It sounds the rumors about Switch 2 carts only coming in a 64GB capacity were true, but smaller alternatives are on the way

[OneTime]

Soundwave said:

OneTime said:

The cost of manufacturing the cartridge is actually tiny (64Gb thumb drive is $5 retail). It's the logistics around shipping it.

The real reason companies don't want physical media is because (1) any money is money they aren't pocketing (2) you can resell physical media when you are done with it (which for a bad game may be pretty soon after it ships to you).

Those crap thumb drives aren't as fast as Switch 2 cartridges and half of them crap out after like a year of use (would certainly hope Switch 2 carts don't do that). 

Switch 2 cartridges are custom and are going to cost more. 

Looks like it's about $11.70 USD (equivalent to 10 euro) for these smaller sized carts as opposed to $16 that was leaked earlier for the 64GB carts from a 3rd party dev. 

That's a bit better, but still not cheap. 

I don't know exactly how much the Nintendo ones are, but I can guarantee you these things are going to be cheap as chips in volume.  Take a look at your favourite electronics components provider for the sort of prices to expect.  I'd be surprised if they picked something > $3.  This is straight profit margin for them...