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LPVG: Nintendo Switch to support Micro SD cards up to 128GB.
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I also hope they'll support USB 3.0 external hard drive to plug into the dock, just like on Xbox One, of course you'd able to play those games only when the Switch is into the dock, though it'd help cause you could manage your games putting there the ones you know you want to play only on TV and also you'd be able to transfer easily every games from the USB hard drive to the Switch storage/SD and vice versa.
Of course it'd still be a bit annoying, though always better than be limited to 128GB+32GB of storage and then having to delete all the other games you own having to re-download them again later if you decide to re-play them
Of course it'd still be a bit annoying, though always better than be limited to 128GB+32GB of storage and then having to delete all the other games you own having to re-download them again later if you decide to re-play them
Captain Europe
Member
I think a lot of those games are probably messy, and not really optimised, they probably think that there's loads of space anyway, so why bother.
Soooo.... Most of my games would be only playable at home?
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Cost.
KojiKnight
Member
Because Nintendo will tell developers they aren't allowed to have uncompressed audio when there are plenty of cheap lossless codecs?
I know the real reason, but this is fun too
Yes. I'm using a 64GB one, officially it's only 32GB
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
You need to format the SD card first.
The Evo+ line from Samsung currently goes up to 256 GB in microSD format. I expect them to reach 512 next year.
Of course, these are not cheap.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Captain Europe
Member
I will miss those sexy Wii U discs!
UltimaPooh
Member
Nintendo dropping the ball again.
Looks like you have to clean the refrigerator to play games again.
It'll be 2017 when this thing hits... and they still haven't gotten passed these problems.
Looks like you have to clean the refrigerator to play games again.
It'll be 2017 when this thing hits... and they still haven't gotten passed these problems.
Well, at least they're not Vita Memory Cards...
Gamezone
Gold Member
Sorry, my bad.
I'm pleasantly surprised, only issue is I wonder what the manufacturing costs are for cards that size.
Edit: Maybe I misunderstood..I was thinking of this for individual game cart sizes, not system storage..yeah maybe that's not enough.
Edit: Maybe I misunderstood..I was thinking of this for individual game cart sizes, not system storage..yeah maybe that's not enough.
I expect the games to be a bit smaller on the NS - maybe around 30GB max at the start.
And I also expect that 128GB not to be final. Should easily grow with available SD cart sizes like it did with the 3DS.
There shouldn't be a problem here, if publishers can manages without 10GB day one patches.
And I also expect that 128GB not to be final. Should easily grow with available SD cart sizes like it did with the 3DS.
There shouldn't be a problem here, if publishers can manages without 10GB day one patches.
Yeah because everyone goes digital only on consoles. That's why Microsoft was shat on for their original Xbox One plans.
The 3DS officially supports up to 32GB. You can use much, MUCH bigger cards.
It's always nice though to see how "bad or spinnable as such Nintendo rumor" is always FACT around here.
Jonneh3003
Banned
It'll be interesting to see if cartridges are somewhat rewritable though, I'm sure they won't be for security reasons but it would be cool for patches to overwrite older files.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Glad I'm not the only one. I left my girlfriend for a Wii U disc.
UltimaPooh
Member
This is also a portable... and not just a console.
And who's talking about size?... I'm talking about the fact that I can't fill up the internal memory and then fill up my SD... and then I can't load the game directly from the SD... it has to be brought over to internal memory. It's a useless hurdle that they should be done with by now.
I'm fully expecting friend codes to be back as well at this point.
Notor!ousG
Member
This is one of the only concerns I have about the Switch.
Let's say a person wants to go full digital.
How on earth can you store all that data? 32 internal and 128 SD won't cut it.
Let's say a person wants to go full digital.
How on earth can you store all that data? 32 internal and 128 SD won't cut it.
How good speakers do you need to even notice the super high quality audio?
For the majority playing on their tv speakers, its just a waste of Space. Optional high quality audio patches would have been nice.
entremet
Member
People actually thought this?
It was pretty obvious given their 3ds and Wii U strategy.
Jonneh3003
Banned
The rumor is 32gb internal and expandable Micro SD memory.
Bidermaier
Member
Most of large size games are really not that replayable. If hot swapping is possible and the Switch is happy with 256GB ones the only real problem to tackle is the speed. sd cards are slow in any variant I know
We should get a Convention for WiiU Disk lovers.
The...umm..WUDL-Con!
Showing off the best techniques and styles.
Practicing the best rubbing moves.
Group rubbing
Dark room to touch other peoples game disks.
It's going to be awesome!
Yes, which - to answer to other people wondering about this - is why the dock doesn't support HDDs.
Sorry, i don't understand what you're saying here. Maybe you misread this part?
article said:
Do you also expect the screen to be yellow?
I feel a majority of people here have not read the thread.
The SDXC format can go up to 2TB, and therefore if people wanted to expand, they would just get a larger capacity SD card. There no fridge to be cleaned when it can be huge.
The 3DS officially states it supports only up to 32GB SDHCs, but it can and has gone passed beyond that by formatting any higher capacity cart under FAT32. (I use a 64GB myself.)
PS3's hard drive was 28MB/s, PS4 hard drives were 5400RPM stock iirc, so they shouldn't be much faster, you'd probably want to be safe and go with over 35MB/s though, the faster, the better load times though, so keep that in mind, also 1TB SD cards are coming next year, so you might want to wait because that will bring prices down across the board and the 128GB you are looking at now might be half that price afterwards.
UltimaPooh
Member
You're not reading the OP.
The fridge cleaning... means you need to transfer things from the SD card to the internal memory to play them. I can't just load up a game from the SD card and get to playing there is a useless step in between. That is the issue.
SomedayTheFire
Member
so does this mean there's no way to play digital games off the mSD cards? only the 32gb for digital games?
Jonneh3003
Banned
I'm sure we'll find plenty of people who want to join our little group
it says "does" not "does not"
???
This hasn't been a thing since Wii pre firmware update. Wii!
SomedayTheFire
Member
whoops. thank you
I think I got confused between this and it not supporting external usb'sJonneh3003
Banned
Don't think thats what it's saying, "as you would" just means the same as.
Edit: Whoops beaten
Shikamaru Ninja
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I stopped buying digital anyway. I like my game collections and the sellable value of physical.
UltimaPooh
Member
Oh shit! HAHA.
I reread that multiple times before I posted too... It's early... I have no excuse.
Never mind I was wrong. Carry on.
SomedayTheFire
Member
yeah I got confused. thanks anyway!
Dark Cloud
Member
Yes. That's why nobody should take this rumor serious. 3DS supports way bigger than what it says.