| Darc Requiem said: I need someone to confirm this, but from what I've heard the transfer speed of Switch 2 game cards are effected by size. 64GB cards are 450MB/s which half the speed of Micro SD Express cards. To get the full speed of the NAND the card would need to be 128GB (900MB/s). If this is accurate, smaller cartridges would be an issue because they'd be too slow. 16GB cards would be just above Switch 1 cards in terms of speed. There is already a noticeable difference between the currently offered cartridges, SD Express cards, and internal storage in terms of load times. |
Whatever the reason is for 64 GB cards being the only option right now, it's probably a good reason. At the same time, we've got Marvelous putting their games on game cards. So when a small third party publisher can afford these cards even when most of the space remains unused on them, then it's confirmed that every publisher that is the same size or bigger than Marvelous can afford them.
All the evidence is pretty straight-forward so far. Game cards are not too expensive for publishers. Gamers know the difference between game cards and game-key cards. Game cards lead to notably bigger sales than game-key cards.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.
