for Nintendo Switch 2 launch titles Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, revealing the digital and retail price of the console’s titles. The new platform’s titles have received a price hike over Switch 1 games.
Nintendo Switch 2 Game Price Details
Game price details for first-party Nintendo Switch 2 launch titles can be seen below.
Mario Kart World
- Digital: 79.99 US Dollars / 79.99 Euros
- Physical: 89.99 US Dollars / 89.99 Euros
Donkey Kong Bananza
- Digital: 69.99 US Dollars / 69.99 Euros
- Physical: 79.99 US Dollars / 79.99 Euros
Going by the pricing of both Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, it appears that new Nintendo Switch 2 titles will sell digitally for 69.99 US Dollars / 69.99 Euros and at retail for 79.99 US Dollars / 79.99 Euros at minimum. Certain games will sell at an even higher digital price of 79.99 US Dollars / 79.99 Euros and retail price of 89.99 US Dollars / 89.99 Euros. As such, the new console’s games will cost at least 10 US Dollars / 10 Euros higher than Switch 1 titles.
It’s likely that the pricing of Nintendo Switch 2 software is determined on the basis of budgeting and resources allocated during development. Mario Kart World appears to be the most ambitious entry in the series, with a large amount of content and online features. As such, its development budget was likely higher than that of Donkey Kong Bananza.
Retail versions of Switch 2 titles being priced higher than their digital counterparts will likely lead to lower sales of physical copies and higher sales of digital software on the eShop, which is probably what Nintendo is looking to achieve.
Meanwhile, certain Nintendo Switch titles can be upgraded to Nintendo Switch 2 editions by paying an upgrade fee of 9.99 US Dollars / 9.99 Euros.
For details on the confirmed hardware specs for the Nintendo Switch 2, follow the link here.
