Nintendo Smaller slightly slower Switch 2 game card cartridges are coming

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Read from tweaktown:

Nintendo will produce lower- and mid-capacity Switch 2 game cartridges despite earlier plans to offer only 64GB models. These smaller carts remain costly and slower due to flash memory limits and chip shortages, leading many developers to prefer digital Game-key Cards for better performance and cost efficiency.

Nintendo will reportedly produce lower-capacity Switch 2 game cartridges for developers. Sources have told Nintendeal that Switch 2 ROM carts less than 64GB in size are being manufactured, but there are some downsides that may deter game devs: The carts will still be expensive, because they're made out of similar flash memory, and they'll also be a bit slower than the 64GB models.

"I can confirm that smaller capacity Switch 2 game cards are in production but due to chip shortages it will take time before we see widespread availability. Despite the smaller capacity, these cards will still be expensive due to rising cost of materials. Game-Key Cards are not going away," Nintendeal said on Twitter.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

So in other words, buy digital or be ready for waiting?

 

[froggyboy604]

Hopefully, the price of Switch 2 game cards will be more affordable in the near future.

 

[cm2]

So in other words, buy digital or be ready for waiting?

the issue is more on the pricing of the 64GB cart because of the memory price hike because of AI thing. Read from tweaktown:

Nintendo may be ready to release smaller Switch 2 cartridges in an effort to alleviate developer frustrations. Reports indicate that Nintendo only produces 64GB cartridges for the Switch 2, which are more costly to produce than the lower-tier models used on the Switch 1. This means developers who choose to ship full games onto actual physical Game Cards will typically have to pay a higher price, on top of having to deal with the slower memory bandwidth offered by Nintendo's ROMs.

Today, R-Type Dimensions developer ININ Games issued a lengthy post telling gamers that Nintendo had "announced two new smaller cartridge sizes for Nintendo Switch 2." The devs then deleted this post, later issuing a correction statement clarifying that Nintendo has not actually announced anything. Interestingly enough, ININ had originally said that the physical Switch 2 cartridge of R-Type Dimensions III was increasing in price by 10 euros to reflect the higher production costs associated with the lower-capacity Switch 2 carts.