Potential Changes Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 Cartridges

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Okay, so Nintendo Switch 2, you’re probably getting game cartridges with different storage sizes eventually. Why just one right now? Not clear, but it’s 64 GB for all physical releases at the moment. Surprise, surprise, it’s got quite the impact on developers. I mean, this 64 GB is more than enough for loads of games. But instead of taking advantage of it, developers are sticking with game-key cards. Those little things don’t even hold the game data, just a download license. Kind of feels like fans have been grumbling about this since day one, right?

Switch 2 Cards Getting an Upgrade?

So, apparently, there’s some buzz about Macronix (a Taiwanese company doing Nintendo’s cartridge stuff) planning bigger things. And I don’t mean just in size—think multiple storage options. This was spotted by some eagle-eyed Twitter user, SuperMetalDave64, who caught wind from UAnalyze. Macronix’s chatter about using in-house MLC NAND and 3D NAND bits to create, wait for it, “varying capacity requirements” for Switch 2 cards sounds promising. Geez, if they do this like they have for the original Switch, we might be seeing some cool changes soon.

Anyway… where was I? Oh yeah—game-key cards. People are definitely not vibing with them. But with new storage possibilities, maybe, just maybe, developers will start putting full games on physical cartridges again. A good number of gamers would be over the moon if that happened, especially since the game-key cards situation isn’t exactly scoring any brownie points with them.

Let’s not pretend everyone’s thrilled about Switch 2’s new stuff, by the way. The backlash against game-key cartridges is hard to ignore, and Nintendo’s not turning a blind eye. They’ve actually been running surveys all over, including in Japan and the West, to find out how the Switch 2 crowd really feels about those game-key cards.

And there we have it. A bit of a crazy ride thinking about game storage, but hey, maybe we’ll see some changes that everyone can get behind. Fingers crossed!