If when we are told that a very good 2020 year is coming for Nintendo Switch, it is for something. The company would have prepared large launches for next year, but it would also implement a hardware-level change that would allow developers to carry out larger games in the most literal sense of the word, since Switch could start to use 64GB memory cartridges from next year. The information comes from the Taiwanese newspaper Taipei Times (via NintendoSoup), which indicates that the manufacturers of these cartridges will supply Nintendo with their new models in 2020.
Macronix, the company that manufactures the cartridges, would already be in the process of applying a 64GB NAND 3D memory chip to its next production, which would reach companies from the second half of 2020. Nintendo would be one of the first beneficiaries of this change, which could make use of them for future games. Right now, for us to get an idea, the cartridges used by the hybrid console they are 32GB, a space limit that developers cannot exceed if they want their games to work on Switch. So, next year, we could see bigger games on the console.
