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Nintendo details how physical games bigger than 32GB will work on Switch
- Thread starter Atheerios
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Renna Hazel
Member
This is annoying. Males the small amount of storage seem like a bad move now.
Part of the problem is if they do then no one will bother to compress their games and you'll wind up with stupid huge amounts of data on the cards and they'll still want you to download shit.
Jaded Alyx
Member
This never happened. You can still download games.
Isn't it misleading to say "microSD card required" ? What if you have enough internal space left?
You would have ended up with 64GB and a more expensive Switch.
Elfforkusu
Member
Right, this is almost as unacceptable as their online voice chat 'solution'.
Not to mention that you can still download/play games on the Wii Shop and Wii U eShop.
Games and updates are separate to game servers to play online, which is what was shutdown on Wii because of Gamespy.
If the game is bigger than 32GB and the internal storage is 32GB how can you have internal space left?
The OP picture is referring to the digital download version.
Nintendo typically has very efficient code, so their file sizes are pretty small. Wasn't Mario 3D World like only acouple GB?
Twenty7KVN
Member
Sd cards are dirt cheap. And SanDisk just announced a 400GB one so the others are only going to get cheaper
Because you're not downloading the full game.
The assumption is that 2K18 will be on a 16GB cart to save costs. Game is 25GB, so it means around 9GB to download.
Dragon Quest Heroes is around 32GB and it came in one cart.
Even if a game was 32GB, on a 16GB cart it would need around 16GB more to download.
Internal storage is 25GB of the 32GB.
JonnyDBrit
Member
Well... this is something I worried about happening back when the confusion over Lego City kicked up.
I really do not want this becoming standard for the console, and hope Nintendo realise the importance of just offering larger cartridges, or maybe even offering to help compress things. Otherwise, this is gonna be a nightmare for longterm preservation. To those above citing the Wii U's services still being up - of course they are, the damned thing was only discontinued this year. We don't know if that'll be the case in ten years, or twenty, or thirty. If physical versions of games are potentially missing core features - not just DLC - as a result, that's bad precedent for the preservation of a medium that's already a headache to preserve.
I really do not want this becoming standard for the console, and hope Nintendo realise the importance of just offering larger cartridges, or maybe even offering to help compress things. Otherwise, this is gonna be a nightmare for longterm preservation. To those above citing the Wii U's services still being up - of course they are, the damned thing was only discontinued this year. We don't know if that'll be the case in ten years, or twenty, or thirty. If physical versions of games are potentially missing core features - not just DLC - as a result, that's bad precedent for the preservation of a medium that's already a headache to preserve.
You'd still need a microSD card for the huge game updates that will get pushed down for a game like NBA 2K.
I presume this was the option 2K wanted instead of a bigger cart or compressing their game to fit in a Switch cart.
Probably not worth the money for Nintendo/the publisher. I'm sure it will happen in the future. Nintendo was pretty lame not to launch this thing with with more storage though.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Isn't this thread about games not fitting on a game card, and therefore you have to download the rest of the data?
Maintenance
Member
Bigboss242
Banned
Larger cartridges would cost even more and game companies are not willing to absorb that loss.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Costs will come down and will be less of an issue in a year or two. Larger carts are almost certainly coming, especially if more third parties show interest in porting games.
That's arguably true of a LOT of modern games.
You can get a 128 GB Micro SD from a good brand for around $40 now and they'll only get cheaper.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Another blow against physical games. I didn't think there was a limit to Switch cartridge size?
what game does that?
Dark Cloud
Member
When they offer 64GB carts and Call of Duty 2018 ends up costing $69.99 I wonder who will complain?
Jaded Alyx
Member
2K don't even seem to want to use the 32GB that's available to them right now, probably due to cost.
WoolyNinja
Member
I don't understand why a basketball game should be > 32GB?
shawnbuddy
Member
So you can never sell this?
Devilgunman
Member
If it's dirt cheap then any game bigger than 32gb should ship with an additional empty sd card inside. It shouldn't cost publisher that much, right?
Jaded Alyx
Member
shawnbuddy
Member
Gamestop will bundle cards, but you gotta spend $50 on a tacky lamp in the shape of Shadow the Hedgehog's head, as well.
shawnbuddy
Member
Is the downloaded part tied to an account? That's the way it is with most downloadable games on consoles.
KojiKnight
Member
Jaded Alyx
Member
I don't think that will matter when you need to game card in the system in order to play the game.
SinCityAssassin
Member
If some of the comments in this thread are correct that's not even the issue. 2K didn't want to pay for the 32GB cards.
Jaded Alyx
Member
The Wii and Wii U servers never even died though. Not sure what he even meant.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Yeah, Switch will survive even longer than those are right now
Exactly..
So based on Nintendo's statement, isn't this similar to what Microsoft did with Halo: MCC and what they are doing with Forza 7 (4K assets need to be downloaded)?
In theory, NBA 2K could have all of core game assets and modes on the cart, but all of the added fluff (additional commentators, broadcast packages, etc.) would be additional download.
In theory, NBA 2K could have all of core game assets and modes on the cart, but all of the added fluff (additional commentators, broadcast packages, etc.) would be additional download.
No, you don't need an SD card.
That's only if you don't have enough room on the internal storage for the extra packs.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Buy New Nintendo Switch Storage XL coming holiday 2018 $299
