Samsung's Switch 2-compatible microSD Express cards drop below $50 at retailers

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Samsung's P9 microSD Express card, suited to expanding storage on the Nintendo Switch 2, is discounted at several retailers. The 256GB version is listed at $47.99 and the 512GB version at $99 at Amazon and B&H Photo. Both prices are higher than the cards' original launch prices, which the article attributes to an ongoing memory shortage. The card offers sequential read speeds of up to 800MB/s, though only devices with a microSD Express slot can reach those speeds. The article notes that Switch 2 games typically take 10 to 30GB each, while the Asus ROG Ally X20 has also recently added microSD Express support.

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