- The Nintendo Switch is my favorite
tech gadget of 2017.
As a gamer, I think it's super cool
to be able to play in full-screen mode at home,
and then take your same games with you on the go.
The problem with the Nintendo Switch, though,
my main complaint is that it only ships
with 32 gigabytes of internal storage
right out of the box.
Oh, and of that 32 gigabytes, only about 26 gigs
are available to you as the user.
Today I give you a look at the SanDisk microSDXC card
for the Nintendo Switch, a collaboration
between SanDisk and Nintendo that allows you
to expand your storage on the Switch
with high quality components.
And by the way, big shout out to SanDisk
for sending over the cards and for sponsoring this video.
What's going on, tech squad?
Andru Edwards here, editor-in-chief of GearLive.com.
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As I said, the Nintendo Switch is my pick
for my favorite gadget of 2017.
There's something about this console.
There's something about the fact
that you can just take all your games with you on the go,
and they're not mobile games.
They're the actual full game experience.
But as I said in the open, the problem is
there's not enough storage on the Switch
and there's no options.
You can't just go into the store
and choose between a 32 gigabyte Switch
and a 256 gigabyte Switch, like you can
with different Smartphones.
You're stuck with the 32 gigabyte model,
and you're stuck with the fact that
6 gigabytes of the storage in here
is taken up by the system itself.
So you've got 26 gigabytes to work with
right out of the box.
Nintendo has done a good job at making sure
that its games are fairly small,
but some third parties are releasing big games,
big triple A titles, the games
that you've been hoping you would see on a Nintendo console
back in the days of the Wii and the Wii U.
Now of course there is a solution to that problem.
The Nintendo Switch does support expandable storage
and right under there, right under the kickstand
is your microSD card slot, so let me read to you
the official language from Nintendo
as it pertains to games that require the microSD card.
If you purchase a physical version of the game
that requires an additional microSD memory card,
you will be able to play a portion of the game
right out of the box, for example, specific levels or modes.
To enjoy the full game, downloading
additional data is required.
Depending on the storage requirements for each game,
it may be necessary to purchase a microSD card
to expand storage space.
When purchasing a digital version of the game,
it may also be necessary to purchase a microSD card,
depending on the game storage requirements
and the storage available on the consumer's
Nintendo Switch console, so as you can see,
these games are coming and Nintendo is saying
you're probably gonna need a microSD card,
and that is where SanDisk's microSDXC cards
for the Nintendo Switch come in.
So let's talk about what sets these cards
apart from the competition.
SanDisk makes all sorts of cards,
and there are plenty of other microSD card makers as well.
The difference here is that Nintendo
actually worked with SanDisk.
Nintendo specified what their specific need was,
as far as speed and reliability goes,
and the result is the microSDXC
for Nintendo Switch made by SanDisk.
There is a 64 gigabyte model and a 128 gigabyte version.
Let's talk about what else sets these cards apart
from others that you might find
online when you're doing shopping.
It's all about the speed.
If you're picking up the 128 gigabyte card,
you're gonna get 100 megabyte per second read speeds,
and 90 megabyte per second write speeds.
The 64 gigabyte card gives you that same
100 megabyte per second read speed
with a 60 megabyte per second write speed.
Now that's fast, and if you compare them to other cards,
you'll see that a lot of times cards don't
give both of those speeds.
They don't give the read and write,
or sometimes they don't give either.
Some cheaper cards that I've found
just said up to 50 megabyte per second.
They didn't say if that was read or write.
These cards specifically tell you the read speeds
and the write speeds, which were determined
to be the best for the money for
the Nintendo Switch console specifically.
So as I said, there are some big games coming out
that require more than even all the storage
that's built into the Nintendo Switch,
one of them right there, I don't know
if you can see that on my home screen, is NBA 2K18.
If you want to download that from the Nintendo eShop
it's gonna take up more than the 26 gigabytes available,
but, and most people don't know this,
even if you buy the cartridge,
it still requires a huge enough download
that the game requires a microSD card.
And NBA 2K18 may be an outlier right now.
There's only a few games that require the microSD card,
but going forward throughout the lifespan of the Switch,
this console is only about eight or nine months old.
As we go forward you're gonna be getting
more and more games that require that microSD card,
so you're gonna want to pick one up, and why not pick up
the one that Nintendo specifically recommends?
Let me know what your thoughts are.
Have you picked up a microSD card for your Nintendo Switch?
Have you been finding that you're running out of space?
Or have you not even had to make that decision yet
based on your game downloading habits?
Let me know down in the description below.
I'll meet you there for further discussion.
I know some people are gonna ask.
Yes, I have a yellow and orange Joy-Con on here.
Big shout out to ColorWare for making
those custom colors happen.
Any other questions you have about the Nintendo Switch
or storage, drop 'em down in the comments below.
I'll meet you there for further discussion.
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