Sunday, January 15, 2017

News:: The Nintendo Switch will support external storage for up to 2TB, when the pricey cards actually exist

Speaking to Game Informer, Nintendo finally let people know what the maximum amount of storage will be for the Nintendo Switch, which ships with 32GB -- and...drum roll...it's 2TB! That's quite a bit of space for non-proprietary micro SDXC cards, which you can pick up at your local big box store.

Well, you would be able to pick them up if they existed as Nintendo muses that 2TB models are not actually being sold -- but when they are, they'll support them. For reference, average micro SDXC cards are only at around 512GB at the moment (not even 1TB, just a month and a half before the system launches), and can wildly vary on price depending on the brand. In other words, you might actually end up spending more than you did on the Vita's cards comparatively, since Switch games are much bigger than the average Vita game, storage-wise. Yikes!

Yet another added cost to tack onto the Switch, since the included 32GB is woefully small. This is probably why their presentation was so devoid of things like performance specifications and other hard data.

Nintendo Switch Supports Micro SDXC Memory Cards Up To 2TB [Game Informer]

The Nintendo Switch will support external storage for up to 2TB, when the pricey cards actually exist screenshot



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