According to Psyonix,
the price of the physical version is due to manufacturing costs of the Switch cartridge, however, it will include the following:
Still, the fact that
the price of the physical version price has also gone down means it's likely for real this time.
Not exact matches
The
physical version,
priced at $ 39.99, will include two bonus packs
of premium DLC, Classic Space, released in July, and the upcoming Monsters pack, which will be available in October.
While supplies last, fans will also be able to purchase a special edition
of the game, which includes a
physical version of the game, a sound - selection CD featuring 25 tracks from across the Metroid franchise and a reversible title - sheet insert for the game case for a suggested retail
price of $ 49.99.
The Season Pass is available for $ 14.99 suggested retail
price or as part
of the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Deluxe Edition, which features the main game, access to the Classic Guardians
of the Galaxy Character Pack, and an exclusive Giant - Man LEGO Minifigure (Minifigure only available in the
physical version of the Deluxe Edition).
Kindle
versions of purchased
physical books range in
price from free to $ 2.99.
Again, for me, that's too much, especially since VIZ Media, the company that makes the English
version of Shonen Jump,
prices their digital
versions below
physical versions.
«For several months, Amazon has been quietly discouraging the sales
of Hachette's
physical books by several techniques — cutting the customer's discount so the book approached list
price, taking weeks to ship the book, suggesting that prospective customers buy other books instead and increasing the discount for the Kindle
version.»
When I can so often go out and buy a
physical paperback
of a traditionally published book more cheaply than I can it's ebook
version, there's something seriously wrong with the «legitimate»
pricing structure.
To get the 30 %, you have to
price your Kindle
version 20 % below the
price of any
physical print or other form
of the e-book (which lets them control the e-book
price throughout the market.)
Luckily for them both, the $ 8 - 10 Paperback is actually competitively
priced vis - a-vis e-books with the value add
of being a tangible,
physical good, and with a little effort I suspect that the $ 12 - 20 TPB could easily supplant the Hardcover as the «lead»
version of paper books.
I bought Mario Kart from the eShop as it was a roughly equivalent
price to buy a
physical copy, and I wanted the convenience
of the download
version.
The
physical version,
priced at # 34.99, will include two bonus packs
of premium DLC, Classic Space released in July and the upcoming Monsters.
Warlords
of Draenor will come in a Standard Edition (
physical and digital
versions available), which players can pre-purchase now at a suggested retail
price of # 34.99.
The game will also be released for the Xbox One and Playstation 4 for the totally fair
price of $ 39.99 for a
physical copy and $ 29.99 for the downloadable
version.
Meanwhile, in terms
of pricing, BBTag will cost players $ 49.99 for both
physical and digital
versions of the game, although those who buy digital can opt for a $ 69.99
version that will include access to all the DLC as it becomes available.
A digital
version of the game for the PS4 will also be available and
priced at # 29.99 with no
physical version currently confirmed.
While it would be great if Nintendo followed Sony's lead, I don't imagine them
pricing the downloadable
versions of their retail releases any cheaper than the
physical copies.
With a
price of $ 6.99, that makes it a fairly expensive app, although much less expensive than the
physical version.
If you want the
physical version of Road to Boruto, which includes all the content from Naruto Storm 4 and Naruto Storm 4 Season Pass on a single disc, the
price is $ 49.99.
The game carries a suggested retail
price of $ 39.99 on the PS4 ™ system for both the
physical and digital release, while the PS3 ™ system
version will be released digitally at $ 29.99.
The game carries a suggested retail
price of $ 39.99 on the PS4 ™ system for both the
physical and digital release, while the PS3 ™ system
version will be released exclusively on the PlayStation ® Store at $ 29.99.
The
physical version of Bayonetta 2 is
priced # 49.99 / $ 59.99 and comes with a download code for the first game.
The Xbox One and PC
versions of Okami will be digital - only, with a
physical release available on PS4 and
prices set at ¥ 2,990 ($ 27) for the standard edition and ¥ 4,990 ($ 45) for the limited edition.
We've just announced a Corpse Party double bombshell: a release date for the digital PC
version of the game (April 25th via Steam, GOG, and Humble Store, for a list
price of $ 14.99) as well as release plans for the 3DS
version, which will be dropping in both digital and limited edition
physical forms in North America this summer (nothing to report yet for Europe; sorry!).
As for what comes with the Treasure Box (
priced at 14,000 yen / $ 140), lucky recipients will be gifted the game, an official art book, a Triforce - shaped table clock, eight character DLC outfits, a
physical version of Link's in - game scarf and a
physical treasure box with audio.
There's a chance that an entry - level
version may launch for a cheaper
price (perhaps around $ 500) with «only» 4 GB
of RAM and less
physical memory.