Games have gotten freaking huge in the last decade. Some stuff like can reach as high as into the triple digits of gigabytes. Luckily, Nintendo is a bit of an exception. The Japanese game developer has managed to keep its file sizes on the lower side, at least when compared against the industry standard. One of its largest first-party titles on the Nintendo Switch is 2023’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which measures in at a tad over 16GB.
The issue with Nintendo lies with the amount of storage actually on its console. While Microsoft and Sony ship their flagship consoles with around a full 1TB, the original Nintendo Switch launched with only a measly 32GB of internal eMMC storage. That Zelda game already takes up more than half. Then the third-party Nintendo Switch titles grow even larger. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition comes in at 39.3GB. That’s more than the Switch has on board, making it impossible to download without additional storage.
Thankfully, you can expand your internal storage several times over with a microSDXC card. Samsung happens to have on with an entire 1TB you can install on your Nintendo Switch. That ends up increasing your capacity to download games by 3,000%.
The Samsung microSDXC T7 1TB normally sells for $320. However, Amazon has the memory card on sale at the moment for a good 16% off. That ends up taking the price down to just $270, which save you a whole $50. You can put that savings toward an entire game.
Now, do note that this particular card is not compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2. The new generation console from Nintendo requires storage with significantly faster transfer speeds. In order to meet those requirements, you need a microSFXC card labeled “Express” and this is not one of those. The Samsung T7 microSDXC with it’s read/wrtie speeds of 170MB/s will however still be perfectly compatible with the originally Nintendo Switch, the Nintendo Switch Lite, or the Nintendo Switch OLED.
Beyond Gaming
As a microSDXC card, this isn’t just a way to expand your gaming console storage. Photographers and videographers are well aware of the versatility of a good microSDXC card. The Samsung T7 is capable of letting you capture high-resolution photos and even record in 4K. It holds enough capacity to record up to 47.1 hours of 4K footage or up to 159.7 hours of FHD video. The card is equipped to handle what life throws at it. It’s durable against water, extreme temperatures, x-rays, magnets, drops and daily usage.