Nintendo Partners with Western Digital® to Create Licensed Nintendo Switch SanDisk® Memory Cards
September 01 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
64 GB and 128 GB Versions Will be Available
in Stores Starting in October
Nintendo and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) have
formed a global partnership to create Nintendo-licensed memory
cards for use in Nintendo Switch video game systems. The microSDXC
cards will be available in capacities of 64 GB and 128 GB, and will
feature the Nintendo Switch and SanDisk logos.
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The Nintendo-licensed 64 GB and 128 GB
microSDXC SanDisk memory cards will be available at select retail
outlets starting in October 2017. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Western Digital is a global leader in memory storage, and its
SanDisk brand microSD cards are trusted by consumers around the
world,” said Tom Prata, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President
of Strategic Initiatives. “These new Nintendo-licensed memory cards
provide significant additional storage for digital content, and in
many retail locations they will be conveniently displayed alongside
Nintendo Switch games and accessories.”
“As more and more amazing games and related content become
available for download on Nintendo Switch, our licensed memory
cards allow users to quickly and easily expand their storage,” said
Sven Rathjen, Vice President of Product Marketing, Client
Solutions, Western Digital. “Nintendo Switch has generated
tremendous momentum, and we are thrilled to partner with Nintendo
to offer consumers a trusted card for their system.”
Nintendo Switch gives players the option to supplement their
system’s built-in storage, depending on how much digital content
they choose to download. Ever since Nintendo Switch launched in
March, the system has become home to a continually growing library
of diverse downloadable games and content. Additional storage
enables players to download more digital games and content, and
take it all on the go. Also, a microSD card will be needed for
certain Nintendo Switch games that contain an especially large
amount of content and require additional storage for players to
enjoy the full experience.
The Nintendo-licensed 64 GB and 128 GB microSDXC SanDisk memory
cards will be available at select retail outlets starting in
October 2017.
For more information about Nintendo Switch, visit
http://www.nintendo.com/switch.
About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of
interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan,
manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Nintendo
Switch™ system and the Nintendo 3DS™ family of portable systems.
Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™,
Nintendo has sold more than 4.4 billion video games and more than
703 million hardware units globally, including Nintendo Switch and
the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, as well as the Game Boy™, Game
Boy Advance, Nintendo DS™ family of systems, Super NES™, Nintendo
64™, Nintendo GameCube™, Wii™ and Wii U™ systems. It has also
created industry icons that have become well-known, household
names, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokémon. A
wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in
Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in
the Americas. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the
company’s website at http://www.nintendo.com.
About Western Digital: Western Digital Corporation
(NASDAQ: WDC) is an industry-leading provider of storage
technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage,
experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing
market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling,
high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation,
high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed
under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs, distributors,
resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. For more
information, please visit www.hgst.com, www.wd.com, and
www.sandisk.com.
About SanDisk: SanDisk, a Western Digital Corporation
brand, provides trusted and innovative flash storage products that
have transformed the electronics industry. SanDisk’s quality,
state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's
largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smartphones, tablets
and PCs. SanDisk’s consumer products are available at hundreds of
thousands of retail stores worldwide.
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