With its newest flagship console, Nintendo decided to bring back cartridges in place of disc-based games that ran on the previous three. cartridges cost more to produce, but they are far more portable and decrease loading times.*
Currently, the game cartridges, which outside developers get from Nintendo, are capped at 32 gigs. That's lower than the 50-gig Blu-ray discs that run on the other current consoles: Playstation 4 and Xbox One. Not only that, but many games require significant patches on release, putting their total size much higher.* Read more...