| KLXVER said: I heard that the Switch 2 cartridges dont come in many sizes. Just like 1-2GB and 64GB. Anyone know anything about that? |
Macronix is offering 1GB all the way up to 64GB with powers of 8 sizes in between.
It's a refinement of the Switch cart (XtraROM) technology, but will leverage 3D NAND for extra capacity.
Some carts will be just a license key and no data on it, requiring a download.
And some carts will be just the Switch 1 version with a Switch 2 upgrade key code in the box.
Developers are also free to use the current Switch cart technology for the Switch 2 and make it exclusive to Switch 2, it's backwards and forwards compatible.
Thus a 1GB Switch 1 cart will be cheaper than a 1GB Switch 2 cart to manufacture as the NAND is simpler, slower and easier to manufacture... So if you are not leveraging lots of data streaming from storage, Switch 1 carts will be the choice for many developers. Think: Indie and casual games.
Consequently... Because Switch 1, 2 and 3DS carts use NAND in their carts, they are prone to possible data loss, the error correction Nintendo deploys isn't 100% fool proof.
The best way to preserve your games is to occasionally leave a cart in your system so the system will activate the NAND refresh cycle.
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