Would be so cool if they sold the OST or it came bundled with games to listen to when this device is in Tablet more or something.
WSJ reporter : Standard capacity of Switch game card is around 16GB
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Would be so cool if they sold the OST or it came bundled with games to listen to when this device is in Tablet more or something.
Maybe, but they also don't use CGI videos. As someone said earlier, the size of games like MGR is 90% due to that. I remember people making a huge deal about Titanfall size, which had like 30GB of uncompressed audio. That's very important as well.
Maybe on 3DS, but doesn't Wii U support LPCM?
The PC version has compressed audio and it's 13GB.
Graphics Horse
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Why on earth are people saying 16gb is minimum? There will be plenty ot games that only need 1/4 of that size or less and something very unusual is going on if that's no longer ecomical to produce smaller area chips at lower cost.
Don't see why smaller and larger exceptions to the standard couldn't exist.
Don't see why smaller and larger exceptions to the standard couldn't exist.
Buggy Loop
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PC with minimum/low/medium/high/ultra/max assets are not really representative are they? What is the size on Xbox One?
Bloated installs should not be acceptes as the norm.
SinCityAssassin
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Should be more than adequate for most games. Some will most definitely exceed that, possibly by a lot, but a whole lot of games will be far far under that as well. Especially the more traditional mobile series which likely won't see too much of a size increase despite the beefier hardware.
I imagine that it's cheaper to stick to a baseline like 16 than having to make two other ROMs like 4GB and 8GB that will quite frankly be in a vast minority when it comes to retail. Why spend the money to have production lines for two extra sizes that you don't really need at all?
fredrancour
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I feel like, every handheld generation, some jrpg or similar has wound up releasing in a cartridge exceecing the size of anything that was around at the beginning of said generation. even if 16 is normal now, I'm certain something twice the size will be available simultaneously to it, and something quadruple the size or more will be available later.
Oh, Bloodborne is only 25gigs? I'm good then.
Skittzo0413
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I'm guessing Nintendo is ordering quite a lot of 16GB to get fairly good prices on them, rather than spreading out that order over 4GB and 8GB too. It's probably a bit more cost effective.
Maybe 4/8GB could be available at special request or something? Obviously larger sizes will be available too.
Why are people concerned about 3rd pert game when it's obvious they won't get 3rd party multiplatform games. Obviously there will be a few exceptions. But they showed Skyrim a 5 year old game and not something like The Witcher 3. Switch isn't on the same ball park as a PS4. It's more closer to Wii U and that's fine for a handheld. Seriously people need to let it go and stop dreaming.
Graphics Horse
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Yes I'd guess 16GB is most economical per byte if anything.
If you go back to what was said about 3DS games before launch, 1GB to 8GB was given. Reality was some launch games shipped on much smaller cards like 256MB, because they could.
54 GB on Xbox One.
FFXIII is about 40G on PS3.
GustyGardens
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People think that standard means minimum for whatever reason. If we look at the history of Nintendo games on DS and 3DS, we can easily see that Nintendo set a standard, but many games go over and under that standard. No one really notices it because no one really cared.
The lowest on the 3DS was 128MB, but the standard size was 2GB. The max on that system was 8GB. It's pretty easy to glean that the Switch is going to be pretty similar to that.
LordRaptor
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Uhhhh Skyrim special Edition came out today dude.
This is probably what's gonna happen. Nintendo is gonna recommend developers push for 16GB, but 32 & 64GB options will likely be available if needed.
Skittzo0413
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This, and Skyrim is also one of the most recognizable "core" games to the general public. It makes more sense than showing The Witcher 3 which will be about 2 years old (vs 5 months old) when the Switch launches.
Really? It's like 12GB on PC.
Just to compare for fun, Witcher 3 without expansions on PC is like 21GB or something. With expansions it's around 34GB.
I said that. And I think it's like 60 because the FMVs are in the game files twice -- once for English and Japanese audio.
Chobel
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Graphics Horse
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Yep. Sorry for prempting your post with a similar one! It's true that nobody really should care about the minimum, unlikely that costs will be passed on but if you're printing 100s of thousands of units they start to add up.
OrbitalBeard
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Added to OP.
She's simply repeating what many of us have been saying since you made this thread. Anyone with a base knowledge of Nintendo carts would know this.
Thanks to all of you.
Now I remember I heard back then about Titanfall somehow. Yeah, insane difference between PC and One XD
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Why even talk abour standard size then? Whats the point?
Dark Cloud
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Nintendo could teach these third party devs how to compress games.
Also SKYRIM Remaster is coming to it and it says Skyrim Remaster is 23GB so they probably got a bigger card and it was no big deal.
Why are people making such a damn big fuss?
Also SKYRIM Remaster is coming to it and it says Skyrim Remaster is 23GB so they probably got a bigger card and it was no big deal.
Why are people making such a damn big fuss?
Pancake Mix
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Of course 32 GB is too fucking expensive. It cuts into profits. Don't expect many larger games in 2017.
As the cost declines, larger games will be possible but it's not like NX is a postuler that will play GTA VI or something.
Solid state only makes sense up to a certain size in 2017 for publishers.
As the cost declines, larger games will be possible but it's not like NX is a postuler that will play GTA VI or something.
Solid state only makes sense up to a certain size in 2017 for publishers.
SinCityAssassin
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Not that it helps that nintendolife posted the rumor as the maximum limit lol
Pancake Mix
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No one will pay for a 64 GB card in 2017 lol.
Even if they cannot bring their game to NX otherwise.
Mr. Smiley
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Are you really asking that in NX/Switch thread?
SinCityAssassin
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Because likely that will be the most abundant option available for developers after launch. Always recommend the middle of the road option to get developers to think about how to compress their games if they might go over that.
GitarooMan
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This doesn't surprise me and I don't consider it negative in the least. But people need to get over the idea that switch is going to be some portable XB1/PS4. It's not
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Yes I know...
-shadow-
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LPCM is just the output method that the WiiU uses, it doesn't mean anything about the quality or format on the disc. And no, sadly it's not just on the 3DS. They're also using 32kHz at 16-bit on the WiiU most of the time. I have a bunch of direct rips and at least the following are using that quality: Super Mario 3D World, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8, Wii Sports Club, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (uses 48kHz for the animated cutscenes however) and there's loads more.
There are a couple of exceptions however, Splatoon uses 44.1kHz (16-bit) and X/Rainbow Curse/Wii Party U use 48kHz (16-bit). Which is a huge improvement. But still it's absolutely mind boggling that we're still stuck with Super Nintendo levels of audio quality twenty five years later. I understand it for the GameCube with the smaller discs, but these days?!
I'd love if they'd publish more soundtracks. Now with the death of Club Nintendo they're even rarer to come by
OrbitalBeard
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Wonderful. Good going, video game journalists.
Out of curiosity, what is the cost of a game card?
Graphics Horse
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On PS4/XBO it's all installed to hdd.
Dark Cloud
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Good lord man...
Pancake Mix
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This is a non-event. Could have been expected.
Solid state is a huge step up now that it's viable again, but costs will discourage larger gsme cards inm the immediate future.
PS3 would like a word with you. Wii U also...
Solid state is a huge step up now that it's viable again, but costs will discourage larger gsme cards inm the immediate future.
PS3 would like a word with you. Wii U also...
Most or all Wii-U games are below 16GB in size. Many modern PS4 and PC games are also below 16GB. So no problem at all, and you can always use (nearly lossless) compression, especially on multimedia files that take up most of the space anyway.
And 32, 64, 128 and 256GB remain an option, especially as flash memory will get cheaper over the years.
And 32, 64, 128 and 256GB remain an option, especially as flash memory will get cheaper over the years.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Smash (at least with DLC) Lego City Undercover, and #FE are not and that's just first-party... Most is not the point when the largest games on any platform tend to be the most important titles...
TheMagician
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How big were Smash Bros Wii U and Xenoblade Chronicals X?
exmachina64
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You're not getting a port of Mass Effect: Andromeda.