Nintendo’s New Switch 2 Game Pricing Just Changed Everything
The Kit & Krysta Podcast
The Kit & Krysta Podcast
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🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Hi! Nintendo just announced a change to how they are pricing physical and digital games for the Switch 2 in the US and this opens the door to some interesting scenarios and debates. Let's discuss!
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| 0:00.0 | So Nintendo just announced some changes to their Switch 2 pricing, and we want to talk about it. |
| 0:07.0 | It's kind of interesting. |
| 0:08.0 | Yeah, we did a podcast episode a couple weeks ago talking about variable pricing and how it's actually a pretty good idea that has become a joke and wondering where is it? |
| 0:17.0 | Has it arrived? Maybe. Maybe. Kind of, sort of. Maybe in a way that maybe we didn't expect. |
| 0:23.5 | Right. |
| 0:23.8 | Although we, I think in that episode, we actually made a joke about how potentially they |
| 0:29.0 | could consider this option. |
| 0:30.4 | So they did make an official announcement about this, basically saying starting May |
| 0:36.7 | 2026. I'd just like to read the whole thing. Yeah, let saying starting May 2026. |
| 0:38.2 | I'd just like to read the whole thing. |
| 0:39.3 | Yeah, let's read the whole thing. |
| 0:40.2 | We should say this is specific to the market that we are in. |
| 0:43.0 | U.S. |
| 0:43.6 | And U.S. and I don't know what other parts of North America? |
| 0:48.4 | Yes. |
| 0:49.6 | I will say that I did see people in our community that are not in the U.S. |
| 0:54.2 | Like some people in the UK also are seeing the same. |
| 0:57.8 | Well, let me read the statement first and we'll talk about that. |
| 1:01.2 | About Nintendo Switch 2 game pricing beginning in May 2026 and starting with pre-orders for |
| 1:06.6 | Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, new Nintendo published digital titles exclusive to Nintendo Switch |
| 1:11.6 | 2 will have an MSRP that is different from physical versions. |
| 1:15.8 | Nintendo games offer the same experiences, whether in packaged or digital format, and this change |
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