User Info: kasplat360 kasplat360 1 year ago #1


More importantly though, it gives us some idea of what 3rd parties have to deal with cost wise for the cartridges. Given how inexpensive it is to manufacture Blu-ray discs these days, not to mention the fast turnaround time, it would be nice to know what Nintendo is doing with cartridges? It might be an order of magnitude more costly per cartridge.


What's the cost per game for a publisher?

What percent is Nintendo keeping?

What is the turnaround time for production? Can it match the few days of Blu-ray manufacture and shipment to retailers?

How about ramp up time? Between the time a game has a "golden master" and they start manufacturing the cartridges?


There is a reason that even with the huge sales of the DS and then the very respectable 3DS sales (over 60 million) that there is very little mainstream 3rd party title support. A lot of that probably has to do with cartridge cost risk factors.


If somehow the Switch cartridge story is different, then maybe there will be real 3rd party support this time around, but it seems unlikely Now that we know the relative sizes of a few games, it is apparent, the anemic 32 GB of internal storage is not going to support many digital downloads.More importantly though, it gives us some idea of what 3rd parties have to deal with cost wise for the cartridges. Given how inexpensive it is to manufacture Blu-ray discs these days, not to mention the fast turnaround time, it would be nice to know what Nintendo is doing with cartridges? It might be an order of magnitude more costly per cartridge.What's the cost per game for a publisher?What percent is Nintendo keeping?What is the turnaround time for production? Can it match the few days of Blu-ray manufacture and shipment to retailers?How about ramp up time? Between the time a game has a "golden master" and they start manufacturing the cartridges?There is a reason that even with the huge sales of the DS and then the very respectable 3DS sales (over 60 million) that there is very little mainstream 3rd party title support. A lot of that probably has to do with cartridge cost risk factors.If somehow the Switch cartridge story is different, then maybe there will be real 3rd party support this time around, but it seems unlikely

User Info: stop3 stop3 1 year ago #2 If third party is publishing the game, they might not have to give a % to Nintendo... but they probably at least have to buy the carts from them. How much Nintendo charges for the carts, I don't know. How much profit Nintendo makes selling a cart to a publisher, I don't know.


I guess I can't answer any of your questions, sorry for trying.

User Info: DiscostewSM DiscostewSM 1 year ago #3 Troll or hater getting you down? Don't worry. Just know that they force themselves to do what they do because of either jealous or envy of what you like. Dragon Quest Heroes 1 & 2 together is $60 on a 32GB cartridge. I don't think cartridge cost is or will be a problem.

User Info: JOHNBONE JOHNBONE 1 year ago #4


also, its possible that nintendo is wrapping the cost of the cart into their royalty... this is pure baseless speculation, but it is an option.


so if they take a $10 royalty on a boxed retail game, the cost of the cart would be included.


that's what I would do, but I'm not Nintendo. Uh, later dudes. S you in your As. Don't wear a C and J all over your Bs. I know in the GBA era the cost was about $4 per cart... I would assume its not all that much more now.also, its possible that nintendo is wrapping the cost of the cart into their royalty... this is pure baseless speculation, but it is an option.so if they take a $10 royalty on a boxed retail game, the cost of the cart would be included.that's what I would do, but I'm not Nintendo.

User Info: Eoin Eoin 1 year ago #5


kasplat360 posted...

It might be an order of magnitude more costly per cartridge.

It's not. This is one of the things that we can say for sure. If that were the disparity then you'd never see things like limited-run versions of niche games on Vita.


Remember that manufacturing cost is only part of the total cost of a physical medium. In terms of packaging, storage and shipping, Switch cards should match or beat Blu-ray. That will reduce the price advantage a little, though the advantage will still be on the Blu-ray side.


kasplat360 posted...

What's the cost