Nintendo recently answered some questions in an interview and revealed how they plan to sell their games in the future.
While Sony and Microsoft are increasingly moving away from physical media and even releasing consoles without any drives, Nintendo is taking a different approach. The Japanese company remains true to itself and continues to rely on the sale of cartridges. They have no intention of changing that in the future.
This is evident from an interview with Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa.
The PlayStation 5, for instance, is also available at a lower price and without a drive. The Xbox Series S doesn’t provide any option to use physical games. But Nintendo wants to stay true to the cartridge tradition even with the Nintendo Switch 2 or Switch Pro.
Nintendo is selling more digital games, but does not want to change its strategy
What does Furukawa say about physical sales? In the mentioned Q&A, the Nintendo boss is directly asked about digital games for the upcoming Switch successor.
In response, the Nintendo president acknowledges that the trend is clearly towards digital sales and that digital distribution is very important for Nintendo. Nonetheless, according to Furukawa, Nintendo wants to maintain its sales strategy in the future and continue to offer physical copies.
The goal is not only to boost the sales of digital games but also to achieve this with cartridges. He then confirms that this strategy will not change in the future: Nintendo wants to increasingly focus on making both options more user-friendly and to constantly improve the experiences with both digital and physical sales.
So anyone who was worried about not being able to buy and add Nintendo games physically to their collection in the future can rest assured.
However, it cannot be ruled out that Nintendo is considering releasing a second version of the Switch successor without a cartridge slot. When the Switch 2 might be released can be found here: The Nintendo Switch 2 is not expected until 2025, but this could protect us from greedy scalpers who are only waiting for the release
