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Rora Borealis

@ChrisFerguson @EposVox We bought the physical games for our 3DS and Switch partly for that reason.

So you can imagine how pissed we were to learn that those little cartridges aren't permanent storage and degrade without regular use.

Because of the way Nintendo handles some things, I've become a fan of Krikzz's solutions, so I hope they get around to the 3DS eventually. I lost games there.

I love the convenience of being able to stream sometimes, but if it's important to me, I want my own copy.

8 February at 1:08 | Wall-to-wall | Open on tech.lgbt
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Stephan

@rora_borealis @ChrisFerguson @EposVox what do you mean by those cartridges degrade over time without use? I know the old GameBoy cartridges contain batteries that would eventually be used up, but the new 3DS cartridges also have such time bombs in them?

8 February at 11:20 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Ferguson

@durchaus
@rora_borealis @EposVox

The batteries for older Gameboy games are quite affordable to replace. I just paid my local used game shop last week 5 dollars to have it done, and plenty of others game shops and people do it too! Modern cartridges (GBA forward I believe, but certainly NDS forward) don't need battery replacements at all.

8 February at 12:42 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Ferguson

@durchaus
@rora_borealis @EposVox

Additionally, if you physically own the games, you may legally (in the US) back them up and play those backups (again, legally in the US) via official hardware, or emulation, or on FPGA hardware. Hardware and software for older systems that performs these backups is around 50-150 dollars depending on the hardware kit.

Physical really let's you own your stuff, even when it gets old, you can personally preserve and repair it, legally in most places.

@durchaus
@rora_borealis @EposVox

Additionally, if you physically own the games, you may legally (in the US) back them up and play those backups (again, legally in the US) via official hardware, or emulation, or on FPGA hardware. Hardware and software for older systems that performs these backups is around 50-150 dollars depending on the hardware kit.

8 February at 12:42 | Open on mastodon.social
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