Mario Kart World Is a Gamble That Will Probably Pay Off for Nintendo

Yeah this has always made sense. I guess I thought the reason they didn’t do this was to avoid ticking off their retail partners. When the manufacturers still relied so heavily on retail, it didn’t make a lot of sense to say, “hey please dedicate a bunch of shelf space to our games, but also we are going to sell the digital versions at a cheaper price.”

It may be now that Nintendo feels like retail is in such a reduced position that they can’t really object. It’s interesting that it’s Nintendo making that choice though, as they probably rely on retail more heavily than Sony or MS.