Can you imagine if video game prices were affected by the memory shortages?
But is this not how switch1 games were, just read only sdcards with the game on them.
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wewbull@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
They should have moved to USB keys a long time ago. Make them big and call them cartridges if you want, but optical discs are far too slow.
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
prettybunnys@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Nintendo loves a cartridge, and goddamnit sticking with them was right.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
And loud. And fragile.
Thumbdrives have a firmware, you could easily make them read-only. And also add your inconvenient DRM snake oil if you will.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Thumb drives also have very poor retention. If they aren’t used at least every few years the storage becomes corrupted.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
GameBoy?/Nintendo cardridges also had a small battery.