Nintendo switch games begin to require a memory card

Nintendo has revealed that some of the future games that will be released for its Nintendo Switch console will require a MicroSD memory card to function, an example of this is NBA 2K18 that the card will be needed to play it even in the case of buying it in physical version. with cartridge.

NBA 2K18 requires a MicroSD on the Nintendo Switch

These games that need an external storage medium will include the label " Internet download and MicroSD card are required to play" in order to inform players before going through the box, in some cases part of the content can be accessed without the card.

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The reason for this is that third-party video games usually have very high storage requirements while the Nintendo Switch only has 32 GB of internal memory. Nintendo's own games always have very moderate space requirements and fit perfectly into the console's storage, for example Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe edition consume 13.4GB and 7GB respectively in their versions digital.

The digital download of NBA 2K18 is estimated at about 25 GB, a figure slightly above the capacity of the cartridges of the console, so if you buy it in physical version you will need to download part of the content, there is the possibility that the Cartridge capacity increases over time as with the N64.

Source: overclock3d