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Various eShop software download sizes for Nintendo Switch games
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calc84maniac
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I don't want to be forced to pay for more storage. I want to have the option to pay (a cheaper amount) for more storage. See the difference?
Could be worse. Could be a LOT worse. Switch could use its own proprietary memory cards. 
I love cartridges so I'm fine. Still buying a 128GB card just to be safe.
Hope you have deep pockets if you want to go all-digital and plan on picking up most of the big releases. You're going to need it.
I love cartridges so I'm fine. Still buying a 128GB card just to be safe.
Hope you have deep pockets if you want to go all-digital and plan on picking up most of the big releases. You're going to need it.
TheSpoiler
Member
I think Nintendo games themselves will be compressed well. And DQH, like I said, is an outlier right now simply because the damn thing is two games in one. As for other third party games, that's up in the air. I really hope Nintendo assists with compression in some format, expanded memory or no.
Crazy Diamond
Member
Especially memory that is relatively cheap and easy to come by ...cheaper and more expansive than the proprietary ~$30 4GB Vita memory card, for example.
OrbitalBeard
Member
There's nothing stupid about Nintendo's storage decision. The only thing I'd like to see added in the future is the ability to use an external HDD when the system is docked.
kitchenmotors
Banned
I'm glad as hell some of you don't work in the video game industry and call the shots. Some stupid ass decisions would have been made.
HD rumble is amazing, tried it out this weekend. And y'all and cheap as fuck if you can't afford a $24 128gb micro sd card.
HD rumble is amazing, tried it out this weekend. And y'all and cheap as fuck if you can't afford a $24 128gb micro sd card.
Uhh actually it's the "gimmick" that has been giving us more games. No one is forcing you to go digital.
LinkSlayer64
Member
No, you didn't say anything about that, you said "imagine not owning smash or Mario kart digitally" what's so special about those games?
You're ignoring the teardown thread and just what Nintendo have packed into the unit. You're ignoring Tekken Harada's comments when he couldn't believe that Nintendo packed that amount of tech into the unit for that "low" price.
You're caught up on the tablet/handheld/console description. Irrelevant, it's a games system, and one we really can't expect to have more storage from the information that's been given to us - without it impacting more on the price.
claude.labonte
Member
I'll definitely buy game cards - but still, 32gb sure won't be enough for VC games, eshop exclusives and DLCs.
If you think an extra 32 or even 96 GB of flash memory is anywhere near $100 with the type of buying power Nintendo has than I have a few things I want to sell you. I assure you the prices are very fair.
You mean 2 games, right? DQH1+2 is 2 games in a single package.
Absolutely nothing about that port seems palatable right now, right down to its eShop file size.
Then buy an SD card. And if you don't like that, then go and buy a PS4. It's not like Nintendo really cares about a type of consumer like you, that's not what the Switch is geared towards.
If there was more storage the system would simply cost more...so either way you would be paying for it anyway.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
Fortunately memory is cheap. I just hope it saves to the clpud like Vita, so you can easily reinstall.
Maintenance
Member
The gimmick isn't giving anything, and when Nintendo left my country they basically did the latter.
That sure worked fine for the Nintendo Wii U. And guess what? I actually bought another PS4 after the Switch reveal and subsequent weeks.
Nintendo already proved that they give no shit after they left the country so you're right about that.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Unless we start getting some really big patches, you should be fine for the duration of the generation. That's the size I'm going with as well.
Actually there are games announced for switch already that would not be if switch didn't have the joycon or hd rumble. You need to read some dev interviews.
If that's your plan then, by the time it fills up, 256GB microSDXC cards will be as cheap or even cheaper than your 128GB microSD card.
LinkSlayer64
Member
See, I get why you posted this now, my mind just automatically connected the word size with space in the console even though that isn't how it works.
Made for a good laugh regardless.
Candescence
Member
Internal memory being larger than 32GB without making the system $400+ is extremely unrealistic. Like it or not, if you're going all-digital, you're gonna need a microSD card. Patch sizes are likely also going to be mandated to be massively cut down from what we see on other systems, though "modern patches" are obscenely bloated beyond any level remotely necessary, so this is a good thing, really.
Though, honestly, I don't know why you'd want to go all-digital with this thing, physical cards are leagues faster in terms of load times than discs and far more convenient, especially if you have a carrying case to keep them in.
Read-only game cards being an order of magnitude faster than HDDs is pretty much a given at this point.
Though, honestly, I don't know why you'd want to go all-digital with this thing, physical cards are leagues faster in terms of load times than discs and far more convenient, especially if you have a carrying case to keep them in.
Read-only game cards being an order of magnitude faster than HDDs is pretty much a given at this point.
Gaiaknight
Member
no console this gen gives you anywhere close to what you need to go full digital even the ps4 pro 1TB of space is a joke even my 2TB in my pro is constantly filling thank god for external hdd support coming to ps4.
shouamabane
Member
PSA: Buy Physical
RTJamerson
Banned
If they went bigger on internal storage it'd throw off the price. Imagine them trying to sell a system for +-350$ in the current marketplace. It'd crash hard.
SD cards are cheap and they are only getting cheaper. I quadrupled my storage for the switch for 30 dollars yesterday. I'd much rather have this be the case.
Sounds like you're not in the market for a Switch anyway. If you're not planning to get one then don't worry so much. This doesn't affect you.
I bought a 200GB microSD for the Switch and it came in today. I find complaints here weird, people applauded Sony that they put in a patch to support external memory for PS4. And some people here are complaining that the Switch uses a universal form of external memory which doesn't break the bank at all.
Oh no, the dreaded Nintendo defense force claim. There's no possible way a consumer would prefer having physical games after getting burned on a digital deal. If they don't agree with me they are stupid and therefore are apart of the defense force hive mind right?
TheSpoiler
Member
Again, that's fine and well, but as a consumer, I still have to go buy an extra thing. They cut costs on what they feel is important, and that's fine. It could have been much more out of the gate. I'll probably be saving 30 bucks total than if it was 350 going by amazon right now, and that's under the assumption that it'd be so low to manufacture. That doesn't mean Nintendo gets out of criticism for that choice, because I, the consumer, am still impacted.
You can understand a decision that a company makes and still be annoyed with it.
You've just contradicted yourself there how would having say 128gig in the switch raised the by $200 when you've just said you got one for $20?, you do know that card would've cost Nintendo even less than what you paid right, there's no excuse for the ridiculous 32gig internal when people keep screaming how cheap these cards are they'd be even cheaper to Nintendo bulk buying ffs,
jwillenn
Member
exactly
I believe that will happen soon. In the meantime, I'll take that 64GB card from Amazon for $15. Only the "currently playing" game will occupy the space. Once the HDD support is ready, I'll have the entire library there (as I do for my Wii U).
It would be dope if Nintendo allowed us to use the same HDD in use for our Wii U games without reformatting.
The pdp switch cases have 14 cart slots built in. Fourteen. No need for extra cases or whatever. And Switch game carts are teeny tiny.
You can rationalize digital if you wish, but IMO it's a mistake especially on Nintendo systems.
As a related aside, using the recent Bestbuy promo sale this past weekend, I was able to preorder 10 Switch games for between $24 and $36 each. Basically about $350 for all of them. Digitally the same 10 games would cost you nearly $600. And you'll have zero rights to sell, trade or lend them. And you'll definitely need to buy a big, expensive sd card to hold them, assuming they all fit on that card.
LinkSlayer64
Member
Here's one thing that comes to mind, do people necessarily need that many games downloaded at a time on a usual basis?
Many of us complain about our backlogs (I.e. many of us do not even play games we buy), and averages Joe's tend to purchase a lot less games.
I'm not saying this isn't an issue for people, I never would, but I'm also saying for some, maybe it isn't as big a problem.
Many of us complain about our backlogs (I.e. many of us do not even play games we buy), and averages Joe's tend to purchase a lot less games.
I'm not saying this isn't an issue for people, I never would, but I'm also saying for some, maybe it isn't as big a problem.
Skyrim was 3GB, RDR was 6 ect
people are so amazed yet when MS actually required it last gen, you bet games could get below 6GB
RTJamerson
Banned
Because they are ignorant to the fact that flash storage gets exponentially grows more expensive after you get above 32 gigs.
Flying Toaster
Member
Honestly at this point the damn thing should come with a 64 gig memory card.
Not a deal breaker but people are right to complain about less than 32 gigs of internal memory given that the OS takes space.
Not a deal breaker but people are right to complain about less than 32 gigs of internal memory given that the OS takes space.
because embedded memory is more expensive than SD cards
deletethis123
Banned
I'm probably buying an SD card during Black Friday. I only plan on getting Zelda on cartridge and so far only Mario Kart, Splatoon and PuyoPuyo interest me.
Yes.
People want Switch to do everything their hearts desire... for under $300. There's no reconciling reality with people like that. Either that, or they want its primary conceit, its hybrid nature, to be sacrificed to give them what they want. But if that's the case, when we all know that it IS a hybrid, then all that ends up being is whining that the device isn't what they wanted it to be. There's absolutely nothing to be gained by engaging in a discussion with such people, if every Switch thread is anything to go by.
Zombie James
Banned
You do realize that however much that SD card costs you, it would cost Nintendo a fraction of that amount? Not that Nintendo should or would bundle a cheap SD card, but bumping the internal NAND to, say, 64GB wouldn't bump their costs by $50. Nowhere close.
PS4 and XBO need to pull more information more quickly than a BD drive can provide.
Maintenance
Member
I have my entire library inside my N3DS. All of it, more than half of my 128GB microSD filled.
D.Lo
Member
I buy my games physically whenever possible. I buy indies etc on downloads. My Wii U still has 4GB free.
I'm very glad I'm not paying more for more installed storage I will not need. I would be happy if all consoles came with no storage (apart from some core storage for OS) so it's up to the user to decide how much they need, and can buy accordingly.
Maybe Nintendo should have made the internal storage 16GB and chucked in a cheap 64GB SD card just to shut up the haters, so now it 'comes with 80GB' - even though that's actually a worse situation IMO.
I'm very glad I'm not paying more for more installed storage I will not need. I would be happy if all consoles came with no storage (apart from some core storage for OS) so it's up to the user to decide how much they need, and can buy accordingly.
Maybe Nintendo should have made the internal storage 16GB and chucked in a cheap 64GB SD card just to shut up the haters, so now it 'comes with 80GB' - even though that's actually a worse situation IMO.
I got a 1tb hdd included in the cost of my ps4 I'm getting 32gigs in my switch included in the price, if you can't see the difference then I don't know what to say.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
That was my plan on the Wii U and I managed to last until 2016 before needing to buy a hard drive.
LinkSlayer64
Member
"It" being compression? Just to clarify.