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Switch 2 cartridge format leaked via patent
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024
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I'm impressed they're sticking with cartridges, since that has been a source of issues with some games. I appreciate it myself. I like them.
This guy is kind of silly for saying that this has been the only time there have been games that fit into the old system, since you could totally put Gameboy Color games into the Gameboy Pocket, they just wouldn't work. They'd scold you and be like "This game can only be played on the GameBoy Color!".
I hope there's no forward compatibility, where games must target the lower spec hardware, since that's the same thing holding the Xbox Series X/S, I hope there's backwards compatibility though, it'd be nice to tuck my old Switch into storage.
The Switch is a thin tablet, so there isn't any room for a CD drive. It's either cartridges or no physical media at all, probably.
Oh yeah, I know it.
We could get something like UMDs from the PSP again though. Haha!
Those things were so cool, and were absolute junk. I remember the case crackin on Secret Agent Clank, so I carefully pried open my copy of National Treasure 2 that came with the PSP and transplanting it over. Good time