There’s been a lot of discussion about Nintendo Switch 2 cartridges with many surprised that Nintendo were only offering 64GB cartridges, which aren’t ideal for smaller games. Now it appears as though the Kyoto-based company is set to produce smaller-sized cartridges, though it’s not stated in what size these will be available in. However, with the ongoing chip shortage, it is unclear how widely available these will be.
I can confirm that smaller capacity Switch 2 game cards are in production but due to chip shortages it will take time before we see widespread availability Despite the smaller capacity, these cards will still be expensive due to rising cost of materials
well, perhaps GKC really will be reserved for just the monstrous boys going forward. I’m not put off to the extent of boycotting a game if it’s a GKC, but I definitely prefer pure physical or digital. Something like FF7R being 90+GB makes sense to me, but some of these games that are below 40GB seems weird.
Agreed. 64GB catridges were probably too expensive for publishers, so a cheaper cart would help.
My thoughts exactly.
Acredito que não seja a vontade deles e sim a falta de chip por causa da A.I.
I avoid GKC like the plague. I wonder if Switch 3 will be digital only
Truthfully I hope it will be. Physical luddites should pay a premium holding the rest of us back. Every physical point of production for the small physical only community adds to the total cost of the final product, and when you look at digital only games with no physical releases, they are always cheaper. If you look at some bigger indie releases that get a physical edition later (Hades 2 for the most recent example) the physical is more expensive as it should be. If you don’t want a digital only future where game preservation actually exists then stop buying new platforms and complaining. Remember ownership is the exact same; you’re only buying a license but at least your digital license can be held forever whereas your physical license ends with that cartridge/disc.
Your digital licenses can too be revoked lmao. Sony already removed people’s digitally purchased movies on PlayStation. Digital is not safe from corporate meddling.
Is this about the discovery content? If so, that was pushed back to 2027, if you bought anything through the psn store the licence for extended.
Licencing deals have always been a thing, even before digital media. The thing though is that VOD and games have different deals. With VOD the platform usually pays to his the media, with video games, the platform is technically paid for every sale on that digital good.
So yes, you’ll always see VOD come and go, but that’s the reason why you seldomly see games get removed entirely from your Library.
But that’s the nature of the beast with digital games.
Why are the costs going up? If these are similar to Switch 1, then you’d think with due time the price would go down. Otherwise please go towards a PSP CD route and stop having such a mark up on these proprietary cartridges.
No such thing as a Switch 1 so you have nothing to compare it to.
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Man the Switch 1 is so cool, I have so many good memories with my Switch 1 gaming system. I have so many Switch 1 games that I don’t think I have enough space to store anymore Switch 1 games!
I might even get another Switch 1 since the Switch 1 is so awesome!
The problem is a switch/switch2 cart are based on NVME storage and more manufacturers going pure AI support, less for everyone else
It’s because of a chip shortage, with less chips the chips cost more, so the cartridges using those chips also cost more
I swear, Nintendo keeps making these dumb storage decisions since the n64 that just goes against them at the end. But glad they are trying to fix it now. We don’t want digital key cards.
I see this as a good move- you don’t need a 64gig card if your game is only 8gigs. I do wonder if they’ll be cheap enough compared to the 64gig card that makes them worth making though.
Piracy is only way for future because corporate Greed :(
This should have been done 4 years ago when Switch 2 was still in R&D