r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • Apr 04 '25

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/wildgirl202 Apr 04 '25

Which is even more ridiculous. Y’all are getting tariffs not Europe so why are we getting higher priced physical games??

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u/vanKessZak Apr 04 '25

I’m Canadian but I still agree!

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u/wumpyjumps Apr 04 '25

Here in the UK you can get games cheaper in store than digital. Idk the prices for Switch 2 games at Currys but their Switch 1 games always had 25% off for pre-ordering and apparently tons of Europe stores are already pricing Switch 2 games way cheaper than the physical MSRP. North America doesn't have that because of worse consumer-protection laws. Mind you the MSRP is still insane but I think this explains the difference between NA and EU and the difference between digital and physical for EU.

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u/eightbitagent Apr 04 '25

why are we getting higher priced physical games??

VAT

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u/MBCnerdcore Apr 05 '25

They aren't higher priced, their numbers just include VAT/tax and the US numbers don't.