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Countdown to the Switch 2's launch - 8 days 

(I once again forgot to post a day, so this post is for Wednesday)

I'm going to highlight one thing I am excited for each day as we countdown to the console's release early next month.

The Switch 2 will not use the same type of SD cards for storage as the original Switch did. Instead it will use SD Express (for physical games) and MicroSD Express cards (for expanding the system storage).

This is both good and bad. The system's 256gb of built in storage will likely get used up quickly as games this generation are much larger than previously. SD Express will allow for much faster read and write times than regular SD. The downside here is that there are not many of these on the market yet and they are rather expensive currently. Millions of Switch 2s in the wild will mean that more are released and this will bring prices down in the next couple years. This will also mean that 3rd party game devs will try to avoid using them for physical games for now.

Countdown to the Switch 2's launch - 7 days - Thursday's post

I'm going to highlight one thing I am excited for each day as we countdown to the console's release early next month.

The Switch 2's beefier hardware will allow for many more 3rd party titles this generation than last. It should be able to support many of the same titles that have been on Playstation, Xbox and PC in recent years. There will be some great ports coming out for high end titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and Split Fiction, both of which will be available on launch day. I will be playing Split Fiction for sure.

We should see many new 3rd party titles being released around the same time they are made available on other systems and I assume this will mean much more cross platform multiplayer this generation too.

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Think its worth it? Costs more than a PS5 here

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It's the same price as the slim PS5 (non digital version) here.

I do think it's worth it. PS5 isn't a hybrid console and also doesn't have quite as many features. Switch 2 is comparable to the better ROG Ally in terms of hardware but much cheaper tuah the ROG.

The main draw for me is playing titles that can't be played on any other system.