Normal microSD cards pretty useless in Switch 2?

[Bofferbrauer2]

Downloaded Switch 1 games should definitely work on any microSDXC card

As shown in the table below, SD Express limits the speed of older SD cards to a maximum of UHS-1 speed (104MB/s)... but that should still be largely enough for those titles

In fact, I doubt many SD cards in Switch consoles even were anywhere near this fast. In fact, I think remembering that the OG Switch (dunno about the other versions) didn't have connectors for the second row of pins on a UHS-II/III card.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 05 April 2025