Mortal Kombat 11 on Switch Requires 22GB Day One Update - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 April 2019 / 3,034 Views
The day one update for the Nintendo Switch version of Mortal Kombat 11 is a massive 22.52GB. The base game is only 6.537GB of the file size. This is according to Twitter user @NWPlayer123.
This means that anyone who purchases the physical version of the game on the Switch will still need to download the day one update.
Mortal Kombat 11 will launch for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC on April 23.
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Lol no thanks.
They are basically passing down the storage costs to the consumer. If you have a few switch games Already the internal memory won't suffice...so a 32 gb SD card is required....instead of shipping this thing on a 32 gb cart (probably expensive for the manufacturer) they are doing this. Even a 16gb cart would have cut down the need for that much storage space on the device. Consumers must speak with their wallets here or else this will keep happening.
Even with a larger SD card (I've for a 400gb one in my switch) but 22gb for a game that you have the cartridge for is insane, they're asking for 1/16th of my card to be taken up with a physical game, it's just a complete disregard for the user.
WWE on the switch was the same, with the cart that game requires a 17.6gb patch to get access to anything other than some exhibition matches with a literal handful of wrestlers, the game cart holds a glorified demo.
This is downright embarrassing when a $30 game just launched on a 16 GB cart. This could be a much smaller download but nah, WB decided to take the Capcom/2K route.
So, basically they're pulling a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 on us. Great.
This is ridiculous.
well, shit
Proof the Switch is a true next gen console.
My understanding is that the full digital version is 22GB. The physical version's day one patch is about 16GB. Still pretty beastly but not quite so much. I dealt with the patches for Doom and Wolf II on Switch, I can deal with this.
How much space a switch cartridge offer?
32 gigabytes is the largest capacity.
That's available right now, I believe there was talk of 64gb ones as well but if publishers are putting 20gb games on 8gb carts and letting the user foot the storage bill then it doesn't matter how big the carts can be, publishers won't use them.
Essay Pro