The Sad Truth About Nintendo Switch Cartridges

The Nintendo Switch is a hybrid, meaning you can hold it and play it anywhere, or plug it into your TV and play it at home. However, there is one issue that gamers are having with the groundbreaking video game system — the games are way too expensive. A lot of game cartridges cost a lot more than you would pay for the same game on a different console, and it doesn’t look like the prices will be dropping in the near future either. Let’s take a look at the sad truth about the price of cartridges for the Nintendo Switch.

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[SVG]

What are your thoughts on the Nintendo Switch cartridges? Would you rather see Nintendo games on discs again?

[peater]

I was expecting you to complain about the horrible taste of the cartridges.

[deathshadow]

Discs are more fragile so I like the cartridges Better

[jacquelinebrossmann]

The reason Switch games are so expensive is due to a lack of competition within the system's own library.

[Grizvvald]

You would not want a disk in a handheld

[averypatrick]

I hope Nintendo keeps partnering with retailers. I don't want physical media to die out. Sure, the price thing is a bit annoying, but if that's the quite literal price we pay to keep physical games a thing, I'm fine with it.

[WitheredFreddo]

*Number 1 they don't taste good at all*

[vegard]

The *actually* sad truth




*they taste bad*
Edit 3: sorry for my cringe edits, I have removed them

[noeuro]

Often the eshop version costs _more_ than the physical cartridge .. uncool.

[dannigro]

Cartridges are harder to damage. Discs are too big and easy to break imo.

[soupboi]

Well my dog was destroying my games and he spared my botw cartridge because they taste bad.

[teditube]

I like them, they are like cute little stamps. And quite tasty. The Switch tax is well known.

[dannigro]

It’s like Nintendo DS. Those cartridges are great so better than a disc.

[XakTerrible]

"The sad truth about..."
"What no one ever knew about..."
"The TRUTH nobody KNEW about..."

[Afrominican]

This man sounds like he's being held at gunpoint.

[DanoRiaz]

1:24 did this guy really buzz cut the Nintendo switch logo on the side of his head?

Just when I thought I saw everything

[FurEngel]

This video is incorrect and inaccurate in many ways. Notice that the video does not cite any sources or figures to back up its claims. Mainly that its switch cartridges cost more than alternatives. First, "Switch" carts are not Flash memory, they are mask memory. Flash memory uses substrate layers to hold static chargers to create binary data. Mask roms use special masks to build memory circuits at a very low-cost process. And yes, carts may contain "Flash", but only for auxiliary purposes (updates, fixes, user data, etc.). Second, the cost is a combination of: physical media, hardware player, and licensing. Hence, if Switch were to have a Blu-ray player, it would need to pay licensing to sony and other companies for every aspect. That along makes the cost difference negligible. And its the same reason Gamecube used a different disc system and why XBOX could not natively play DVDs.

[RyanFromTheLou]

The fact that the small cartridge is housed in that big case is beyond me.

[AfroToad]

Can't see any problems with Nintendo's strategy. Love cartridges. My first videogame discs (PSone, Saturn, ...) have started dying, but my cartridges from the 70s and 80s still work fine. As a collector I'm always willing to pay a little more, if it means that a game will be playable for decades more...

[Degga]

When you're also buying a PS4 game physical with a day 1 patch of 40Gb you know it's the Devs who have the issue