Only Nintendo gets a teeny-tiny percentage of a profit margin on those Switch-specific Micro SD cards that Sandisk is bringing out, but that is so insignificant, that it might as well be neglected. Nice list but that price jump for marginally more between the 256 and 400 is kind of a joke, but that's how it goes with the newest/biggest. With that said, Micro SD cards are common and plentiful, so I don't really see storage being too big of an issue unless someone goes all-digital. everything is beta" Yep, that about sums up modern gaming at least 3rd party gaming (increasingly nintendo too, but not quite there yet.)

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Luna-Harmony Unfortunately Nintendo confirmed no external HDD support at launch. It's one of their things to look into.From my experience the read/write speeds are very similar on PC but on cameras the Sandisk perform far better.

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So, unless you'd want to take more than that number of games with you at any one time, I'd say an extra carry case is rather unnecessary... ThanosReXXX If I'm a developer, I won't like to be forbidden by a platform owner from doing things that other platform owners allow me to do. It's not that I agree with releasing huge patches, but to actually solve this problem, Sony, Microsoft, and Steam must have the same rule. If only Nintendo did that, many games would release late on the Switch, which would result in less revenues and profits for the developers. It would be like chasing them away. cleveland124 If you're talking about cards, sure, but we're talking about flash memory chips, perhaps NAND flash chips, and we can't be sure on that until we get a teardown going after launch. NAND and other flash chip memory is much more expensive than SD flash memory. Even with manufacturing costs being low, they are typically sold higher corresponding to the higher memory size, especially when it's not removable. My 200gb card is big and still getting pretty full. About 35gb left on it. But I also have my Switch internal memory left untouched. If I can beat something like Resident Evil Revelations 2 soon, I can clear like 20+gb off there I won't come anywhere close to filling 32gb since I buy physical for all retail games. I find it odd how widely expanding the memory is viewed as a necessityThanosReXXX When Nintendo puts their foot down, we lose games. Which means we lose 3rd party support. Which means a decreased install base, and we spiral down. With all due respect, I'm very worried. NinNin Good to have that perspective of you being a developer, makes your point of view a little bit clearer, but to elaborate on it: I don't mean that developers should be forbidden to do things or told what to do (we'll leave that to the bigger publishers like EA) but more like both parties investing time AND some money in a better compromise, meet each other halfway, so to speak. I just can't imagine an Assassin's Creed Unity situation on the Switch, where almost half of the game was replaced by a day one patch, which is of course one of the more ridiculous examples, but I'm sure you get the point.

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I'm waiting to buy one a little longer to see if Nintendo comes out and take about the read/write speeds we need for the games to function properly Spoony_Tech Well, theres a silver lining here. Thankfully, you don't have to install the retail games, which is why even a terrabyte is barely enough for my PS4 games. And you can use the SD card(s) you already own. I already have 2, 128GB cards. That will suffice for 2017.Choose which direction you want your chosen game to move (either from the SD card to console or vice versa) and select the relevant option. Them simply select your game, hit 'Move Data', confirm your selection, and that's it! Nintendo partnered with SanDisk to produce officially licensed microSD cards for Switch. These include a wide range of cards with various game designs on them. There's a 64GB card with a Zelda logo on it, a 128GB card with a Mario mushroom, and if you really want a ton of space, there's a 512GB card with an Animal Crossing leaf on it.