FF7 Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi talks about Game Key Cards

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RolStoppable said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

FF7 is one of the very few that actually makes sense to put on a Key Card. Game Cards currently max out at 64GB, and FF7 Remake is measuring around 90GB on Switch 2.

Unless Nintendo hops on making 128GB cards but can't imagine how much those would cost developers.

Reminds me of the time when people wondered how big the mandatory download for Persona 5 Royal on Switch 1 would be when the game weighed in at around 40 GB on other platforms. The full game was put on a 16 GB game card on Switch 1 with some room to spare (file size of ~12.5 GB).

So would FF VII Remake fit on a 64 GB game card? Yes, there's no doubt about it.

But then it costs dev time to compress it properly, leading 3rd parties to conclude that porting to Nintendo consoles is not worth the trouble.