People who complain that their game collection is 350+GB are usually pirates. Not very many people actually buy that many games digitally. Unless you have a lot of money, not many people can afford paying for 90+ games if you average a Wii U game to be about 3.5gigs. That would be about $3000 if you are generous and say the games are $30.Yooooo.........yall games are CARTRIDGE based......meaning u can put 20 in a small case on the go. Why u need em stored on the SD or HD if they are already on small tiny cartridges?
AA third party games can be 40GB+, and most of the first party heavy hitters average 10GB or so. It is very easy to hit 300+ GB without pirating a single game, or spending over a grand.People who complain that their game collection is 350+GB are usually pirates. Not very many people actually buy that many games digitally. Unless you have a lot of money, not many people can afford paying for 90+ games if you average a Wii U game to be about 3.5gigs. That would be about $3000 if you are generous and say the games are $30.
And if you have money to buy all those games, then surely you should have enough to buy SD cards for those "legit" games.
Plus I prefer most of my games to be a physical format. One day the digitial copy will be impossible to redownload, but the physical copy will still be available for me to play.
Let's be real though, how many people are actually buying AAA third party games on Wii U. Those games are a far greater experience on any other platform. I do realize some people will, but a majority I feel would rather buy those titles on platforms that can render them and handle them much better.AA third party games can be 40GB+, and most of the first party heavy hitters average 10GB or so. It is very easy to hit 300+ GB without pirating a single game, or spending over a grand.
Though to be fair I have no idea how much I've spent.
People who complain that their game collection is 350+GB are usually pirates. Not very many people actually buy that many games digitally. Unless you have a lot of money, not many people can afford paying for 90+ games if you average a Wii U game to be about 3.5gigs. That would be about $3000 if you are generous and say the games are $30.
And if you have money to buy all those games, then surely you should have enough to buy SD cards for those "legit" games.
Woah I didn't know SDs didn't exist
Wheres my floppy disks1111!!!
Like your going to even need 256GB or even 500GB HDD. The system has no games yet (lmao).Nothing like 256 GB SD cards that cost more than a 500 GB HDD, right?
to be fair, 256gb microSD's are so expensive ($150-200) because they're new. Go down one rung on the ladder to 200gb, and you're paying about $60.Nothing like 256 GB SD cards that cost more than a 500 GB HDD, right?
...no, it's clearly a USB 3.0 Type-A. it's the one next to teh HDMI port, not in the Switch slotyes its a usb type C
to be fair, 256gb microSD's are so expensive ($150-200) because they're new. Go down one rung on the ladder to 200gb, and you're paying about $60.
This storage medium is also advancing very rapidly--there are dev prototypes of 1TB SD cards right now
...no, it's clearly a USB 3.0 Type-A. it's the one next to teh HDMI port, not in the Switch slot
My point is that costs for larger micro/SD cards will get gradually smaller as more expansive ones come out. You can pay $20 for a 64gb microSD right now. A few years ago, you were paying several times that.Can you imagine how expensive 1 TB cards will costs?
Incorrect. The switch supports all cards that follow the microSDXC standard, which theoretically goes up to 2TB (you can't get one of those yet)The Switch only supports to 256 or 2048 gigabits
Fair 'nuff. However, flash memory has gotten significantly more sturdy in the past few years--I can't imagine that microSDs in these things would crap out too soon. (whether they do or not remains to be seen, of course)My other concern is that NAND only has a finite no of writes
My point is that costs for larger micro/SD cards will get gradually smaller as more expansive ones come out. You can pay $20 for a 64gb microSD right now. A few years ago, you were paying several times that.
Incorrect. The switch supports all cards that follow the microSDXC standard, which theoretically goes up to 2TB (you can't get one of those yet)
Fair 'nuff. However, flash memory has gotten significantly more sturdy in the past few years--I can't imagine that microSDs in these things would crap out too soon. (whether they do or not remains to be seen, of course)
Micro SDXC makes sense, people should have loads of them by now between phones/tablets/portables. $16 for 64GB. At the same time, there's no reason Nintendo shouldn't allow for external HDD support. What else could we even use the USB ports on the dock for otherwise? Other than charging, anyway, and that's a bit of a cop-out.
That being said, I don't care too much either way. I'll split digital/physical depending on storage size. Kind of happy to know I'll be getting some physical cartridges again TBH, especially with BotW SE ordered with the console.