Soundwave said:
I think he's saying he's willing to buy multiple (4!) SD Cards and carry them around. |
Wait... Like he thinks that there will be 128GB writable game cards for $40 each???
Soundwave said:
I think he's saying he's willing to buy multiple (4!) SD Cards and carry them around. |
Wait... Like he thinks that there will be 128GB writable game cards for $40 each???
Pyro as Bill said:
Yeah 4 of these inside a cart for $160. "Willing to buy and carry around" - Dont make it sound like so much work, it'd be the size of a game and much smaller than 10 blurahs. |
That's not happening, dude. That's not how the math for this stuff works.
Wyrdness said:
Not sure your point with XV because Cartridges can be 64GB easily without much cost, if each episode is as big as XV then believe me no platform will have enough space. |
We're talking abt digital download.
Also how can no one talk abt SD card terrible write/read speed? I doubt you can even run AAA game from an SD card
It will be interesting to see just how capable the switches cartriges are. Macronix indicated 32GB at BD price so 64GB at a small increase in price seems possible 120GB though? Seems a bit much.
I'm also curious if they will have carts that support a bit of an extended write function for DLC and patches. It's technically possible and could offer great advatages over the usual digital or physical formats. No install neccessary either.
Not having to download huge games for days with a crappy connection is a plus, too.
Lol at people still expecting Switch to receive the same third party support as PS4/X1. I far as I'm concerned this was never on the cards outside of a few franchises.
Pyro as Bill said:
Yeah 4 of these inside a cart for $160. "Willing to buy and carry around" - Dont make it sound like so much work, it'd be the size of a game and much smaller than 10 blurahs. |
I'm screaming!
m_csquare said: No port for external HDD or SSD? I guess i have to say goodbye to 3rd party support then. No FF7r, No Dark souls, and definitely no Bethesda AAA rpg. I guess at this point I should just accept NS as a glorified handheld than a hybrid console |
I'm guessing there are USB ports on the dock so one could assume that there might be external USB hard drive support like the Wii U has.
m_csquare said: We're talking abt digital download.
Also how can no one talk abt SD card terrible write/read speed? I doubt you can even run AAA game from an SD card |
Ten times faster than blurah for some, x2 x3 is typical. Yes, you can run a AAA game from an SD card.
PS3 9MB/sec
PS4 27MB/sec
SD 60-300MB/sec
USB 2.0 limits to 60MB/s. USB 3 allows 600MB/s
USB Type C is already allowing weak laptops to connect to the most powerful graphics cards available via a USB slot.
Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)
Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!
sethnintendo said:
I'm guessing there are USB ports on the dock so one could assume that there might be external USB hard drive support like the Wii U has. |
There are USB ports on the dock.
There is no HDD support according to LPVG.
There would likely be HDD corruption/read problems if/when people started just taking the system off the dock as the game was accessing a HDD too.
Not that it replaces a HDD, but maybe for people who want to be more digital only perhaps Nintendo could give them the option of using the cartridge slot as a secondary SD Card port. That way you could have two SD Cards in the system instead of one, that could be an OK way to double+ your storage space if you don't like buying physical games.
It doesn't replace a HDD but it's better than nothing.