Cartridges or optical discs?

[darknut]

Shadow1980 said:

SvennoJ said:

Yet the WiiU version of BotW loads shrines and new areas faster than the Switch, disc vs cartridge... Switch starts the game faster though, although that's only a one time load. In the end it doesn't matter if it comes from a disc, a cartridge or the internet. Best is to install parts or the whole game.

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.

Well, SD cards aren't like traditional ROM cartridges, are they?

Memory cards are also rewritable which degrades overtime by how often data is read(?) and transferred. Typically, I feel that less than Class 10 cards are likely to fall apart.

Game carts/cartridges are dedicated for gaming which is read-only. That's why older games from NES days are likely to still work.