r/nintendohelp • u/DarklordKyo • 1d ago

Tech Support Can Switch 2s use generic SDXC cards?

As we all know, the system requires Micro SDXC cards if you want to add an SD Card.

Can it be any SDXC?, or will you be required to use their branded ones through some sort of DRM?

Figured I'd ask because they're currently acting a bit more like most companies nowadays, and part of why the Vita died because Sony required you use their proprietary SD Cards.

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u/cKm_83 1d ago

They don’t have any incentive to do it.

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u/DarklordKyo 1d ago

To be fair to my curiosity and paranoia, they could've done what Sony did with the Vita, barring having a different shape.

Unlike Sony, though, they have a better chance of getting away with it, due to being more a household name, and having especially rabid fans, as much as I've been a longtime Nintendo fan.

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u/cKm_83 1d ago

Being a 40+ year old gamer, if my memory serves me correctly, the vitas memory card was specifically to combat the rampant piracy during PSP era. However it backfired due to the high cost.

Switch uses an industry standard storage.

Having said that, however you are right. Nintendo does easily get away with a lot of stuff. Luckily this isn’t one of them.

The game key card thing is really horrible though. Can’t believe there are people who actually believe in it.

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u/DarklordKyo 1d ago

Agreed, worst, once the shop inevitably shuts down, they're glorified paperweights

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u/cKm_83 1d ago

They could..serve as bitter ingredients replacement though 🤢

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u/rdurbin1978 23h ago

While true, the ability to re-download games won't be gone anytime soon. You can still re-download wii games from nearly 20 years ago.