Okay, so get this—Nintendo’s cranking up the hype machine on their Switch 2, and, naturally, I ended up diving headfirst into their online shop. You know, all excited to see what’s cooking. And hey, I’m a creature of habit—I skipped straight to that “Game file size” bit on each game’s page. Because storage anxiety is real, folks.
Anyway, here’s the kicker: those game sizes? Totally caught me off guard! They’re leaning more towards beefy Windows PC sizes than the dainty little file sizes we had with the original Switch games. It was like, “Whoa, hold up. These games are packing some serious virtual meat now!”
Makes sense, though. This new console beast can handle games at 1080p, maybe more, with silky frame rates. But, uh, the thing comes with 256 GB of storage. And when you think about how fast that fills up, it’s like, blink and you’re out of space. Just a handful of games can gobble up your storage faster than you can say “Mario Kart madness.” Oh, and those upcoming port sizes? Together, they tip the scales at over 300 GB. Yikes.
So here I am, telling myself—and maybe you too—it’s kinda wild to buy extra storage for a console that’s not even sitting in your living room yet. But hey, maybe it’s a smart play to snag the biggest microSD Express card your wallet can handle. Those things are lightning fast, though, yeah, they’ll drain your bank account quicker than an impulse game purchase.
Oh, a side note: your trusty old microSD cards? Don’t even think about plugging those into the Switch 2 unless you just want to admire your old game screenshots. It’s like they’re companions from another era—fond memories, back in the day stuff, incompatible now.
So there you go, my brain dump wrapped up in a bundle of Switch 2 excitement and storage dilemmas.
