Pushsqure has postet an articel with the ratio of game bought pysical or digital this year. The ratio goes up for digital games. I’m still buy most of my games pysical, but what do you prefer.
I like that i’m able to resell, rent games and i have a bigger market for discouts in pysical games. I guess the biggest advantage if digital games it’s how easy it is to obtain them and you don’t have to stand up switching games. Not surprised that the games sold on the Switch have a much higher ratio of pysical games, there is just not enough memory on the system.
US
- PS5: 78% digital, 22% pysical
- XBS: 91% digital, 9% pysical (no gamepass included)
- NS: 53% digital, 47% pysical
EU
- PS5: 68% digital, 32% pysical
- XBS: 81% digital, 19% pysical
- NS: 35% digital, 65% pysical
There are regular discounts on the nintendo e-shop, but only a few (mostly AA) nintendo games, but hundret of other games (often not interresting for me). I seldom look into nintendo discouts to be honest lately.
Other than Nintendo first party games, all other games have very similar sales as on PSN. There are few games which have lower “lowest ever price” on Switch, and there are some which have it lower on PSN, but overall, both get similar-ish sales.
This is just my personal experience though, have looked at many games, but haven’t done any proper research into it.