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Johnw1104 said:
I don't get it, why is this a big deal?

Not a huge deal if Nintendo fixes it soon! Still, this and the lack of other features seems to suggest the Switch was rushed to market. Not a big deal as long as the Switch is updated in a timely manner.

As long as my Switch can play games, I'll be fine.



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Sooo we can't put the stuff in the internal memory to the SD Card? We have to choose which one to put our save files (Internal or external) and it stays there forever?



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Darwinianevolution said:
Source?

It is written in the first comment, GameSpot. But other sites also report this.

KLAMarine said:
KazumaKiryu said:

Grammatical error aside, Nintendo needs to fix this immediately! The sooner the better.

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KLAMarine said:
Johnw1104 said:
I don't get it, why is this a big deal?

Not a huge deal if Nintendo fixes it soon! Still, this and the lack of other features seems to suggest the Switch was rushed to market. Not a huge deal as long as the Switch is updated in a timely manner.

As long as my Switch can play games, I'll be fine.

I guess what I mean is this doesn't seem all that unusual. I recall that I was able to transfer saves through my first three playstations on those memory cards (at least I think I remember doing that), but that's never really been the norm for other consoles as far as I've noticed and it ended with the recent PS4 as well.



Johnw1104 said:
I don't get it, why is this a big deal?

The big deal is if your Switch dies all your saved data dies with it.  How is this not a big deal?

I'm sure Nintendo will fix this tho.



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I hope Nintendo patches it up, because it's 2017 and backup of save data is expected.



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So when Nintendo releases the Switch XL Pro or something all my saves will be lost forever? The Switch doesn't let me Switch!



Does anyone else frequently find themselves saying "Well that's odd" in response to Switch news? :p



V-r0cK said:
Johnw1104 said:
I don't get it, why is this a big deal?

The big deal is if your Switch dies all your saved data dies with it.  How is this not a big deal?

I'm sure Nintendo will fix this tho.

As in it can't be transferred from one Switch to another?

Isn't this kind of normal, though? If your PS4 suddenly dies I'm pretty sure that data is gone as well, is it not?



Zekkyou said:
Does anyone else frequently find themselves saying "Well that's odd" in response to Switch news? :p

*Nintendo news in general actually lol

Always something going on there; sometimes it's blown out of proportion, other times it's positively bizarre. They don't communicate with the outside world nearly as well as Sony or Microsoft, so people always seem to be guessing with them.