Nintendo has no plans to scrap physical Switch 2 game releases

One Nintendo executive has said that the company has absolutely no plans to ditch physical games after PlayStation confirmed it was scrapping discs from early 2028. READ MORE: ‘Metaphor: ReFantazio’ composer Shoji Meguro wants to keep surprising you Back in July, Sony announced it would stop making physical PlayStation games after January 2028 due to “consumer trends”. One report claimed that just seven PlayStation games have sold more than 100,000 physical copies in the US this year. The move has been criticised by gaming fans and industry experts but a planned boycott of PlayStation was reported to have “no measurable impact”. Following the announcement, Microsoft has launched a new physical-to-digital scheme that allows players to turn their existing physical games into digital versions at no extra cost. Over the weekend, a Nintendo executive confirmed that Switch 2 games will continue to be released on physical cartridges too, despite rising production costs. “We go off what the consumer prefers, and take that into account very heavily,” general manager for Nintendo Latin America Bill van Zyll told Brazilian content creator Coelho no Japão.“We also have a platform that was just...