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ironmanDX on 28 October 2016

It's 2016... So... No way. Modern games simply wouldn't fit.



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Cloudman on 28 October 2016

With how big games are getting, 16 is no where near enough. Hopefully they also have larger size carts available too.



 

              

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Illusion on 28 October 2016

As long that cartridge size can be upgraded to 64GB without any additional cost to the developer, I don't really care. I trust that Nintendo remembers the cost of limiting 3rd Party developers with cartridge sizes very well. Maybe if Nintendo can do things right this time, we can actually get a Final Fantasy VII release on a Nintendo console!



Mr.GameCrazy on 28 October 2016
Cloudman said:
With how big games are getting, 16 is no where near enough. Hopefully they also have larger size carts available too.

I believe they do. The Tweet said that 16 gigabytes was the standard size, not the maximum size like the article says.



TheLastStarFighter on 28 October 2016
mutantsushi said:

Can the thread title/ first post seriously be FIXED now? It's clearly continuing to mislead people.

Seriously, the entire premise is absurd, how CAN Nintendo impose a restriction on card size?
All they can do is set the parameters of the interface, which might restrict transfer rate.
But if card manufacturers can fit more data storage inside same profile, then they can and will.
Even differences like volume formats are a software implementation that can be updated.
The earliest SD readers came out before such large card sizes existed, yet can read larger sizes now.
Nintendo's own history shows purported "max supported size" being trivially surpassed.

Yes, can the title please be changed as it's a lie.  Over 50% of the posters on the thread took the time to figure that out - which is impressive - but this thread is still getting more life than it deserves. 



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m_csquare on 29 October 2016

Guys, even the standard bluray has 50gb size. No matter how many times you guys are trying to reword this article, it's still a bad news abt NS. Let's hope this is just a rumor (altho most of the rumors have been very accurate)



Mr.GameCrazy on 29 October 2016
m_csquare said:
Guys, even the standard bluray has 50gb size. No matter how many times you guys are trying to reword this article, it's still a bad news abt NS. Let's hope this is just a rumor (altho most of the rumors have been very accurate)

They can go higher than 16 GB, though. Sometime ago, there was a rumor about a 32 GB cartridge for the Nintendo Switch (that is if I read that correctly).



DialgaMarine on 29 October 2016

I doubt it. They'd have to compress games like a mofo, and we all know how bad that can turn out...



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AZWification on 29 October 2016

That seems a bit nonsensical to me.



                
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mutantsushi on 29 October 2016

Well, again, the whole meme is 100% BS.
3DS already has game cards using 16gb.
http://r4town.com/products/180-in-1-Multi-DS-Game-Card-16GB.html
You can use memory card AT LEAST up to 128GB with 3DS. (article doesn't mention larger sizes but I don't see why not)
http://www.ign.com/wikis/nintendo-3ds/Moving_3DS_SD_Card_Data