Would you like to see a digital only Nintendo Switch?

[Marc]

Similar to the PlayStation 5, would you have liked to see a cheaper version of the Nintendo Switch that's digital only? So it just doesn't have any game card reader but works just like a normal Switch, just at a cheaper cost.

 

[Deepak]

Thats basically my switch lite. I never use the game card slot. So it would be something i would buy 100%. It would help if the digital only switch at least came with more internal memory or a 256 gb micro sd card.

 

[AricAttack]

No

 

[Gram]

I don’t think taking out the card reader would affect price too much, as least not as much as removing a 4K disc drive would. At the same time, a digital-only version of the Switch easily makes the most sense out of any other console. Nintendo even gives you more of a rebate (gold coins) if you buy digital.

 

[eonia]

not really, most of the time i games for a lower price in physical stores ,but it would make sense for nintendo to make one,since its a portable console

 

[Alex]

To be honest, I wouldn't mind picking a digital only version if it was substantially cheaper, I'm not the kind of person who cares for collecting. But if they don't give some kind of benefit to getting a digital version, I see no reason why you'd limit yourself to not getting second-hand games.

 

[28142]

I don't understand this trend of just taking away choice, especially with something as important as physical games. Even with digital only consoles being cheaper, the amount of money you'd end up spending more on digital games then if you where able to buy them cheaper second hand would very quickly end up negating the cost between the console versions.

But if they don't give some kind of benefit to getting a digital version, I see no reason why you'd limit yourself to not getting second-hand games.

If they where to give benifits on par with how cheap second hand games are, that'd be incredibly unrealistic for companies to be able to keep up with, I think that'd in the long run actually push up the price of games AND consoles, and if it happens to wipe out second hand markets and somehow fully kill physical games, everyone's gonna be screwed.

 

[Artisan]

I'd like to see this in the future, but FPGA. In an age where cartridges are too expensive/not to be seen and everything is able to be downloaded without close. For now I say no. If you mean an emulator or like Google Stadia maybe, but no subscriptions.

 

[Sunny_Meows]

Similar to the PlayStation 5, would you have liked to see a cheaper version of the Nintendo Switch that's digital only? So it just doesn't have any game card reader but works just like a normal Switch, just at a cheaper cost.

It would be great being able to have a switch at a cheaper price and having the convenience of not needing to move your arms, but I don't see Nintendo doing it. All of Nintendo's consoles have always included support for physical games. The closest example of a digital only Nintendo system we'll ever see is the Satellaview, and it hasn't sold particularly well. Nintendo also values their retailers in brick and mortar stores the most, that's why digital games are the same price as their physical counterparts. TL;DR:Nintendo isn't gonna do it

 

[Eric Cartman]

I'm not a fan of an idea of a digital only console. Digital only makes me feel like you would need a lot of internal storage putting a limit on how many games you can own on your switch or that your games are played via a cloud like stadia which I'm also not a fan of becomes of stadia's criticisms of it being laggy and very unplayable which is very detrimental for any consoles release. Plus wouldn't that not make sense since the switch is meant to be played on the go. I the switch ran games on a cloud like that than you wouldn't really be able to play games on the go unless the are downloaded to your consoles storage. I feel all consoles should just have a disk slot as well as the ability to download games just to have users be able to enjoy games whether physically or digitally.