CraigM
3068
Yes physical only. Yes I buy physical on many first party (collection is 50/50). Yes they’re small, but like regular SD card small.
No, and that’s the kind of question I’d expect from someone in an altered state of mind ;)
I did post that right before going to bed. But it still sounds like a brilliant idea to me right now. I have no idea how to make it not cost prohibitive though for the manufacturer. It sure would be awesome for the consumer though. It could bring back physical media!
Come to think of it. How were CD changers in people’s cars not cost prohibitive to manufacture compared to a single CD slot? But they still did it? I suppose cars already cost so much, slipping in something that costs an addition hundred or so to manufacture was no big deal. To get the equivalent from console, each cartridge slot would have to add a few pennies to the hardware cost, and that probably won’t happen.
magnet
3070
I’m not sure the main issue is cost.
Yes, cars had six-CD changers. But not portable CD players.
Console cost is a factor but probably a small one. It will be the size, changing the case size and that cost, and the actual need for it. Most game weren’t and aren’t multi disc.
I went all digital for the Switch when needed and haven’t regretted it. I actually went digital with all my portable system when possible. It is nice not having to worry about if I have the right game before I leave the house.
There simply isn’t room inside the Switch for SIX (lol) card readers. Look inside it. It would have to be significantly larger, and that’s space that could have been used for many other things that would be preferable (bigger and better chips, for instance).
Yeah, looks like the cartridge is a lot bigger than I was picturing.
I was thinking it was along the scale of a microSD card.
I didn’t know Vita games were on carts.
It was the PSP that had discs.
It probably could be, I’d say they keep them a bit chunkier so they’re easy for kids to handle.
CraigM
3077
I mean they literally included a bitter agent in the card manufacture so kids wouldn’t eat them.
Keeping the size larger than absolute strict necessity would fit cleanly within that design mandate.
Yes, I definitely think it’s a good idea. Knowing that the carts are bigger than I was envisioning makes me more likely to get at least one that I can have in there all the time. Maybe even more than one.
I was picturing something so small it would be easy to lose, mishandle, drop, etc.
They are definitely that. I’ve only bought a few and I’ve already lost one.
CraigM
3080
We have a case for the Switch + carts.
The kids are told, in no uncertain terms, are they to switch the carts out.
I give it only a matter of time.
IV been buying my 8 year old used physical games. But new digital, with the exception of animal crossing. I still end up finding a little red box with $250 worth of games in this pocket, or in the couch, or he will try to take it onto the playground to show off, and we have a little talk about me not replacing them, and him being responsible.
You cant loan someone a digital copy, but you cant lose or break it either. And he has had some issues with this copy of animal crossing giving him an error from time to time.
The only reason to have a switch cart is the opportunity to taste them.
The thought never crossed my mind to put a Switch cart in my mouth. But now I kinda want to.
If you do, definitely record it.
CraigM
3085
Trouble is, he also hailing from the land of the hop bomb IPAs, that he might actually like it.
Oh god. Someone is going to make a Switch cartridge flavored IPA aren’t they.
Isn’t that already what IPAs taste like?
(I wish my brother could see that; he loves 'em and I give him endless shit about how awful they taste. Like trying to make beer out of apple stems and river water.)
