PAL copies of Omega Ruby & Alpha Saphire are dying.

[Cerebralbore101]

Leynos said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

Yeah, I meant that 10 years should be the absolute bare minimum that Nintendo should aim for. Like if the president of Nintendo asked the suppliers how long these carts would last, the answer should be "I don't know, but the first ones won't start to die until at least ten years from now."

20 since I have NES and SNES games that all work. Newer tech should be better than that.

I agree.

Just wanted mention that NES carts are notorious for failing thanks to people blowing in them, and power cycling over and over again. I have 21 NES carts and five of them are insanely hard to get to start up. I would estimate that around 20% of NES carts sold in shops either have one foot in the grave or are dead already. But that's been a problem with the NES since the start. 

As for carts in general they are pretty damned sturdy like you said. Genesis/SNES/GBA/N64 carts all work fine and will outlast Series/PS5 launch hardware. :)