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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 hours agoThey 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.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 hours agoAnd 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. But no, cloud promises more $$$ through lock-in.
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 hours agoCan you imagine if video game prices were affected by the memory shortages? But is this not how switch1 games were, just read only sdcards with the game on them.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 minutes agoNintendo loves a cartridge, and goddamnit sticking with them was right.
They should have moved to USB keys a long time ago. Make them big and call them cartridges if you want, but optical discs are far too slow.
And loud. And fragile.
Thumbdrives have a firmware, you could easily make them read-only. And also add your inconvenient DRM snake oil, if you will.
But no, cloud promises more $$$ through lock-in.
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.
Nintendo loves a cartridge, and goddamnit sticking with them was right.