Samsung’s Switch 2-ready MicroSD Express card is on sale for less than $50

Running retired of abstraction connected your Nintendo Switch 2? Thankfully, Samsung’s P9 MicroSD Express paper is discounted astatine aggregate retailers, with the 256GB mentation going for $47.99 (Amazon, B&H Photo) and the 512GB mentation $99 (Amazon, B&H Photo). The smaller paper typically sells for astir $80, and the larger enactment usually sells betwixt $150 and $200, though some are higher than their archetypal motorboat prices, apt due to the fact that of the ongoing representation shortage.

Samsung P9 microSD Express Card

The P9 is large if you request much retention for your Nintendo Switch 2. The microSD Express paper offers sequential work speeds of up to 800MB/s, but lone gadgets with a microSD Express paper slot tin instrumentality afloat vantage of the highest speeds. That includes definite cameras, tablets, and drones with a microSD USH-I slot.

Where to Buy:

• $74.99 $47.99 astatine Amazon (256GB)
• $149.99 $99 astatine Amazon (512GB)
• $74.99 $47.99 astatine B&H Photo (256GB)

First-party Switch 2 games mostly tally betwixt 10 and 30 gigabytes each — the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is 27GB, for illustration — portion third-party games tin instrumentality up adjacent much abstraction (Cyberpunk 2077 is 60GB). Until recently, the Switch 2 was 1 of the fewer devices that could instrumentality vantage of the faster MicroSD Express standard, but this year’s Asus ROG Ally X20 besides added enactment for MicroSD Express. While expensive, the second is an awesome gaming handheld that runs Windows 11, giving it a versatility that’s hard to find elsewhere.