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For those talking about cartridge games being 60-70 bucks back in the 90's, don't forget that half the cost was just simply to make the games - to literally pri
by deafpolygon 4y ago
For those talking about cartridge games being 60-70 bucks back in the 90's, don't forget that half the cost was just simply to make the games - to literally print the game cartridges and the chips it used to make them was half the cost of the price-tag. Let's not forget royalty fees and publisher costs on top of that. It's much cheaper nowadays, and even cheaper as more and more games are being sold digitally and discs cost pennies to the dollar to print.
- throwntoday 4y agoNintendo only sells one device now, the switch, and it still uses cartridges. Granted the carts are literally just a flash chip.
- fomine3 4y agoSome say XtraROM is used for Switch game cartridges, but what is this chip? PROM or just high endurance write-once Flash?
- deafpolygon 4y agofor the Switch they are using non-volatile flash storage. Even though "ROM" is in the name, it's still a flash based storage (dubbed HybridFlash by Macronix). I read somewhere that their stated lifetime is ~20 years, which means they won't last nearly as long as their NES/SNES forebears.
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