"Boxed copies of the Animal Crossing-meets-Viva Pinata life sim from Game Freak have sold out on the official Nintendo store, and it seems Amazon is rather excitedly recognizing the extra demand this causes and-as reported by has bumped the price of the game up to $79.99. Which is grim. And let's not forget, this is a so-called game-key card, with no actual copy of the game in the box in the first place."
"Amazon pricing is incredibly opaque, making it very hard to know what price an item actually should be, and indeed exactly from whom you're buying it. Even when items are listed as being sold by the official seller, a close look at the fine print can reveal they're in fact being shipped by third parties, so it's never clear where to level blame for inflated prices."
"These contain a digital code that prompts your Switch 2 to download the game from the same online store you'd get it from if you bought the digital version. Many people still want to pick up the boxed versions despite this, not least because they want a physical object for their shelf, but also because the physical cart can be more easily shared between devices."
Pokopia, a life simulation game for Nintendo Switch 2, launched at $69.99 and sold out on the official Nintendo store within days. Amazon subsequently increased the price to $79.99, capitalizing on high demand. The situation is complicated by the fact that boxed copies contain only game-key cards with digital codes rather than physical cartridges. This marks Nintendo's first use of game-key cards for first-party titles, a format previously used by third-party developers due to high cartridge costs. Amazon's opaque pricing structure makes it unclear whether price increases stem from official sellers or third-party vendors. Despite containing only digital codes, consumers still purchase physical boxes for shelf display and easier device sharing.
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