Nintendo Switch Will Support Micro SDXC Memory Cards Up to 2 TB
Nintendo has confirmed the maximum size of expandible storage the Switch will be able to hold.
With only 32 GB of internal storage, the Nintendo Switch has consumers worried. The Wii U faced the same storage woes, but that could be rectified with a cheap external drive. However, the portable nature of the Nintendo Switch leaves us with only Micro SD to expand internal storage. Fortunately Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch will be able to use the largest Micro SD cards available now, and those that will release in the future.
According to a Nintendo representative's statement to Game Informer, the Nintendo Switch is compatible with the SDXC standard. The SDXC standard supports up to 2 TB Micro SD cards, which aren't even on the market yet. Right now, the largest available Micro SDXC card available for purchase is 256 GB, but we'll be able to upgrade internal storage as higher capacity cards become available.
Nintendo made a good move in future proofing the Nintendo Switch when it comes to internal storage. This move allows Nintendo and third-party developers to focus more on making a product the best it can be instead of endless texture and sound compression to fit an arbitrary storage limit. We'll see just how both physical and digital games interact with the Nintendo Switch's storage when we get our hands on it in March.
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replyJason Faulkner posted a new article, Nintendo Switch Will Support Micro SDXC Memory Cards Up to 2 TB
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I got a 2TB external drive for my Wii U, I'm willing to bet even with all the games I got it's only about 300GB full.
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I've got around 40ish? A dozen or so disks on top of that. Yeah, it's not a small collection. I've gotten a lot of indies on my Wii U for the offscreen play, it's been nice.
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Sometimes low-hanging fruit tastes sweetest, redshak. I understand. I'll fetch a ladder if you change your mind.
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It's not a dig at the system. I have a Wii u and love it but don't even have a 500 GIF drive filled for it. If Zelda is one of the biggest titles on the thing and it's 13.4 gigs, you would need about 149 titles of equal zelda size to fill a 2tb drive. I'm betting the switch won't have 149 games for it
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Zelda is definitely not going to be one of the biggest titles on the system. It was designed for the Wii U first for one, and one technical achievment Nintendo always seems to work magic on is getting a ton of game on a small amount of disk space. I expect Skyrim to use a full 32GB cartridge, maybe even more.
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That's probably one of the big reasons for this art style and Nintendo's art direction in general.
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No idea but it was just an exaggerated example. If DooM showed up it might be very expensive just for the cartridge space.
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It's Nintendo's new portable. It'll do fine.
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Too bad I'll have to spend $1000 on the 2TB SD card, but yeah, that's nice to know.
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Oh yeah, I will probably get a 256GB and be fine for a long time. Just funny to see them support a standard to a point that doesn't even exist yet. I don't think 1TB cards are out yet (although they should be soon).
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Sure, it's just not a very Nintendo thing to do.
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biggest i can find on Amazon is 512GB - https://www.amazon.com/PNY-Elite-Performance-512GB-P-SDX512U3H-GE/dp/B00XJRX01M/
fucking $200 yikes!-
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ahh opps wrong size... so 256GB it is - https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-MicroSDXC-Adapter-SDSQUNI-256G-GN6MA/dp/B01IC0GJKE/
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yah the smaller sizes are more reasonable but still they are expensive
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Looks like this is the most reasonable 128GB card if you want near top of the line speed.
https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-Professional-microSDXC-UHS-II-Reader/dp/B012PKPU5W/ref=pd_sim_147_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B012PKPU5W&pd_rd_r=BHG7SS10BK8NJJ7KJPK7&pd_rd_w=RFBsI&pd_rd_wg=7EHLO&psc=1&refRID=BHG7SS10BK8NJJ7KJPK7
The 90MB/s ones look like they're going for around 2/3 the price and you can get slower 256GB ones for about $100. Still awfully expensive.-
In fact, if Shacknews could figure out what speeds the Switch supports (and then do a test to see if different speeds make any kind of difference) that would be an excellent article around launch day.
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This was my question too. Being used in a game console, it's not just about size but speed too. But, it also depends on how fast the system can setup it's framework as the game load regardless how fast the media might be.
But, yeah, this would make a great article for Shacknews!
#DoItForShacknews!
#DoItForChatty!
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Seems like the smart thing to do at launch would be to buy Zelda in cartridge form, and then all digital from then out. By the time you use up the 32gb of internal storage, you can then decide which SDXC to buy.
Buying a 256gb might seem insane right now, but if games end being on the larger side then it becomes easier to justify. But if mostly smaller in size then you can buy a smaller card.
Either way cards will hopefully get cheaper and there isn't a lot of games at launch or even for months so chances are save your money on storage stuff.-
Yeah, 1TB cards should be out soon which should drive down the price, but until that happens it makes sense to not go pure digital.
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I also think this would be the smartest way to go. I doubt puyo puyo Tetris will be 16gb.
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