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Nintendo’s Switch 2 Game Card Situation Just Became Dire - Gizmodo
Publisher description: We're reaching a point where owning a physical title could soon be treated as a luxury.
NewsAPI | Nov 4, 2026 | Kyle Barr
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Nintendo’s physical Switch 2 game cards may have suffered their worst blow since the handheld console hit the scene last year. David Gibson, the games-focused analyst at MST Financial, reported late on Tuesday that the main manufacturer of the flash memory inside Switch game cards, Macronix, is “quitting the Switch business.” The reason why is simple: game cards are not a big money maker. Its other business is making eMMC and NAND storage, which is eclipsing the sales of the small storage solution used for Nintendo’s physical games.
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