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To kill the switch and no backwards compatibility ( for the cards)
Because Nintendo.
these are prolly titles that no longer making big sales numbers anymore so cost saving, if people want these games they just pick them up from 2nd hand market anyways or off the eshop.
Nintendo always does this, It is why most of their games still hold such value on any of their systems to their credit
The same thing can happen with digital games though (i.e. getting delisted from the eShop). Nintendo already did it with Super Mario 3D All-Stars which is unavailable both physically and digitally.
3D all stars was clearly a marketing scheme to prey on peoples’ FOMO. They told everyone it would only be available for a limited time. Telling someone something will only be available for a few months one way or another is a big difference from suddenly delisting a game for unknown reasons.
Yeah, you're right. It was not the best example, but the point is that digital games get delisted all the time so it's not just an issue with physical games.
It is worth noting that while some games may be delisted for sale digitally, even having their page removed, often they can still be downloaded. Dragon Quest 11 just.. doesn’t exist anymore on steam. Only 11S. But I purchased the original and can still download and play it no problem. Clicking on the store link redirects me to S though. My digital purchase of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for iOS is still available for download through my purchase history. Clicking on the app icon to go to the page just errors out. It doesn’t exist at all but I can still download and play my delisted game.
All that is true, but a game being delisted from digital stores means you can no longer buy it digitally, just like with these physical games getting out of print which leads to prices on ebay and other marketplaces to inflate... Anyway, the discussion veers into an entirely different topic.
Anecdotally, most of these games are pretty easy to find in Japan. Metroid Dread has gone way up in price though.
This is my line of thought as well, but we'll have to wait and see.
Right. lol. It doesn't make sense to discontinue printing games that sell. Dread is only 2 years old, and certainly these games sell continually after release as new users buy the hardware. There absolutely is more to it than just "Nintendo is no longer printing these games, too bad so sad."
Nintendo has a history of doing things that don't make sense.
But not doing things that lose money for no reason. Someone noticed the games were going out of print and assumed that meant they were just going out of print. It's far more likely that they are being re-printed for reintroduction at a reduced price. All you have to do is just look at what they've always done near the end of a console cycle.
I would be surprised if they see it as losing money, assuming that it's even true that all of these games are going out of print. We also have to keep in mind that their availability at retail is also based on the retailer's desire to stock them. With retailers cutting back on footprint for physical media and their propensity to favor newer releases over older ones it could be that some of the shortages for older games at retail are partly due to the retailers as much as Nintendo.
It *has* to be BC with Switch. It has to. And I'm sure Nintendo knows that. There's too many games that are played continuously nowadays for years and years and everyone has been trained that these games to just carry-over to the next system. On the other hand, a new Mario Kart will have a harder time selling on Switch 2 if the huge Mario Kart 8 Deluxe base isn't super interested in a $70 Mario Kart 9 that doesn't have 96 courses. So it's a weird time, for sure.
Physical for Nintendo software isn't dying though, in the same way it's dying for Xbox, Blu Rays, or PS5. Switch physical sales are higher proportion vs digital than the other console players. And games like Dread, they're not even old enough to be discontinued. The fact that they're running out of copies is likely a combination of post-holiday season sell-through, and Nintendo needing to catch back up. But I'm quite sure at some point soon they will reintroduce the Nintendo Selects line and re-print many early Switch games that have fallen off the radar, for like $30-$40. It's easy money for them and something they've always done. It's especially helpful as a way to prop up software sales during a hardware transiton period.
Xenoblade 2 was hard to find a few months after release. We also know what they did with the Mario collection. So i'm not sure there is a deeper meaning behind this.
Xenoblade 2 is still available in stores. Or at least it was at most retailers in my area for years and years after release. I'm sure it was hard to find in early 2018 after the first big Switch holiday season. Xenoblade 2 had just come out and sales are way higher than they've ever been for that series, before. Certainly they had to catch back up to meet demand.
I really doubt they are going to reprint some of these games, like for example Splatoon 2.
It was confirmed the slots aren't the same, you'll need an adapter or it's only compatible with digital games
Lol nothing has been confirmed yet, it's all rumors, come on.
It was from the source that said the switch was running games with PS5 settings
Nothing confirmed yet.
Good for you and your circle of friends I guess? Physical sales for Nintendo Switch games are still massive in both Europe and Japan.I don't think anyone in my circle with the switch consistently bought physical.
I mean I only own one and that was breath of the Wild on launch day
