Witcher 3 revealed for the Switch!

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HoangNhatAnh said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Memory prices have crashed down so much lately that I expect the price difference between a Blu-ray disc and a 16GB cartridge to be negligible by now, and the 32GB cartridge not much more expensive anymore. In fact, if the prices keep dropping as much as they did the last 2 years, then by 2022-2023 50GB Blu-ray discs will have to compete in price with 64GB cartridges. And this will probably be the point at which optical drives will go the way of the Dodo, safe for consoles, possibly movies/TV shows and some special uses, like archiving.

If that's the case, many AAA games from 3rd parties for Switch such as Bethesda games should use 32GB cart instead 16GB cart + download, right? "2022-2023 50GB Blu-ray discs will have to compete in price with 64GB cartridges" That is a possibility, but still is an unknown future. Unlike you, I can't be certain about it so at the moment, i will just wait and see

Also, https://www.svg.com/143568/cartridges-are-keeping-nintendo-switch-games-pricey/

Yeah, they're noting the problem themselves in that article: The memory inside ain't the expensive thing anymore, but cost difference in producing the cartridge itself. Hence why I said that the 32GB cartridge ain't far behind in price.

Now, I don't know how expensive the cartridges themselves are, that depends on so many factors, like how many are produced, for instance. But the memory chips inside ain't what makes them expensive anymore. And they certainly don't warrant a 10$ price hike compared to the other versions anymore, especially not on the 16GB versions