{"id":87770,"date":"2026-08-18T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87770"},"modified":"2026-08-19T01:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:36:58","slug":"the-stardew-valley-switch-2-physical-edition-is-the-kind-of-cash-grab-i-can-get-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87770","title":{"rendered":"The Stardew Valley Switch 2 Physical Edition Is the Kind of Cash Grab I Can Get Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Eight months after the Switch 2 edition of Stardew Valley was released digitally, a physical edition of the upgrade has popped up at Fangamer. <\/p>\n<p>The physical Switch 2 edition, which is listed at $39, might not be the most worthwhile purchase for anyone who already owns the OG. It technically includes the original Switch version of the game, which is almost always <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/z6xDK2\">under $35 on Amazon<\/a>, and the otherwise free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/stardew-valley-nintendo-switch-2-edition-upgrade-pack-switch-2\/\">Switch 2 upgrade pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who doesn\u2019t have a physical edition of the game, however, I&#8217;m feeling very inclined. What you\u2019re really paying those $5 extra for is a beautiful cartridge and the new Switch 2 packaging. Five years ago I would have said that\u2019s a pretty silly thing to cough up a couple extra bucks for, but in 2026, I have nothing but praise for any commitment to physical media. <\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"catalog-item-wrapper\" data-catalogid=\"f09ec580-82f7-4c1d-88dd-71fd8d4529f1\" data-id=\"241699\">\n<section data-transform=\"catalog-item\" data-catalogid=\"f09ec580-82f7-4c1d-88dd-71fd8d4529f1\" data-id=\"241699\" data-show-pricing=\"true\" data-highlighted=\"false\">\n<p>The Switch 2 edition of Stardew Valley is currently available for preorder from Fangamer, Target, and Best Buy. All retailers have the game listed at $39.99 with a release date of February 5, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NSCollectors\/comments\/1vmn3z0\/stardew_valley_will_have_a_switch_2_edition_no\/\">Reddit users<\/a> are already theorizing that date may line up with the release of Update<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight months after the Switch 2 edition of Stardew Valley was released digitally, a physical edition of the upgrade has popped up at Fangamer. The physical Switch 2 edition, which is listed at $39, might not be the most worthwhile purchase for anyone who already owns the OG. It technically includes the original Switch version&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":87772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87770"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87774,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87770\/revisions\/87774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}