Update: The Outer Worlds for Switch launches June 5

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Azzanation said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah I still play my old consoles like my SNES and N64, so I certainly plan to be revisiting my Switch in another 20 years time, and I would like it if itand my games collection lasted til then, with proper care.

One small issue with that theory, Cartridges dont last forever where as Digital Media has no life span. I have 100s of cartridges from the NES, SNES and N64 and not all of them work due to them being worn out and deteriorating over time.

My Super Mario Kart on the SNES, internal Battery has died and no longer keeps saved files :(

Digital doesnt lose save files or wears over time so there are some very good benefits with it. Its why i love Steam, all my games from 15 years ago all still work and function only better due to updates etc.

The Switch's online system will be offline and the Switches NAND (Internal and MicroSD) will loose it's data long before the ROM carts start to exhibit any real issues. When that happens there is no way to recover your games.

Besides, the Switch carts are NOT the same as your old Gameboy carts, they don't have internal batteries and writable memory to save game data for example, there is fundamentally less that can go wrong with them.

In saying that, carts from old consoles can be opened up, internal battery replaced, it's actually a rather easy process... And those games can be resold for a small fortune these days.