Homebrew Question Play games via NAS/network

[Assassin286]

Hey, is there already a way to play games over a network or NAS? The installation via NAS on the Switch has been working for quite some time. I still remember the Xbox360 times where this worked, I don't want to connect an HDD. There the game will probably be unpacked to a NAS hard drive and on the switch a kind of "entry point" for the references to another medium must be made.

OR adding a Network HDD as mount, to install and play from.

 

[sylviojoao]

Would be great to save microsd card space.

 

[chimot]

i keep all my roms on synology nas and install from there (wirelessly, local network wifi, no cable or laptop or pc needed) but never heard about playing from nas, remember switch games needs to be installed not like NDS SNES SEGA roms that only need to be read. thats why we cannot just copy paste games to our sd card for switch.
but yeah install to nas and then play directly from nas would be awesome

Post automatically merged: Sep 27, 2025

Would be great to save microsd card space.

but sd card is cheap nowadays, 256GB is enough unless you are the type of person that like to hoard 30 games

 

[Thorhax]

i keep all my roms on synology nas and install from there (wirelessly, local network wifi, no cable or laptop or pc needed) but never heard about playing from nas, remember switch games needs to be installed not like NDS SNES SEGA roms that only need to be read. thats why we cannot just copy paste games to our sd card for switch.
but yeah install to nas and then play directly from nas would be awesome

Post automatically merged: Sep 27, 2025

but sd card is cheap nowadays, 256GB is enough unless you are the type of person that like to hoard 30 games

Light Weight

 

[sylviojoao]

I have like dozens of sd cards, it would be neat to play without having to change them everytime, like turn switch off, swap card then turn on again, my ps2 still uses a cheap nas hdd from windows xp era and it does the job pretty well.

 

[chimot]

"change them everytime, like turn switch off, swap card"

wow dont do that i heard the switch sd card slot is prone to damage easily

Post automatically merged: Sep 28, 2025

Light Weight

you meant this ? https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Sys-ftpd-light_Switch

 

[sylviojoao]

No, the point is keep the same microsd all the time, loading games by using alternate method, making changing titles much more easy, that is why smb server would be apropriate, and I said that it would not cost any money, since I already have an old hdd ethernet enclosure.