It doesn't seem like Nintendo plans to drop cartridges anytime soon, as the Switch 2 maker reports 38.5% of its sales are physical
While Sony commits to ending the production of game discs, Nintendo has reported that almost 40% of its software sales are physical.
Nintendo's latest financial report for the first quarter of its fiscal year ending March 2027 reveals that 38.5% of its software sales were physical, while the remaining 61.5% came from digital purchases. This finding indicates that Nintendo does not plan to abandon physical cartridges anytime soon, in contrast to Sony's plan to cease producing game discs by January 2028.
In the previous quarter, Nintendo generated $132.7 billion in digital sales, a 90% year-over-year increase, and a 2.2% rise in the proportion of digital sales compared to the same period last year. Additionally, the company reported that software sales for the Switch 2 increased by 9.2% year-over-year to 9.46 million units, while original Switch software sales rose by 38.6% year-over-year to 33.81 million units.
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