Switch 2 Pricing Shift: Nintendo Says Its Physical Games Will Cost $10 More

Nintendo made an unprecedented move Wednesday by changing up its pricing scheme for its digital and physical Switch 2 games. Starting in May, it's going to cost more to buy a physical game instead of a digital copy, and the current memory shortage could be the culprit. 

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, set to release on May 21, will be the first Nintendo Switch 2 game that will have two separate MSRPs, Nintendo said in a statement on Wednesday. The digital version will cost $60 while the physical copy will retail for $70 at Nintendo's online store, and Switch 2 exclusive games that follow will have a similar pricing scheme to the digital format, costing less than the physical. 

Nintendo did not give a reason as to why the prices will be different. It did say that its games "offer the same experiences whether ...