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    News Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard is going to hurt your wallet: Here's why

    What does CFe type A have to do with video games. There's no chance micro SD express will be replacing CFe type A in mid to high-end photography and video production equipment, which is where it's more regularly used, based on form-factor durability alone.
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    News Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard is going to hurt your wallet: Here's why

    Let's also not disregard that Lexar cards are premium storage devices. Not equivalent to some bargain basement possibly not compatible SSD you think you know about for the PS5 at launch.
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    News Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard is going to hurt your wallet: Here's why

    Mid-2021, I purchased a XPG 1TB GAMMIX S70 Blade PCIe Gen4 M.2 228 for $149.99. It was the cheapest COMPATIBLE drive I could find for the PS5 and it was a year after release. I call BS. You can find Reddit threads of people discussing the pricing around the time of release...
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    News Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard is going to hurt your wallet: Here's why

    1TB Gen 2 NVMe drives were like $200 when the PS5 was released. The recently announced 1 TB Lexar micro SD Express card will also be $200. And it will likely come down in price. Expensive storage is ALWAYS the case when a new console is released.