For Playtonic Games' newest release, you may be wondering why Yooka-Laylee costs $40 instead of the traditional $60 price. The studio told We Write Things the reasoning behind the price.
Insider Gaming sits down with ExoCross creative director Paul Coleman to talk about the game's development, features, gameplay, and more.
In an era dominated by digital downloads and streaming services, the importance of physical media in gaming remains a topic of discussion.
Of course, Nintendo has always preferred physical sales, especially since they skew to a younger audience, and kids want games for their birthdays and holidays. They go to the store and pick the game they want.
Since the Wii they have always been the last major publisher to support modern tech or concepts, and they will be the last to support physical if it ever goes away. Which I hope it doesn't.
Nintendo just likes sales in general. If they can sell digital more, they would because the 2nd hand market they do not get a cut of. For me, i tend to buy more physical switch games than I do other platforms. I do have my fair share of digital deals from the eshop though. Especially if its something that i have a sealed physical copy of and dont want to reduce its value.
OK, but you need better format where these games could actually fit instead of half of the game being in physical form and all I have being on a digital code or have to download
The one caveat with cartridges. If the leaks are true the internal storage stands at 256gb plus SD card support too.
You could have a 256gb card and a 10gb card. Publishers will simply use the 10gb one and make you download the rest.
There are cards that can fit all of a game but those cost more, and publishers are cheap. It's weird cause with how much the switch has sold and how long it's been on the market the costs to manufacture these cards should've been much lower by now. It's a publisher issue cause there has only been very few exceptions on PS and Xbox, rest of the industry would rather force a download despite Blu-ray being cheap.
Your right. It's definitely a publisher issue. From my time collecting that's what I've come across. Just always remember
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Pretty sure most, if not all, of Nintendo first party titles are all on cartridge. It’s the third parties.
Yeah it artificially retains the high prices for their software. Hence Pirates will always have their day with them.
Supergiant Games' Studio Director, Amir Rao, has said that he's worried about some unbalanced boons in-game, with nerfs coming soon.
If Ratchet and Clank managed to release at €34,99 this should've been €29,99 or worst case scenario, the same as R&C
Would have bought it day one anyway, but glad it's only $40
Great, i'm getting it day-one! Unless it's not worth it. I'm really looking forward to play a 3D platformer with old style elements. Always loved those games.
Glad it's no any higher in price as I already pre-ordered it. Ratchet and Clank was a fantastic game for $40 and that was the perfect price. Any higher and I think that would have hurt sales. I hope some of the smaller games can start being priced at $40, including smaller niche titles.
Not long ago a full price AAA game on PC was £30 or less for me, now £35 is considered cheap...