When a console goes all digital, retailers aren't gonna get those software sales profit and it is a bigger profit than selling hardware. And in the case of Gamestop and others, the more lucrative used game market.The only reason any retailer is supporting any console is so they can sell their games and if there's no software to sell because a console goes all digital, there's no point for them supporting it and Nintendo is not exactly in the position of playing the market god here seeing how abysimal the Wii U is doing.

Unlike pc gaming, where hardware is non-standard, consoles need retailers to push them to consumers, period.

Just look at how huge a success was the PSP Go! And look at the tremendous reception the Xbone got with their digital plan. The market is all set and ready and all digital is the way to go! THAT, people, is what we call as sarcasm!

I can't see it any time soon but regarding MS they also had the always online DRM, poor PR, blatantly insulted the consumer and didn't really give you a good reason to go digital. As an example Steam on the PC does incredibly well because it has an offline mode, tons of sales year round, its free and works good.

If Nintendo choose to do this I'd hope they'd talk with Gabe Newell since he loves Nintendo.

An all digital console will be for china. The digital model keeps popping up because of apple and google. Nintendo could be trying to make a digital marketing and fuse that to their brother hood of consoles where one game is bought but playable on all nintendo os enabled consoles.

Well said! I love physical media. Feels like actually owning something tangible. I think a digital only console will fail hard.

Which is why the industry will not move forward. Constantly pandering to the lowest common denominator

Plus Nintendo fan's are probably the biggest'' hoarders' oh I mean 'collectors' of games.At least that's how I it is for me.I like to put them all on my king size bed and roll around in them naked! Or fill my closet with them ,squeeze in and shut the door so I can swim in them like Uncle Scrooge in his money bin!Something you just can't do with digital games.lol

Gamers are whiney bitches who can't accept change even if it's better for them

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️