More thoughts on Nintendo Switch 2 storage prices

Since my last post about Nintendo Switch 2 storage and prices three major things have happened affecting Switch 2 game prices: Nintendo published a new digital game pricing strategy where digital first-party games would be priced $10 USD less than physical games. This puts the American game market in line with the rest of the world. We'll see below why this change makes sense. microSD Express cards have increased drastically in price. The Lexar 1TB microSDXC card cost $200 USD in July 2025 and today is being sold for $335 USD from the same retailer. This means that “price-per-GB” has increased ~$0.13 for the highest capacity cards. Nintendo appears to be manufacturing Switch 2 game cartridges with smaller than the typical 64GB capacity. “MIO: Memories in Orbit” released on a physical cartridge with a $30 price tag. This will hopefully mean fewer games being published to “Game Key cards”, especially smaller or indie games. I created a small Python script which produces tables of data…