Rumor: Switch 2 has 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage

[Chrkeller]

Slownenberg said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

Regarding the storage 

If it comes with only 128 gb of storage it can be as well as having storage only for the SO and saving files because 128 is as good as nothing considering the size of games nowadays...

I believe people are forgetting with the size of games getting bigger they will need more expensive cartridges. What I believe it will happen is they will no longer be able to fit all their games in cartridges, likely needing to store part of the games on the console which will need more storage 

I don't know how much it costs in your countries but 1 TB SD card from SanDisk can go as far as 140 USD. 512 are around 80 USD. I get you guys are thinking "but you already is buying SD Cards for base Switch", well yes but a simple 128 card (20 USD at time) was enough for my Switch with games being smaller and cartridges often having the full games. The idea everybody already has SD cards and taking from granted people will happily keep buying them is misguided because Switch games are much much smaller than the current AAA third party game sizes. This will no longer be true 

Unless devs start compressing the games better I fear that I will need at least 512 GB for a library even uninstalling games periodically. This is the storage of the least expensive PS4 model way back in 2023

Having this storage in the base system would be fantastic and make me save tons of money. I hope this rumors are true. I'm sure Nintendo can get internal storage for much cheaper prices than the final consumer could ever. 

Switch only has 32gb. Next gen having 128gb wouldn't put it in any worse position than Switch's 32gb. Games are getting bigger, and a 4x increase in internal storage certainly accounts for that. Nintendo is not going to make the system more expensive when the Switch market already knows they are going to have to buy an SD card.

128gb wasn't much for Switch games. I got a 200gb in 2017, but had to get a new 400gb last year and switch over to that. 1 TB are currently expensive but 512gb are pretty affordable, and Switch 2 is likely just over a year away. And likely most people who get it within the first few months will just be moving the SD card they use with the Switch to the Switch 2 and keep using it. By like two years from now a 1 TB card will probably be pretty affordable and will allow for many many games to be stored on it.

And also of course next gen game card storage sizes will be larger to accommodate larger games. Switch game cards go all the way up to 64gb and there's only a handful of games larger than 32gb, while most large AAA games are like 8gb - 16gb. Even if next gen game cards only get twice as big up to 128gb that is plenty big to handle the games. Being forced to download parts of games despite buying the physical game is not going to be a problem with the vast majority of games. Likely most AAA games are going to be 20/30/40 gb. 128gb internal storage will be plenty, and then if you mostly buy physical but occasionally do digital just get a cheap 512gb SD card, for me as I mostly do digital a 1 TB card would be plenty and likely won't cost that much by two years from now, and I guess I'd keep all my Switch games on my current 400gb card and just switch out cards when I want to play Switch games on it.

Makes a lot more sense for Nintendo to provide just enough storage in the system to keep cost down and then allow the use to purchase SD card storage based on their digital download needs. That was their strategy with the Switch and no doubt it will be their strategy again.

Most AAA games are 8 to 16 gb?!!?  Ps4 games average 40 gb.  Ps5 is even larger.  AAA passed up 16 gb a loooooong time ago.

128 gb isn't remotely enough.  FF7 on the ps4 is literally 100 gb.  

Game cards are expensive compared to disks.  Third party developers aren't going to be happy if digital downloads aren't an option.  And at 128 gb would be completely off the table.

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 11 September 2023