Overview
- Amazon listings on Monday and Tuesday showed PNY’s 256GB microSD Express at $49.99 and SanDisk’s officially licensed 256GB microSDXC at $45 as limited‑time deals.
- PNY’s 256GB microSD Express is marketed as a PCIe Gen3×1 microSD Express card with up to 890MB/s read and 550MB/s write speeds and is listed as compatible with Nintendo Switch 2.
- PNY’s listing also highlights rugged protections and a lifetime warranty plus Photo Recovery software, which may matter to users who store large game files.
- SanDisk’s licensed 256GB microSDXC tops out near 100MB/s read and 90MB/s write, is intended for the original Switch family, and its product page explicitly warns it is not designed for Switch 2.
- A 256GB card typically holds about 15–25 Switch titles depending on game size, so these price drops offer a practical midrange capacity for most owners but buyers should check compatibility and vendor warranties before purchasing.