{"id":86678,"date":"2026-07-28T10:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86678"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:37:21","slug":"final-fantasy-14-on-switch-2-is-a-sobering-reminder-that-storage-isnt-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86678","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 14 On Switch 2 Is A Sobering Reminder That Storage Isn\u2019t Cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the biggest MMOs of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/final-fantasy-xiv-online\/\" data-type=\"games\" data-id=\"217365\">Final Fantasy 14<\/a>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/final-fantasy-14-is-coming-to-switch-2-but-with-an-annoying-caveat\/1100-6539621\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coming to Switch 2<\/a> next month, and you&#8217;re going to want to clear a <em>lot <\/em>of space to install the game. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/final-fantasy-xiv-online-switch-2\/\">Switch eShop listing<\/a> for the game, Final Fantasy 14 will take up 117.2GB of available storage capacity, gobbling up almost half of the handheld&#8217;s built-in SSD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for why Final Fantasy 14 is so massive, that comes down to the Switch 2 version offering the base game and its five expansions&#8211;Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and Dawntrail. Each one is a substantial piece of content that offers new stories, classes, and activities within the world of Eorzea, and when you factor in how Final Fantasy 14 has been running for over a decade, then you&#8217;ll realize just how much the game has grown since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s also worth noting that Square Enix games are notorious for their large install sizes on Switch 2, as recent releases take up a chunk of SSD real estate on the console. The recent Final Fantasy 7 games&#8211;Remake and Rebirth&#8211;are 90GB and 95GB in size, respectively, and serve as a solid reminder to grab a microSD Express card to beef<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest MMOs of all time, Final Fantasy 14, is coming to Switch 2 next month, and you&#8217;re going to want to clear a lot of space to install the game. According to the Switch eShop listing for the game, Final Fantasy 14 will take up 117.2GB of available storage capacity, gobbling up&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":86680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86681,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86678\/revisions\/86681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}