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Nintendo won’t abandon cartridges as Switch physical game sales are almost 40%
['Adam Starkey']
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Let’s get physical (Nintendo)As Sony pushes for the end of physical games, Nintendo has confirmed a large chunk of its audience still prefers buying games on cartridges.
The proportion of digital sales during this period has increased by 2.2% year-on-year to 61.5%.
By extension then, this means 38.5% came from physical sales.
Along with sales of download-only games and digital versions of packaged software, the 61.5% figure includes sales of DLC (including Switch 2 Edition upgrades) and Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions.
This might slightly skew the figure, but it still shows a sizeable amount of Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 players are buying physical games still.