EB Canada Reminds Us To Set Aside 24 GB For The XCOM 2: Collection On Switch

XCOM is the genre defining game that you MUST play, so we have no choice. It’s a must buy and I’m glad I just upgraded my microSD.
I like physical editions (for the case AND the option to sell and get some money back if I ever choose), so I’m fine with buying physical in this case, regardless of download size. At least this comes with an actual cartridge unlike stupid Tetris (I think) and Overwatch!

@TheNewButler Monkey Paw: the Switch successor gets two memory slots but you're still strongly advised to turn off the console to alternate between them.

...which is much of the reason I eventually splurged on a single 512 Gb one.😅

Either put the whole game on a cart or don't bother, I wouldn't buy half a car and have the rest of the parts delivered separately so I wouldn't do it with games.

It's very annoying the shear size of the download required for these games but at the same time I'm greatful for 2K showing such strong Switch support.....

Maybe when it’s available on a super sale in a few years, because I’d sooner run through the high street screaming “free toilet paper, pasta, rice and beer” than support these cheapskate practices. Especially considering the income they get from GTA Online.

Buying it regardless, i have always been a digital/ physical guy!

Not a deal breaker to me.

Not a deal breaker i always buy only digital beside 24 is just 3gb more than doom2016 and i really want xcom2 , what i am really worried is bordenlands collection 46 gb is a lot for my 64 gb i will oblige to remove some games or buy the 128gb sd card i really hope they will give options to buy the separate games because i am only interested in borderlands 2

I hope the game will performing well with not too much dips and no game break bugs

@TimboSlice Tetris has a cartridge : I just got one of those for the 1-year subscription of Nintendo Online.
So you got the game on the cartridge and can choose to play offline.
In case you're interested

Love xcom and haven't had the chance to play the sequel yet so this is the perfect announcement for me. I've got plenty of memory space so that's not an issue for me. The only thing I will wait for is the reports of the quality of the port (I recently played mutant year zero, and....damn it's ugly). As long as it runs ok I'm in and will probably go physical to have the option to trade in at a later date and recoup some of my outlay. This is the only, but major, reason to favour physical over digital at the moment in my opinion, regardless of how much of the game is actually on the cartridge

It's really a poor decision for 2K to use such small cards. Happy for the support, but not their penny pinching.

Switch should have external hard drive support

@Bobobiwan thank you! And since you have it, can I ask: the DLC is not on the cartridge it’s a code? So does the DLC then work on my downloaded version of the game or will it only work when I have the cartridge?

I might buy Bioshock, but I'm definitely not getting Xcom until it goes on sale if ever. Not a happy camper when the whole game isn't on the cartridge.

MUST Play and a perfect fit for Switch!

@TimboSlice As far as I remember, there was no code involved (except the one granting the one year subscription) but the game did an update when I inserted it in the console.
My advice, if you choose to buy the physical edition : just uninstall your version of the game before (don't just archive it, but uninstall it for real) and then put the cartridge on.

I'm interested, but considering I've heard this game has performance issues on the PS4, I'll not get my hopes up about this being a viable port.

Borderlands 2 and XCOM technically ran on the Vita, but they weren't in a state that most people would consider enjoyably playable.

It also worried me that some of the footage of this in the Direct looked kind of choppy.

A bit of a mickey take all this. It the Witcher 3 can fit on a cartridge, with a dlc included, other games like this (and Spyro) surely can

I couldn’t care less about the download size. It’s not like you’ll be playing those 3 collection at the same time.
Also, I think that digital gaming is here to stay and you’ll just have to hop on or miss on a lot of good games.

@TheNewButler this is why I believe one of the best ways Nintendo could improve the Switch is making the dang cartridges cheaper so stuff like this doesn't happen

@TheNewButler If you want to double your storage just buy a second SD card. You can switch between them exactly in the same way you switch between game cartridges, with the caveat that you have to turn the console off. But it takes almost no time at all. It's certainly faster than redownloading games every time you get a bigger card.

While I'm happy to see 2K giving support to the Switch, not putting all of XCOM 2 on a 32GB cart is a real heart-breaker here. I mean, why would I waste so much space on my SD card for a game I bought physical? If I buy it physical, part of it is because I don't want to use all that space on my micro SD!

Having played the game on PC, this is one of the rare game I'd gladly double-dip for to be able to play on the go. I bought the first one on X360, on PC, on iPad and and Android. Yes, really. I love this series. But I'm really sick of all those games coming on small carts requiring huge downloads. This is stupid and Nintendo should put a stop to that and not allow this anymore. I mean, if you think of doing that, then just go digital-only. Physical releases should be for games entirely playable from the cart.

Anyway... looks like I'll have to upgrade my 200gb micro SD... which only have about 40gb left on it now...

@TimboSlice Tetris does actually come with a cartridge! Whether you're talking about Tetris 99 or Puyo Puyo Tetris (I assume 99). I can attest because I own both. Now different regions might be different when it comes to this but my US copy is definitely a cartridge (no download code included 😂)

@TheNewButler If switching between SD cards is too inconvenient for you, then...I dunno what to tell you.

@TheNewButler

I think it would be so much easier if they just had went for a model with 128GB flash onboard, and let us choose every time if we want to save on internal storage or memory card.

@TheNewButler

You can say that about all video game consoles, thay are made with a low price point and 500 GB PS4/Xbox is just as bad, as those HDD:s are both very slow and only got room for about 5-6 full games.

Damn, I really wanted to buy bioshock and borderlands. I have never played either of them. If I can't play the game without a download its a no buy for me.

Why even release a physical at all at this point, do they really think we want to collect the packaging?

I’ve been wondering, if you buy the physical collections or the digital versions of the full collections, is it going to give you one icon and you pick the specific game from a menu within, or is it going to give you separate icons for each individual game? Correct me if I’m wrong (because I don’t have it yet), but I think I read the physical Metro Redux cart plops separate icons for each game on your home screen. If these collections do that too, then at least you might have some flexibility in managing your storage space.

I know it's not going to be a deal breaker for some people but it's gonna be for a lot of people. You gotta really want these games on the Switch.

I was going to buy these physically day one, but seeing as though I won't actually own something, I'll wait for a sale. Chuffed to bits with the announcement. Gutted by the half hearted retail release. Surely they could have released them individually, over time on appropriate sized carts or something if they are that profit conscious.

@TheNewButler I have a 1 terrabyte SD card and these 3 will most likely finish off that card, considering the fact that I am mostly digital and my platform of choice is switch.

The new Xcom games are definitely genre defining and must plays.

Though the expansions are 100% necessary to play with.

Must be awful to be limited to space, I have a dedicated 1tb ssd to play my games on.

I was really excited to finally play Bioshock, but if they aren’t on the cart I’ll be waiting for a deep discount, or a release in another territory with all the games on cart.

Inexcusable to not put this on a 32 gb cart.

Do they mean 2 base missions or campaigns!?! Surely it’s campaigns....

But it's worth it.

My plan is to keep archiving/unarchiving stuff and hope that by the time the eshop is shut down sd cards bigger than 128gb are actually affordable

@alexybubble Yeah I got 512GB and I would have to really start deleting a lot of stuff in order to make space for these games. It comes down to me just not wanting these games that badly on the Switch.

@JayJ I used to use a 512 before that ran out of space and I upgraded. I'll probably start using that one after my current one runs out of space. I really want these games, though, as I seem to be one of the 5 or so people that have never touched any of these 3 franchises in my life. With the amount of good things I've heard about Bioshock and Infinite, I can't really pass these up.

Im still buying XCOM2. Seriously i don't understand why people complain so much. The one at fault here is Nintendo for not giving more storage.

It's a shame that this collection will require a sizable download, but I wasn't really interested in this one anyway. Now, the Borderlands collection, I am interested in. I might take the hit just so I can play them on my favorite console. I have spent a lot less time with the series than alot of people.

Borderlands 1 is 8 gb with all dlcs on pc, Borderlands 2 is 12gb with all dlc. They could have easily put the two on a cartridge and put the presequel on download. Using a bigger cardridge would at least justify the price... The greed is strong in this one.
I really wanted Bioshock and Borderlands but this is a huge deal breaker for me.

If you like 2K Games, then you should get the biggest microSD card possible, even if you buy physical. They never learn and won't release their huge games on anything better than an 8GB cart.
First L.A. Noire, NBA 2K, WWE 2K, and now Bioshock, Borderlands, and XCOM2.
It's a shame because the games are great, and they deserve the same love the Witcher III devs have for their game.

Also, since this was a Nintendo Direct Mini, what can we expect from 2K for the Maxi? GTA?

So that's me not double dipping, I'll wait for a sale on PC if I really want to play it. Hopefully this wont apply to bioshock and borderlands collections as well, because if it does then I definitely won't be bothering and will just get Xenoblade instead.

Why they didn't put it on larger game card?