Western Digital has expanded its catalog of external memory cards with the SanDisK microSD, which is certified for use with the Nintendo Switch console and has the highest capacity in the series with 1 TB.

Game sizes continue to increase to unprecedented levels, and on platforms like PC you can find triple-A games well in excess of 100GB. More of the same on consoles. Hence products such as microSD cards they are so useful for increasing storage capacity on devices that support them, such as Switch consoles.

Concurrently with the launch of a successful “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” (10 million copies in the first three days), Western Digital has improved its offering by increasing the capacity of the cards it sells under license from Nintendo.

“After 30 years as a beloved franchise, The Legend of Zelda continues to capture the hearts and minds of gamers around the world… We’re thrilled to bring the new card to fans and, through our agreement with Nintendo, continue Introducing products that help gamers get the most out of the Switch console maximum.”says Susan Park, vice president of global strategic partnerships at Western Digital.

The card is sold under the SanDisk brand and in the microSDXC format offers read and write speeds of up to 100/90 Mbytes per second, respectively The best comes from its storage capacity, as it has doubled compared to the largest ever offered for a Nintendo console up to 1 Tbyte.

SanDisK’s new 1TB microSD for Switch will be available immediately on the Western Digital web portal and select retailers. €179.99. If you don’t need that much, other versions with 512, 256, 128 and 64 Gbytes are sold under the same line in collaboration with Nintendo, which are priced at just 29 euros. In all cases, the manufacturer provides a lifetime warranty on these memory cards.