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Nintendo Delaying 64GB Game Cards For Switch Until 2019, Says Report (kotaku.com)
According to The Wall Street Journal, Nintendo is pushing back the introduction of larger 64GB game cards for the Switch. Nintendo had planned to make them available during the second half of 2018, but has reportedly told developers that they would have to wait. The reason is reportedly due to technical issues. Kotaku reports: As Kotaku previously reported, Nintendo's Switch games keep their size slim, with downloads for Super Mario Odyssey, Arms and Splatoon 2 ranging from 2-6GB. However, third party developers have been releasing bigger, data-heavy games, outpacing the Switch's 24GB of usable onboard memory. The Journal notes that Nintendo has already sold over 10 million Switch consoles, meaning developers could continue to flock to the platform, regardless.
Huh, the Switch has been out for less than a year. The PS4 and Xbone have been out for 4 years. The Switch is selling at the same rate as the PS4 and faster than the Xbone in the same time frame. The Switch isn't really marketed at the hardcore market -- Nintendo abandoned that market after the GameCube. It obviously isn't targeted for you, that's fine but don't let your disinterest cloud your thinking.
The Switch cartridges are much faster, that is all. There is also already a built-in microSD card slot that supports up to 256GB flash cards, but it seems to be reserved for ancillary data (replays, screenshots, etc)
This sort of thing drives me fucking nuts:
The encryption in SD cards (CPRM) is only 56 bits, low enough to be brute forced.
The Nintendo 3DS already used SHA256 to encode it's contents so I guess the Switch cards will probably use the same or a better encryption.
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SHA256 is a one way hash. Content is not encoded nor encrypted through SHA256.
Furthermore, comparing 56 bit encryption to SHA256 based on bit length is soooo wrong, and someone out there probably read what you wrote and will use it again elsewhere, perpetuating the utter bullshit. FYI, the SHA256 hash creates a hash that is 256 bits long, regardless of the data length that was input, which has nothing to do with the length of an encryption key.