Polygon.com / 03.05.25

Switch 2's built-in storage can only fit four AAA games

Nintendo recently started taking pre-orders for Switch 2 games through its online store, coinciding with the opening of Switch 2 console pre-orders. Out of habit, I immediately scrolled to the Game file size section on each page to see how much storage each game will require. Some Switch 2 game file sizes are bigger than I expected, closer in size to Windows PC counterparts than original Switch ports were. This makes sense given that Nintendos upcoming console is powerful enough to run games at 1080p and beyond at fast frame rates. And yet, itll only take a handful of games to completely fill up your Switch 2s built-in 256 GB storage. Here are some file sizes of forthcoming Switch 2 ports: Madden NFL 26 will be a 62 GB download Split Fiction will be 73 GB Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition and Hitman World of Assassination: Signature Edition will each be around 59 GB Even Yakuza 0 Directors Cut comes in at 53.7 GB. All of those games together clock in at just over 300 GB now you need a...
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