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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·vor 11 StundenThey 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-up12·edit-2vor 9 StundenAnd 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 $$$ through lock-in.
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·vor 10 StundenCan you imagine if video game prices were affected by the memory shortages? But is this not how switch1 games were, just read only sdcards with the game on them.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·vor 5 StundenNintendo loves a cartridge, and goddamnit sticking with them was right.
They should have moved to USB keys a long time ago. Make them big and call them cartridges if you want, but optical discs are far too slow.
And loud. And fragile.
Thumbdrives have a firmware, you could easily make them read-only. And also add your inconvenient DRM snake oil, if you will.
But no, cloud promises more $$$ 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.