What’s the Actual Storage Capacity of the Switch 2?

Alright, so here’s the gist. The new Nintendo Switch 2? It’s packing 256 gigs of storage under the hood. That’s like, way more than the original Switch. Feels like Nintendo heard our cries for help on storage. But hey, hold your excitement — the system software nibbles away at that space, leaving us with a bit less. Sigh, can’t have it all, right?

Nintendo’s giving us some specs, but they’re kinda mum on how much storage the system itself hogs. Got my hands on a shiny new Switch 2, and man, after downloading that day-one update? I noticed I had like 228 to 230 gigs left. Not too shabby, right? Though, if I’m honest, I was too busy marveling at the console to really care about the specifics.

So yeah, after throwing my entire old Switch library onto this beast, I found myself with a cool 160 gigs still hanging around. I mean, it’s more than enough for some slick new Switch 2 games. And if that’s not enough — which, who are we kidding, it might not be — you can slap in a microSD Express card and voila! Double your space. It’s like, cheaper than splurging on a new Mario Kart too. Which reminds me, I really need to beat my record on Rainbow Road… but where was I? Oh yeah, space crisis averted – mostly.