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Soundwave on 23 May 2024
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Phenomajp13 said:
Chrkeller said:

I have the same question to be honest.  I am not finding many SD express cards at 800 mb/s that aren't $200-$300 for 512 gb.  Doesn't seem like they are readily available, at least not at Amazon or Scan.  Maybe Nintendo will have to sell custom expansions themselves?  I kind of get these cards are rare and not available.  Cameras don't need 800 mb/s, thus the market for fast SD cards is niche?  

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SanDisk Extreme PRO Cfexpress Card Type B, 256GB, Up To 1700MB/S, for RAW 4K Video : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Not sure if that is the same thing people are thinking for S2 storage expansion.  Kind of pricey.  

Yeah thanks for this, all my research has shown this faster memory could be expensive like the SSDs for PS5/Xbox series. So I'll probably be investing this holiday before Switch 2 releases. I don't get the concern though, Nintendo games will most likely still be fully playable physically unlike the other two consoles where yeah they give you about a terabyte but they also force you to install all your games and have far larger sizes. Nintendo games will likely continue to be the highest selling games on Switch 2 and will not require a download. I personally don't but anymore Nintendo games digitally to conserve space for my 3rd party games. 

Faster SD Cards have been more expensive because no one buys them. There is no market for Joe Averages who want a card that fast, most people don't care about the speed. That's been more of the problem, camera enthusiasts that want cards that fast are a tiny niche market. 

From what I gather Samsung is now moving into this market and is working with some mystery hardware partner (some people speculate this is Nintendo) to bring these new high speed SD Cards to the market, my guess would be the price will be affordable because they are aiming to actually sell cards. 

They were as mentioned offering 500MB/sec cards like 7-8 years ago under the UFS format (because at the time SD Card was not fast enough) for affordable pricing, I would say it's a good bet these SD Cards will be in line with their high speed UFS cards. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 23 May 2024