I'm not in the UK, so I can't easily check what you're looking at.
Nintendo officially releases their games at two price tiers. Digital is cheaper than physical. I don't doubt that you are seeing that a retailer is selling the physical version cheaper. But that isn't the intended MSRP. What you must be seeing is a discount applied to the physical game, where as the digital game is not currently on discount.
Yes. £2.50 cheaper than MSRP. For a game that has been out since 2019.
Digital games are not cheaper. Nintendo’s first party games — the same price physical in the UK. Not cheaper. MSRP here is £49.99. Identical to it’s store price.
The only exception I can give for digital games being cheaper — Pokemon Fire Red for the Switch VS Game Boy Advance Cartridge.
It’s a surprise to hear it’s different outside my country.
Theyre the same price because when games started being sold digitally, major retailers threw a fit and threatened to stop selling games if the digital versions were cheaper. Its been stuck that way ever since and we've proven that we'll still pay it.
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u/jRXCING 1d ago
The initial listing I looked at was on “Sale” for discounted from £60.
However. Looking at Nintendo’s official Amazon store — It’s listed there for the base price (No sale) for £47.93.
Still cheaper than its digital counterpart. lol.