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VGPolyglot said:
Pemalite said:

It's also known as "Disk Rot".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot

It most certainly is a real issue.

I've heard of disc rot, I've just never seen any of my games do that. In any case, as I've mentioned I've had problems with my Master System, but along with that I've also had problems with N64 and NES games recognizing the cartridge. So, it's only a matter of time for cartridge-based games as well, much like everything else.

Indeed. All things man-made are prone to fail eventually.

But if something is mechanical, due to the fact there are moving parts... They do tend to have more points of failure.

SvennoJ said:

I've had more SD cards fail on me than cds/dvds/blu-rays. While I have used less than a few dozen SD cards and probably over a thousand discs combined. Ofcourse those SD cards were heavily used, yet they can still break. SD cards are far more complex than a simple pressed disc. Simple solutions usually last longer.

The Switch isn't using the same technology in an SD card for it's carts.
It is using ROM, not NAND.



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