If you have forgone owning physical copies of your game, trading up for the convenience of a digital library, then you are going to want to make sure you have ample storage. The Nintendo Switch 2 can have its storage capacity expanded by adding on a microSD Express card such as this one here from Samsung. It’s even on sale at the moment. For the time being, you can set yourself up with an extra 256GB for just $48. That’s a 40% discount, coming down from its usual of $80. If you want even more than that, a 512GB Samsung P9 Express microSDXC exists as well. This one is now just $99 following a 34% discount that took the price down from $150 by $51.
Play More Games
The Nintendo Switch 2 catalogue of games is getting better and better with each passing month. Last year, the big exclusives were really just limited to Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. Though no you’ll find even more great titles on the hybrid handheld console from Nintendo with games like Pokémon Pokopia, the Star Fox remake, Orbitals, and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave. Not to mention, shortly we’ll have the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake in just a couple of days. Then next year, we have a new multiplayer FromSoftware game in The Duskbloods as well as a brand new Kirby adventure in Kirby and the World Beyond to look forward to.
In order to play all these awesome new games, you’re likely going to need to expand your storage. The Nintendo Switch 2 ships with just 256GB of internal storage. While this is significantly better then the previous consoles abysmal 32GB, it can still fill up rather quickly. This is especially true if you pick up any third party games like Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition or CyberPunk 2077. The latter alone takes up 64GB.
Getting the 512GB microSD Express card will allow you to effectively triple the amount of games you can have installed on your Nintendo Switch 2. You’ll also now have plenty of space for recording video clips and taking screenshots in game.
Do note that when shopping for expanded storage on the Nintendo Switch 2 that not all microSD cards will be compatible with the system. The Switch 2’s new architecture greatly improves upon the original Switch, thus requiring faster read and write speeds. The Samsung P9 Express microSDXC is one of the ones that are compatible. The keyword you are looking for when shopping for expanded storage is Express. This label means it will be able to support the required speeds.
