![[Pre Order, Switch 2] Mario Kart World $109 Delivered @ Sydney Retro](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/10/900710.jpg?h=016a0b4c)
Just spotted this up for preorder—Mario Kart World for $109 + free shipping. I’ve been keeping an eye out and I believe this is one of the cheapest preorders going around at the moment. Also great to support a smaller business.
[Pre Order, Switch 2] Mario Kart World $109 Delivered @ Sydney Retro
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Outatime13 on 06/04/2025 - 09:56 sydneyretro.com.au (461 clicks)
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Last edited 07/04/2025 - 12:01 by 2 other users
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If it offers a story mode a la diddy Kong racing then I'm so in. Mario kart is a yawn fest otherwise
IIRC Nintendo sold blank cartridges at 15 USD to publishers. That's why we never saw cheap N64 games, publishers would rather sell out than risk unsold inventory.
Today it is normalised that a publisher will pay 30% to the platform owner (e.g. Steam and Epic's cut), so the platform owners cost's are probably higher today than they were in the past, in addition the retailer may be taking a lower margin as well (notice department stores don’t stock games anymore). The industry is now volume driven and the platform owners hold the keys.
I think that shows the platform owners (Nintendo, Sony) won't worry if a vocal minority stop buying, they are still going to make more profit overall
This deal makes no sense. It's $70 bundled with the console you need to actually play it. I can't see a situation for the time being where you would be buying this individually for more.
I can, and it's specifically "I got the console from the Sanity deal but couldn't find the MK bundle before it sold out"
Bar that though, nope.
It's nice to scroll to the end of the comment section, and see 'ah yes, here the comment I was going to write.'
I think this is $5 off MSRP, however its still $40 more than buying it in the bundle.
I preordered the non-bundle initially, then I preordered the bundle because, I wasn't willing to pay $114 for this game and would otherwise pick it up later, I'm still not willing to pick it up at $109, and basically, the only stand alone price anyone should even entertain, is $69 or less. Only other caveat is, if this is physical and you value that, but even then, not for $45 or $40, maybe like $5 dollars more - sure.
Get used to it. Games have actually become too cheap recently.
Exactly my thoughts, given that you can't play this on previous gen console. Blows my mind.
Sorry, this ain’t a deal, register price at Big W and Target
worth noting that some physical switch 2 game cards will only act as physical keys to download the game from nintendo servers
🔍🧐 Where's the deal? I can't find it.
Sorry OP, but for a standard edition Nintendo Switch 2 game, this is a rort
Is the entire game on this cart? How can you tell if its just a code or cart?
RRP is not a deal.
this is a waste of resources
Ouch… not a good deal
Not a deal. It’s RRP
Nintendo really are out of touch with customers
Not sure how they can justify the pricing
Worked with someone who’s a Nintendo fanatic, for him he would always justify that their pricing is normal because they produce great games.
All this talk about games being over $100 in the 90s does not take into account that cost of living was far more affordable previously and households had a greater share of wealth leftover to spend on luxury items. Wages have not increased that much to keep up. I for one am disappointed at the calculation Nintendo has made for this generation. The software prices has a lot less to do with market forces and how much money Nintendo can suck up from loyal fans and mums and dads for its shareholders.
Imagine how popular Switch 2 mod is going to be given the cost of these games..
Can someone please enlighten me as to why you'd buy this separately rather than buying the Switch 2 bundle? The only reason I could think of is if you are buying it as gift.
This one is a Physical copy vs. the bundle includes a digital copy.
Some of us prefer to own a physical copy as a ‘forever’ copy of the game (for the lack of a better word).
Physical copies of ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Editions’ of games are reportedly Nintendo Switch carts with download codes in the box.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/physical-nintendo-s…
Thoughts?
Yup - sadly it seems to be in some cases - especially with third parties.
I personally will be voting with my wallet on that one.
I will be avoiding any physical games with the label ‘Game key cards’ or incomplete files in there (except update patches)
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I remember Shadows of the Empire being $120 on launch on n64 (other games too), people blamed the price of cartridges etc etc..
64 games were regularly $99 on launch, and this was after GST was introduced when everyone thought they'd be over $100
Gamecube came out with say $90 as a standard, a few dipped below, a few were higher
But on the Wii we started to see reductions - Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 were what, $70ish? That set a bit of a standard - same carried over to the wii u, you'd have to not be shopping around (EB) or buying something obscure to be paying more than $75 per game despite RRPs of $80.
The thing with the switch was that it was originally targeting that mid point being handheld games (so, $60 as a standard for new, big games) and Wii U games, so $60-70 was OK - a bit more for certain games, less for remakes etc…
So to see this jump with the switch 2 from $70-ish to $120 is really surprising, especially given it's essentially an iteration of the switch 1. They're not going from 2D to 3D (SNES to N64), they're not going from SD to HD (Wii to WiiU) AND a good chunk of the first party games are upgrades
So people are rightly confused!
EDIT: Just to add too, this Mario Kart doesn't offer a comparable 'gimmick' or 'fun' upgrade over its previous iteration. Look at the series and each one has had something that separates it from the last to give it an edge. Even Mario kart 8 to deluxe offered all DLC (and more DLC on top of that) AND you could play it portably…
Mario Kart world offers… driving on highways between the designed tracks? More players in each race? Neither of those things give me reason to be excited over Mario Kart 8