Nintendo officially announced Switch 2, and the agency announced We have shown many new details. We have scored what you need to know, but the external storage of the new gaming console is especially noticeable. In contrast to the previous switch consoles, switch 2 will require a regular microSD, a microSD express card will be required.
Due to these upgrades, only if you simply change it is less likely that your old microSD will work. You need to buy a new to take advantage. Don’t worry about looking around them though. We’re in it
Sandisk MicroSD Express (128 GB)
Switch 2 256 GB comes with internal memory, so it may not seem to be worthwhile to add 128 GB external storage, but something is better than something. MicroSD Express is significantly more expensive than a standard microSD and the best option is the option you can carry on.
Sandisk MicroSD Express (256GB)
It is probably going to be the most popular choice for storage in Switch 2 It doubles your console’s usable storage and at $ 60 it is not an offensive price. If you are a hard gamer and you feel that you have a dozen games load on your switch 2, you may want to be even bigger, but for average person, the combined storage of 512 GB should be plenty.
Technically Switch can use microSD cards up to 2 TB, but they are very low and are in it. We have been able to look for this 1 TB card that matches the criteria of the microSD express, but it is not cheaply bought – 1 TB is 200 more for additional space, especially for a handheld that already costs $ 450.
We will constantly look for more MicroSD Express lists as we launched on June 5 of Switch 2. At this point the cards are very low and in it because they are fairly new technology. But as they become more popular, we will probably see more of their places and probably see the price decrease.
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You don’t need to play Switch 2 The console is already with 256 GB internal storage, so if you can keep your gaming need at the bottom of that margin, you don’t have to buy a microSD Express card. It said, we see that some third -party games can be much larger than standard nintendo games. The Lden Ring is 45 GB alone, about fifth of your internal storage.
MicroSD Express cards are significantly faster than standard microSD cards. For example, the Sundisk Extreme 256GB card has the speed of the 190MB/s reading, but there is a speed of 880MB/s on the 256GB Express. This is a huge difference when you are trying to move around the game’s data.
The answer is probably not, unless you don’t already have a MicroSD card Express card. Standard microSD cards will not be compatible with Switch 2 because of the transfer speed.
Switch 2 MicroSD Express maximum capacity 2 TB. There are not many around them, and they are very expensive, but Switch 2 can read them successfully.
These express cards are fairly new technology and because they are quite expensive than standard versions. An old 256GB microSD amazon is about $ 25, where the Sundisk 256GB Express is $ 60. Although they are much faster. The speed of double the price of about four times the price seems to be fair trade.