Zelda BotW is 13.4GB for the Switch and 13GB for the WiiU

Source:

nintendo.co.jp/zelda/products.html

So? Is the file size noteworthy?

THATS THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF SKYRIM

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOO

For a console game, yes

It means the switch version most likely has the same textures and particle effects, meaning it's most likely just the wii u version with a better framerate

Xbone/PS4 games, and new PC games, tend to be 30+

DELTETE RIGHT NOOOOOOW

>32gb memory
>OS or whatever you call it will use some of the memories
>can only play 1 or 2 games if your too poor for more memory
sasuga nintendo

This. The Switch version might run at a stable framerate while looking the same.

>13Gb game in a 32gb console
We're in for a wonderful ride with this console

>you can literally put max 3 games on the hard drive
xDDDD

because they usually don't compress the sound or have a ton of high quality video files

Well its big.

And i hope Switch has atleast 64GB space because this shit wont fit.
>Inb4 they use eMMC

>increasing the size would mean increasing the price of the console
>faggots like you would complain even more
>SD cards are cheap af

You have to install it?

Why the fuck do you people keep talking about the HD space? It uses carts, idiots.

Who buys Nintendo games digitally?

>tfw Wind Waker is only 2.6 gigs
>tfw Nintendo/Monolithsoft are literally eldritch gods at data compression

holy shit this is going to be a big game...

Depends, stuff like cutscenes often takes up alot of space

Why does it cost $300+ in the first place

>Switch
>$300
>32 GB space
>Meanwhile PS4 and Xbone are the same price and have 500 GB
That's goddamn pathetic. Anyone who even defends this is a huge faggot.

If SD cards are so cheap it wouldn't increase the price that much would it? Especially since it would be bought in bulk for manufacturing. That's a shit argument.
I shouldn't have to buy third party items to make a system usable.

NDF is strong today

I'm not complaining since I can afford it but the fact that releasing a console in the year of 2017 with 32gb memory is embarassing

Why tf would a console that has cartirdges still ask you to install a game?

Switch games are on cartridges

Slap yourself, fuckwit.

not the remaster

Good thing I bought a 32gig SD card to pirate it on.

Its for the eshop version you fucking retard

I guess it was time to switch it up a little

>32 GB of space in 2017
What about if you want to buy games digitally or even indie games?

>HDD vs flash memory

Try stuffing 500GB of flash memory into a console and get back to me on price

>Xenoblade X was only 6GB
oh jesus

It's the the size of the digital versions.

Nintendo is just very good in compressing their shit. I remember pirating 3DS games and the nintendo ones were usually fucking small while non nintendo games were bigger. Fucking uncharted collection for PS4 is 42gb for whatever reason.

This

It's 1/3 the size of the internal storage

Enjoy your 10GB day 1 patch you fucking idiots.

Man I'm disappointed with the Switch boxes.
Transparent white plastic is boring as fuck.
Should have gone with red.

With the Switch's pathetic storage space, they better be small games

eh? HD skyrim on pc was like 12gb without the expansions.

Special Edition is like 2500gb

Not a weird price for an extremely fast tablet with controllers and a dock

It uses SD cards m8...
They just showed a 256gb card on the treehouse event and said you can put your game there.

>Switch games are on cartridges
So what. It's not like NES-N64 era cartridge, just a different shape read-only SD card. It won't load faster than current gen games from HDD (see Vita/3DS).

I has voice acting

It's monolith, it was kinda expected

Average high end tablet price sold for profit.

That's Internal flash memory.
The games come in cartridges

of fucking course you do it's 2017 get over it

yeah, but not that much. It's still zelda. 90% of the time you'll be fucking around doing random stuff and 1% of the time zelda will be talking about her hylian period.

compression really is a lost art form.

it's probably mostly just that fucking voice acting that a zelda game shouldn't ever have in the first place.

Not really.

How large was a full installation of XBX anyways? Less than 15 gigs wasn't it?

if you were watching the treehouse broadcast you would've seen that the game was on a disk, not a cartridge

Wii U recommends a 3GB install similar to Xenoblade X

Switch no

Nice, it'll fit on the USB stick I've been using for Wii U games.

Not really man. Most PS4/Xbone install sizes are 15gigs or more, usually way more.

I implore you to stop being retarded

>Special Edition is like 2500gb

I think you're off by a few decimal places

Half the size of Fallout 4
wew lad

Tell me with a straight fucking face 30 gigs of built in memory is acceptable for a modern console where your flagship launch title takes up almost half of that by default.

the fucking PS3 had a larger hard drive at launch, in 2006.

The iPhone didn't even start at 32GB until the 7.

32GB is above expectations, and you can literally get a 64GB mSD card for under $20.

t.Sony biased weeb

It's the price they have to pay for making it half-portable, which was an idiotic idea, tbqh.

But you don't need to install games since this is cartridge based. If you need to buy your shit digital, you can get a 128gig SD card for like 30 bucks.

yeah but phone =/= console

Switch only comes with 32 GB of memory, so it's like half

Smartphone games and apps aren't the size of console games, that's a dumb comparison. yeah sure everyone needs 500GB smartphones for those 30MB whatsapp and facebook apps

Implying there are any carts that are even remotely as fast as a bluray???

Why are people so stupid they call flash NAND "HD space"?

God damn, you fucks really are reaching for shit to complain about.

>35$ for a 128gb sd card
>expecting a hard drive in a tablet

I'm saying a $800 phone even only has 32GB Nand, and this has a MicroSD slot for cheap storage.

Also phones hold mopre than just games.

4K recorded video, blu ray rips, comics, large ISOs for modern emulators, etc.

That's exactly what I'm implying.

I think we're all forgetting that pic related is 10GB

Heres your $1

Really?

What if a new 3rd party game is like 40GB and the Switch has only 32GB of storage how the fuck will you install it?
You will be forced to buy retail.

Carlooos!

How do idiots like you comment about things like this without understanding the technology.

>And i hope Switch has atleast 64GB space because this shit wont fit.

It has 32

Huh? Only posters with terabyte hdd's are allowed to post in this thread, user. Begone

Retro is fucking shit at optimization. Your point?

It's already been confirmed to have MicroSD storage expansion on their website and during the conference.

Nobody stores a lot of shit in phones, see the popularity of iPhones that never had microsd support, and people already use cloud storage for storing stuff.

You can't compare that with consoles that require installs that can be commonly 10GB+ big. A smartphone doesn't require a lot of storage to do shit, now a console does unless you're only playing indie shit or a single game forever

Yeah but i was thinking of a 64GB version.
Its 32GB in total, you need to remove what will be used by the system so expect about 28GB.

Good thing i have a 128GB USB and a 240GB SSD around to use with the USB 3.0 port.

The dock should have a 2.5" Bay behind.

So i have to cash out even more money to get a big SD card? Wow nice.

Why is file size posting a thing?
>Doom is 80+ gb's
It must be the best game ever made.

>so I have to cash out even more money to get a big HDD that will die within a year? Wow nice

You can not be a dumb millenial and buy physical, or drop 15 bucks and tripe the storage capacity.

i'm gonna get the game on wii u because the switch is fucking shit. it's $299 for a tablet with some shitty ass controllers. the only solid game at launch is zelda (which will be on wii u anyway) and most of the others run like dog shit even before release (that lack of anti aliasing in super mario odyssey, that frame rate in xenoblade 2, GUYS, THIS CONSOLE CAN ONLY RUN SKYRIM AND NOT SKYRIM SPECIAL EDITION, IT'S TRASH)

seriously looking forward to playing botw, just not on the switch.

Brawl was 8gb and had to be specially dual-layered to fit on the disc in 2008.

This isn't even double that, and is in HD and has voice acting. I thought this game was supposed to be huge?

haha what a pathetic comeback

my PS4 came with a 1TB HDD, and my PS3 320 GB HDD is like 10 years old and still working

*triple

perhaps you should quit purchasing chinese HDDs and buy something worth spending money on

its a non issue, if you buy all retail you ain't paying for extra space you wont use
if you buy a lot of digital then just spend 60 bucks on a 200 gb card and be done with it

You also have to install every physical game into the drive for whatever retarded reason.

>bigger file size = more stuff in the game
Are you guys really this dumb?

...

I have a few Gamecube games, tons of PS1 multi disc games, tons of PSP games, and tons of GBA games on my phone.

I have a fuckton of comics/manga as well.

I keep a bunch of 320kbps albums too

I have a Plex server for movies on the go now because unlimited data though.

>larger breast size = more attractive woman
Are you guys really this dumb?

>Use megatextures.
>15gb game is now 50+
But look at all this extra stuff!

so why even buy it for the switch when you can just use your wii u? seems like a bad idea and should have been an exclusive.

>Nintendo drones literally defending 32GB of storage in 2017

is this satire? i dont even know anymore