Why Nintendo Makes Tiny Cartridges

[@TheGamerVideos]

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[@NotJype]

TheGamer ummmm sure

[@chikomboreromandizvidza4408]

I'm getting it on my new switch

[@Detal3963]

Random thing for a Nintendo cartridge video

[@jamesbrice3267]

Please tell us how the Switch does it's downloads and upgrades so fast.

[@assasinsquidkyk742]

i can place a block

[@sidbrun_]

I don’t think anybody sees cartridges as “outdated” when so many people use SD cards and microSD cards in phones and cameras, which are basically the same thing.

[@AliEssa-oq7if]

Tbh, we still use cds now and I don't think those are outdated either, both impress me because my mindset is, "how'd they fit the whole game into this thin piece if plastic" those bulky VHS tapes are outdated

[@HobkinBoi]

I don't find SD cards outdated, to me they're great for recovering data if your phone stops working correctly as you can just pull the card out of your device. Its a lot more effort to desolder a memory chip and to migrate it to another board.

[@sidbrun_]

@@nugget6635 I appreciate the info, but I didn't mean to say they're the same thing, but to the average consumer they may as well be the same thing

[@liaml1694]

@@nugget6635 Ten thousand years huh?

[@manio_e]

Naota Akatsuki something tells me you’re biased...

[@zacwray846]

“Why Nintendo makes small cartridges” Look at the size of the switch, what do you want? Disc’s

[@TylynGaming]

"Yo dog I just stuck my new dic in my switch and lemme just say, best purchase of my life"

[@zacwray846]

Tylyn Gaming its nice isn’t it

[@sonikkukarafuto3424]

PSP: *_..._*

[@PunxTV123]

it's almost same size on SD card... is this author too dumb that we already have this tech...

[@24LionHearts]

PSP 1000: am I a joke to you?

[@joemann7971]

Why did Nintendo return to cartridges? Because they never stopped using them. Sure, their home consoles stopped using them but their handhelds have always used cartridges, and the switch is basically a dockable handheld.

[@MalarkeyMan]

They technically aren’t cartridges, the technology is closer to an SD card

[@mariocart2wrholder]

@@MalarkeyMan ShutDown nerd

[@UnholyTriforceDelenn]

Also, the technology of SD cards is a lot closer to cartridges than it is to other digital media storage devices, such as USB drives. Therefore, SD cards could be considered a type of cartridge, especially since they're inserted in much the same way.

[@stevecosmolove1045]

Unholy Triforce whoooooooo nice one

[@UnholyTriforceDelenn]

@@stevecosmolove1045 Thank you, I appreciate that very much, my friend! :)

[@jacobconrad3176]

Why not ask "why is the cartridge retail case 24 times larger than the game?"

[@Arzene22]

Cuz the prettier the case the more the consumer wants to get it. Look at the botw case it’s beautiful and gets the attention of people browsing for games

[@stephencheney9811]

To fit the manuals. Oh, wait...

[@claymcgranahan]

To make theft harder. No legit, google it

[@randominternetuser5872]

If the box is as big as the cartridge, Making Boxart would be pretty much useless and impossible Considering the tiny space (which makes it harder to draw people in)

[@Thiccjimbobway]

I always thought it was to stop thiefs

[@mrl3y]

The gamer: Why Are The Gamecards so small!!! Me: It’s A portable console

[@rustyboomerton2235]

Sweden Ig some Nintendo zealots pretend it’s a home console lol or a ‘hybrid’ instead of just a dockable handheld

[@devanshouse5027]

The PSP used discs... lol

[@rustyboomerton2235]

Devan Shouse We all remember the Nintendo PSP, well respected for using discs which never scratched and became worthless quickly. Good point!

[@devanshouse5027]

@@rustyboomerton2235 Not all of them... know how much I had to pay for a copy of Persona 3: Portable? $150.

[@bremensims6086]

t h e gamer

[@LittleLexi24]

The gamer: Why Nintendo makes switch cartridges so small Nintendo: portable

[@reshiramwings5000]

I honestly prefer physical games whenever possible partly because I like knowing the assurance of once I have a game, it's mine forever, not until the electronics in the device becomes too old and gives out. Also, the game cases look really cool on a shelf.

[@lama99654]

I lose things very easy so I have prefer digital games.

[@Mehwhatevr]

@@lama99654 I prefer the physical copy whenever possible because I too like knowing that the game is mine. and if I want, I can resell it or lend it out, or give it away. When I'm finished with a game, or especially if I don't like a game, I know I can get back at least 50% of my money. But if I was afraid I'd lose them, I'd go with the digital copies as well :)

[@SilverRyuu]

Nowadays games have DLC and patches so you really only own a portion of the game. Stuff like Splatoon, Smash, and Animal Crossing will miss a lot of content

[@Mehwhatevr]

@@SilverRyuu the way I see it, whether you get the download or not, you still have to get the updates. I'd rather be able to resell half of the game than none of the game. and not have to worry about storage.

[@saricubra2867]

"Physical games" Meanwhile in PC gaming and the competition on the console side: "That's cave man stuff".

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

I'm just happy that we're back to cartridges, because they're so much more capable and durable than discs these days, and have been for years.

[@christophergribben5210]

What do you mean by more capable than discs

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

@@christophergribben5210 - Greater capacity and probably speed as well.

[@donovanmahan2901]

A direct physical connection can result in faster read times than the disc reading method.

[@uploadupgrade]

I don’t understand why 3rd party companies complain about the making ports for the switch then. Maybe because of the delay on 64gb cartridges?

[@MikooOnYoutube]

@@uploadupgrade Switch cartridges cost more than disks because they aren't mass produced on the same scale.

[@Todomo]

i’ve never broken or scratched a cartridge. they’re very very easy to store and bring with you everywhere. i bring ten games with me everywhere i go. you can’t throw disks in a little purse like you can with cartridges. not sure why this is even a question.

[@TruffleSeeker54]

I've had a copy of Animal Crossing Wild World chewed on a little by my dog but it still worked, even with a few bite marks

[@liaml1694]

@@TruffleSeeker54 I lost my 3DS like 4 or 5 years ago when I visited my Dad and almost 2 weeks later someone knocked on the door to ask if this 3DS belonged to me because they found it on the side of the road in front of my Dads house and somehow it and the cartridge inside it both survived. It even rained once during those 2 weeks and the road it was on is a main highway.

[@bodivanbodivan3668]

@@liaml1694 wow

[@Icybubba]

@@TruffleSeeker54 Dude my old copy of Super Mario 3D Land had the same thing happen to it, still worked like a charm. Man I was idiot selling that lol

[@obesepickles2511]

I like the game cartridge's I love to eat them they cool for the switch I guess

[@GradientExe]

what

[@shiningtriforce5966]

r/hol'up

[@SkywareEntertainments]

Oh yeah me too! What kind of cartridges are you favorite to eat? For me it's the good ones

[@Regan_holland]

Yeah my favorite flavour is Mario oddeysey

[@jonathanjoestar2380]

Bro I love licking Mario kart 8 deluxe for the Nintendo switch

[@togedemarusiridescence7219]

Question: Why are Switch cartridges so small? Answer: SO THEY CAN FIT IN THE GOSH DARN CONSOLE

[@vampire_king34]

the answer is obviously obvious..... S O R R Y F O R B E I N G R E P E T I T I V E .

[@Vmml_Tbqfunyy]

"Who hasn't tasted those nasty boys" How am I the weird one for not doing that?

[@DanielRamirez-or7kn]

I'll taste one 😋

[@animeodin4755]

I didn't either... until I saw this video...

[@DeltaLunar2]

I've never tasted one either, and I don't plan to.

[@Jarjarfunk]

ya i was always told not to put small things in my mouth

[@9sunstar9]

I refuse 😂

[@robertsteel3563]

1:37 The Gamer: "We tend to associate cartridges with the days of the N64 (Nintendo 64)!" Famicom, Super Famicom, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES): **Thumbs Up Crying Cat**

[@TheGauges420]

And then the entire Gameboy line, the entire Gameboy Advance line, the entire DS line, the entire 3DS line, and now the Switch, ALL of Nintendos consoles/handhelds EXCEPT for the GameCube, Wii, and Wii U have used cartridges.

[@robertsteel3563]

@@TheGauges420 That is an awesome addition, Thank You! (I totally forgot then lol!)

[@happyeverydayeverydayokay3407]

You’d be wondering how the developer fitted The Wicther 3 in this catridge.

[@JRBowling1997]

True. They are talented

[@cheesecakebeast5052]

by turning the graphics to Ps2 mode

[@JRBowling1997]

Jonathan Torres just like the PS4 version. It’s downgrades to ps3 graphics from the pc and runs at 30FPS

[@NYCJoeBlack]

You’d be wondering how CAPCOM fit Resident Evil 2, a two-disc game at 650MB each , on one 512MB/32Mega Byte cartridge. It worked and it was/is amazing!!

[@S.K.R.E.Inc.]

And now, Capcom has no relationship with Nintendo whatsoever and doesn't want to put their games on it

[@a.liguria2698]

The answer is simple: To show off how far they have come in data storing and compression...

[@cheesecakebeast5052]

lol nah its because the size of the console. Many other companies can make cartridges that small too if they wanted

[@a.liguria2698]

@@cheesecakebeast5052 I know messer... but I am sure that deep down, they are proud of how much they have improved the memory capacity of their cardtridges, and the phisical size is a way to show it off...

[@communistdoggo1963]

@@a.liguria2698 well you can do even better, an sd card can contain much more data in an even smaller cartridge, but I think it would be less practical have games cartridges the same size as an sd card

[@a.liguria2698]

@@communistdoggo1963 Yeah, you are right.

[@diegoprodriguez]

The thing is with Discs, Blu Ray will be as far as we can ever go. With Cartidges, we can continue to improve.

[@gapedandamazed6988]

Plus game cards are satisfying to insert in the switch

[@FS-gl9cg]

Insert Into. I do careful because i dontwanna Scratch them

[@shin_a]

F S me too

[@gapedandamazed6988]

@@FS-gl9cg well true but the only part you gotta worry about is the gold lines.. if you scratch the plastic part that wont do anything.. plus if you were gonna do some real damage it will be all inside the card so if you just store them in their cover everything will be fine

[@Not4CatsInACoat]

Yes

[@robertfalkenberg6563]

I bought the Switch when it first came out and I never regretted buying it. It just amazes me how much is put in those cartridges. Some are amazing while some games need more work. Either way you look at it, it's still astonishing on how the games look great from those cartridges.

[@cammie0105]

Im still utterly amazed that they invented a hybrid console in general. It’s something truly revolutionary that I’ve always wished for. When I had a DS I always wished I could play it on the big screen tv and when I had a Wii I always wished I could take it with me in the car in handheld form. Nintendo literally made my dreams come true with the Switch.

[@dog8438]

I bought my switch during quarantine when they were really hard to get (I got really lucky) and I've never regretted it either. It's my first Nintendo console since the DSi and I love it. I haven't played such an innovative feeling console since the DS lite.

[@saricubra2867]

@@cammie0105 I have mixed feelings because the joycons are the worst Nintendo controllers that i ever held since the N64, the Switch also lacks retrocompability with older consoles, i think in other aspects is a dumbed down version of the Wii U which basically is a Nintendo DS with the dual screens. Also the Wii U technically has the biggest game library, you can play Wii U, Wii and Gamecube games without emulation, virtual console there actually works, online is free and more positive stuff.

[@zackrose6261]

@@saricubra2867 The problem is your comparing consoles to a console/handheld system. All those Retro games from previous systems need to be optimized for the switch, it's just too different. And the Wii u sucked don't even try and praise it.

[@saricubra2867]

@@zackrose6261 If the Wii U sucked, the switch is bad too, the SNES is far superior than both, then PC is better than all of them combined. Every single Nintendo console released after the SNES was heavily flawed in one way or another, the only one that could be good is the Gamecube but that thing used mini discs.

[@seroujghazarian6343]

1:12 It's already at 62 million now. Edit February 11 2021: almost 80 million now

[@Hoitado]

Imagine if they release Mario 3D All Stars on a 64 GB cartridge as a reference to Super Mario 64

[@vic7089]

It would be loaded with a lot of bonus and secret modes, minigames and possibly other things as well.

[@quelldieu7263]

price $120 xD

[@Hoitado]

Quell Dieu lmao

[@PaperWorldManShoji]

I would be happy to see them announce it on June 23 next year as a 25th anniversary of SM64

[@UnholyTriforceDelenn]

I actually think that Nintendo has pretty much proven over the years that cartridges are viable game storage mediums time and again. Despite the so-called "bad move" they made in refusing to go CD with the N64, they still had the most unique console on the market and produced some of the most iconic games on the market at the time, most notably Zelda OoT, as everyone knows. One thought I have is this: What if Nintendo HAD gone CD for the N64? Would Ocarina of Time and SM64 have turned out anything like what they did? Probably not, and the GameCube is an excellent example of what those games might have looked like. Would OoT have been as big a deal as it was if it had been on a CD-ROM? I don't think so. It would have put them into competition with the SONY PlayStation on a purely technological level, which would not have gone as well. By sticking with their tried and true format, they were able to maintain a standard that made them what they were then and what they are today. As for me, I continue to prefer physical copy games, and I think that Nintendo has been proven right in sticking tightly to cartridges. I also get some games digitally, but I don't agree with going all digital, because I have concerns over long term "Ownership" of the digital copy of a game. Is it a permanent license you get when you purchase a game, or an indefinite/limited one that the copyright owner can pull at any time for any reason? If a digital game is pulled from the market, are you entitled to keep your copy, or is it automatically surrendered when it's pulled and will it become unplayable? Too many unanswered questions for me.

[@peabodysherman7116]

Hard work pays off ay, have a like!

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Well stated!!! I love that the Nintendo 64 is cartridge-based. I still own my copy of Resident Evil 2 for the N64, the biggest cartridge at 512MB/32Mega Bytes. Alternately, I love that the GameCube Nintendo used mini-disc.

[@UnholyTriforceDelenn]

@@NYCJoeBlack Thank you! And yes, I love that Nintendo has always gone its own way, regardless of trends. Even with its disc-based systems, Nintendo managed to deliver something truly original and ground breaking. I know the Wii U gets a lot of hate, but it's a solid system that I would actually say is better than the PS3, and I do love the PS3. I still have my original Majora's Mask cartridge for the N64 (the holographic one), and I still think it's the best way to play it, even though the 3D version has been reskinned. However, I'm not fond of all the changes the development team made to the game. Oh yeah, the mini-disc was such an excellent move! Again, totally original and not designed to compete, just to be high quality enjoyment for all. :)

[@S.K.R.E.Inc.]

Nintendo could have at least made the Switch a powerhouse, mixing innovation with power, and it would have been even better than what it is currently

[@weaverquest]

@@UnholyTriforceDelenn This really is an illogical way to look at the situation. Mini discs are just discs with small capacity there is nothing original about them except for Nintendo finding ways to make developers' jobs harder. Their choice of storage for games (except the Wii and Wii U which used DVDs and Blu-rays) have always been a pain for developers and for the PS1 vs N64 era it is arguably the biggest reason why they lost so much market share. Even to this day with Switch cartridges, we are struggling with higher prices (Switch tax), bad compression to fit into the cartridge (Dark Souls port sound quality is still bad due to this reason), and many publishers making you download half the game you bought making a physical copy pointless.

[@shin_a]

I've never thought that "game cards" are outdated cuz I only own a DS, gameboy, and 3ds.

[@belleispopcorn3052]

I'm with you I'm with you

[@DinoGoofHybridHero7531]

I honestly don’t mind the cards but what I do mind is that they’re held in a normal box, like why not make the box the size of a DS so not much material is used XD

[@cryptoenthusiast724]

Thank you ''TheGamer'' you inspired us to start our KZbin Journey🙏

[@Mrbessell1978]

If you think there idiots why are you here

[@Mrbessell1978]

Well @SuperLuigiGamer 85 I'm not defending them but you said that there idiots so if you think there idiots why are you here

[@Mrbessell1978]

@SuperLuigiGamer Ok but over 1M people have subscribed to the gamer and won't listen to some random hater

[@Mrbessell1978]

Why would I be satisfied by a reply that is basically " I hate them and so should everyone else "

[@Mrbessell1978]

I'm not saying your not allowed to hate them but telling other people that have already subscribed and enjoyed there content won't suddenly hate them because of some random guy on the internet

[@moonlightequilibrium8924]

Nintendo just never ceases to amaze. As much as I love my PS4, the Switch just has that powerful charm about it.

[@Jarjarfunk]

Cartridges have always been the superior medium for 2 very important things when it comes to video games. 1. Load times on disc medium is horrendous but cartridge load times are steller 2. Cartridges will last longer and will probably outlive the technology they are played on but discs have a scratching to deal with and a more recent unforcene issue of disc rot that will cause them to disappear forever

[@vincentj9794]

Nintendo also used cartridges to house additional hardware chips to improve performance and graphics.

[@bodivanbodivan3668]

What they should do is.. bring back all previous N64 titles and put them on the switch in the form of these small cartridges. They can start with the Classics first and then add to them based off fan demand. Also allowing online capability. Imagine playing Perfect Dark or Golden Eye online.. Would be An event to remember. It also adds a new age group to switch purchases.

[@TheGamerVideos]

Did you know why they're made so small!?

[@rattius1]

That's what she said

[@ricky_realgamer3394]

TheGamer I think its because in handheld mode its kinda small the switch

[@Local_PybroShark]

Yep

[@chelseabaker6272]

goo

[@natashajordan2682]

@God Kaneki why would u try to taste it

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

When Nintendo makes a new console, they should take the concept of the Switch and build up from it, including fixing what was holding the system back. They can continue using game cards, but make them fit more data and allow backwards compatibility with the Switch and almost all of its software, since it was something they couldn't do with the current system due to the shift to being a hybrid console.

[@benblack1180]

Cyberbrickmaster1986 backwards compatibility is what has allowed for the Jailbreaking/Hacking of the past few generations of consoles.

[@benblack1180]

I doubt very much although I would like it to happen, that it will happen

[@choiwaynekiet]

They did that from the Wii to the Wii U

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

@@choiwaynekiet They also did it with the Gamecube to the Wii. I hope they will continue this trend with the Switch's successor.

[@dirtydirtsgt4751]

They should use something like the psp discs but smaller because it costs less to produce

[@krystalfan]

you know what the cartridges remind me of? megaman battle network battlechips

[@Dj187L34N]

I miss my battle network 3 😥

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

@@Dj187L34N I think its on the Wii U Eshop. I have the first two games.

[@Dj187L34N]

@@saphiriathebluedragonknight375 u can still buy from the eshop?

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

@@Dj187L34N I think? I haven't been on it for along time.

[@Dj187L34N]

Thx so much

[@kipters]

Old (Gameboy/NDS) cartridges didn't have to "put aside space" for savegames, the game is still in a ROM like the Switch cards, the savegame was in a separate rewritable memory, just disassemble a Pokémon Gold cart or look for pictures online: the big chip labeled MX is the ROM, the square one is the MBC (the controller), and the large one next to the ROM is a SRAM chip that holds the savegame (and since it's a sram of course it means that when the battery dies the savegame is wiped out). If you open a Ruby/Sapphire cart you'll still see a large ROM chip labeled by MX, a small RTC chip and under the battery the 512K/1M flash chip that holds the savegame (in this case the battery only backs up the clock, the savegame is safe even if it dies... unless it leaks stuff over the circuit board of course)

[@GeneralNickles]

Leave it to KZbin to take over 10 minutes to say "so they can fit in the system".

[@thoracis]

I’m so glad they went with cartridges over disks. With my younger siblings, I don’t have to worry about the games getting damaged. The portability is amazing, too. I’m extremely satisfied now that I could finally find a Switch in stock. It’s making quarantine with the family a lot more fun. And I’m looking forward to getting more controllers for multiplayer.

[@logicalfundy]

Cell phones basically pushed storage technology through the stratosphere - I've got a 200 GB Micro SD card sitting in my Switch, and you can get them all the way up to 1 TB, with a theoretical maximum of 2 TB in the future.

[@DorGreen1]

Script editing is lazy and repetitive. Also just long enough to have two ads :(

[@redlion145]

And they've got almost two million subscribers. Really lazy video. I don't think there was enough content to justify the length. As you say, just long enough for a midreel ad.

[@leecroft1983]

And yet your here and even went to the effort on leaving a message so 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@redlion145]

@@leecroft1983 ...I don't understand what you are implying.

[@mdgiebel]

Developers don’t care about the size of the carts, they just make you download half the game most of the time anyway

[@mrn234]

And thats a problem in my eyes there are still alot of areas that have no internet or with really bad internet.

[@mannycampos6885]

I wonder if the future generation consoles will use cartridges

[@arturoehr]

Nah they are going all digital

[@1moresubplease510]

Besides Nintendo because they will always have cartridges no

[@d4c934]

nope one reason digital games

[@Carlos77Eduardo]

They might... For a while, as they will probably go digital. There might be game cartridges for content sharing, though even that is unlikely

[@d4c934]

@@Carlos77Eduardo sony is already going digital with the ps5 digital version and microsoft tired going digital with the xbox one s all digital but failed so hard

[@xx1norm1xx]

The spinning of PSP discs is so satisfying to me but yeah they were a super bad idea, the casing breaks so easily and if you aren’t careful you can scratch them because they don’t have the same protective layer that home console discs have. I like when a console has weird sized cartridges/cases for some reason, I love the vita game cases they are so cute. You forgot the special feature of the switch carts where greedy publishers can decide to buy tiny storage carts and make you download their game from the internet!

[@MichaelJONeill333]

3:33 i didn’t know Luigi had eyelashes it’s creeping me Tf out

[@tyronejennings599]

If you scratch a disk you can't play it anymore. Cartridges are way more durable than disk.

[@commandertaco1762]

But for data storage discs last much longer, plus pins will wear while a disc that has been taken care of will play perfectly because they use a laser and nothing touches the disc when it is used

[@AssassinsRush1]

You can scratch a blu ray and it will still play. You are thinking of DVDs that won't play if scratched.

[@commandertaco1762]

@@AssassinsRush1 even a dvd will still play, it depends how it scratched, but the point is that if you have a well maintained dvd it will play just as perfectly as day 1 while a cart will have its contacts wear with use and the rom memory is more acceptable tot degradation

[@commandertaco1762]

@wth12 I didn't say they weren't durable but their shelf life is shorter. Around 100 years vs 200 years

[@k-coolrgs9578]

Unless you're have a scratch removal

[@commandertaco1762]

Nobody: Nintendo looking at a cheez-it: "I got it!"

[@mitchyz101]

Carts and cards are easily the best format. They complete the circuit on the mother board, no moving parts to fail, better shock resistance, more compact and you own the game for collecting or trading. I try to avoid downloads at all costs despite the convenience. Not even nintendo are allowed to keep my games as they can scrap the online service in the long run.

[@Red.Rabbit.]

*me hearing about Samsung’s new thing*- “so where’s resident evil 7?”

[@HarmonicWave]

Um, the cartridges from the NES to N64 days are a totally different technology than the game cards from the DS, 3DS and Switch. The older carts had full on circuit boards inside with memory chips on them, sometimes multiple chips, and sometimes batteries for save data. Pokémon Silver/Gold on the Gameboy even had an internal clock inside the cart (which needed a battery to keep running 24/7). The game cards that started with the DS were basically the same tech as SD cards or other flash memory cards, a thin memory layer encased in plastic. They never went "back to cartridges" from the N64 days. They adopted/adapted memory card tech into their own proprietary game cards.

[@katomgfan]

Me realizing that soon Nintendo switch cartridges are going to have more capacity than my phone when I first get it

[@badpiggies988]

I prefer physical media, glad to see Nintendo still makes those little card things. I like the idea of being able to borrow games from the family switch my brother and mom use when visiting my folks without having to rebuy them for my own account, and the assurance that once taken out of the little white case and added to my collection a game will be mine forever, even if it should stop being supported- but also generating less e-waste (though the packaging is far less likely to be kept once the cards go in the binder) and being far more portable than the xbox dvd libraries, able to fit in a bunch of tiny pockets in a little case along with the device you put them in!

[@mashy712]

Scratching my head. That I have tons of games on a 256GB card that’s the size of my pinky nail. (MicroSD)

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

The pirmary benefit of optical media is that they are dirt cheap , and in a world where high capacity hard drives weren't that cheap, it made sense to keep these games on discs even into the current generation. A spindle of 25 single layer blank blu-ray discs can be picked up for $25. The downside is they aren't the fastest, but since 7th gen consoles had less than a gig of RAM to work with, it may not have mattered that much.

[@EbolaGW]

I've always preferred cartridges over discs. They were more durable, and last a lot longer. And with the way how technology is advancing, they're making a comeback!!

[@matchesarefun]

I've accidentally sent DS cards through the wash, and they still work today

[@leratcat451]

It takes them ten minutes to explain something that only needs to be explained in two minutes max y’all just want ad Revenue

[@leratcat451]

Kalaan Lan thank you my fellow communist doge

[@jessekoenig7629]

A note about cartridge sizes; many developers opt for the 1-2 GB cartridges if they can to save costs, but often over compress the game data which the switch has to process to de-compress; the result is that many games that should run faster on a cartridge than a disk end up running slower due to the time it takes to decompress the data.

[@saricubra2867]

Nope, the bottleneck about the perfomance on the switch is the crappy CPU and GPU that it has because it's a very old phone. CPU only has 3 cores for games and they have low clocks, GPU is also limited in power due to the system itself being a handheld. Gamecube used mini DVDs but still can run games far better than the Switch due to top notch tech at the time, it was basically a PC with the first XBOX, both surpassing the PS2. Despite how bad the specs of the switch are, at least it can run Crysis with raytracing.

[@jessekoenig7629]

@@saricubra2867 You missed the point. The problem is that many games are compressed to save money on the cartridge memory size, however games that use the larger cartridges often have no trouble loading at equivalent speeds since the CPU won't have to decompress the memory as its being loaded. Yes the Switch's CPU and specifically GPU are relatively slow to their competition and could alleviate the slow loading times if they were faster, but that specific problem would not be an issue if more publishers did not cheap out and use the smallest possible cartridge to cut corners.

[@saricubra2867]

@@jessekoenig7629 But why then the Gamecube is fine with the small mini DVDs of 1.5GB of space and they also used compression there? (try finding a Switch game that is on par with F-ZERO GX in terms of AI with 30 cars, speed and consistent frametimes and low loading times). Storage only affects loading times and game size, not framerates or frametimes, the perfomance of the game itself when you play it has nothing to do with the storage. Also remember that everything is already loaded into VRAM and RAM. If the CPU struggles with something so simple like loading stuff from RAM, then it's such a bad CPU. See how Breath of The Wild runs so bad on the Wii U, then compare it to the switch, isn't about the cartridge, it's the CPU that is slow and can't handle all of the physics of a game and you see sometimes inconsistent frametimes, framerates and all of this dynamic resolution nonsense, or 900p.

[@jessekoenig7629]

@@saricubra2867 Two main reasons. Texture sizes and a standard disc size. Games during the 2000's had drastically lower memory requirements than games today (SD vs HD textures are a huge difference in memory required) , meaning compression was seldom needed, meanwhile the discs themselves only had one size and were already cheap to produce. (This is the main reason Play Station 1 beat out the N64 in publisher popularity) If game cube discs were drastically more expensive to produce and a cheaper, but less memory capable option was available many games would have received the same compression treatment. (although likely not to the same degree as modern HD games would) Cartridges simply cost MUCH more to produce than discs, and many publishers would rather cut costs than provide a seamless experience.

[@GardevoirBoy]

To be fair, CDs were better off for Sony and Microsoft, so Nintendo did the right thing to go for game cards.

[@yoinkintonic5771]

How does that make any sense

[@luiscastro9944]

@@yoinkintonic5771 It doesn't. Nintendo went with cards bc it's also a poratble system. Imagine having to carry around discs. Even the psvita had cartridges so it's definitely a matter of portability.

[@assasinsquidkyk742]

Nimtendo: I swear, dont YOU DARE TO PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH Everyone: Yeah sure

[@RealmsCrossMyths]

"You won't be able to load up your The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild save file on your friend's Switch." Someone clearly doesn't have NSO… If you have a Nintendo Account linked to your Switch Profile, and an NSO subscription, you can totally log into your friend's Switch and download your TLoZ:BotW save onto their Switch to show them. Should have used Animal Crossing: New Horizons as an example.

[@saricubra2867]

Me on PC gaming, copy the save file from the game on USB for free without paying for online garbage. Heck, even the Wii and Gamecube were free and very easy to do.

[@joshernsteen2066]

There was a website that I was looking at that I could not believe. The website had content that you could burn to a DVD, and then play it on your Wii. There is a video that I saw somewhere on KZbin playing Lengend of Zelda Twilight Princess on the Wii through this method. He shows for a fact that it is a burned DVD, and not a Nintendo licensed game disc at the end of the video. The website also had movies, and a lot of other things that is exactly what people want to be able to use on the Wii without hacking the console.

[@rocky965able]

What's the cost of the cartridge vs Blu Ray disc.

[@LouisSubearth]

The cards are a bit pricier, but the added durability makes the price worth it.

[@krisd2518]

The idea of using disks for a handheld device brings to mind memories of giant portfolios made specifically to hold CD and DVD collections that were usually as big as the device using them itself, if not bigger. I can only imagine how unappealing it would be to travel with your Switch games if you had to lug around one of those mini briefcases. Cartridges are small and convenient, and just because Nintendo has been using them since the 80s doesn't make them outdated. If anything, it proves just how well they've stood the test of time.

[@lennywright5655]

But you didn’t answer “why Nintendo makes (such) tiny cartridges” wouldn’t hurt to make ‘em a little bigger?

[@MikooOnYoutube]

To conserve space inside the console for other parts, and more specifically, good cooling. Every millimeter of extra heat pipes makes a difference.

[@lennywright5655]

Mikoo good answer.

[@gamerboy0499]

@@MikooOnKZbin but what if it gets lost? tbh another reason they make it that small is that if u lose it then youll have to buy the game again. Personally i think its better to buy games in the eshop but its more expensive. Instead of using these tiny ass cartridges nintendo should just make popular games on the eshop retail price so then they wouldnt even need cartridges

[@timburger2414]

@@gamerboy0499 about the eShop part, the games on the eShop actually are retail price, they are set as the MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price). it's the actual stores, and companies who decide to sell the games at discounted prices so that they can attract more buyers

[@gamerboy0499]

@@timburger2414 thats what i mean, usually stores have discounted prices for long periods of time which we could basically make the assumption that it is cheaper.

[@ADTribalChild]

I always wonder why games such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate can fit so much content (post launch DLC included) can fit into that small cartridge. This is very informative. Once again I underestimated The Big N... a Switch owner for that matter!

[@bellotm9223]

Because why would you shove a disc into a portable console

[@soulmourne2698]

Playstation portable

[@ryanbhajonauth1067]

PSP has joined the chat

[@animeodin4755]

@@soulmourne2698 those discs were inside of CARTRIDGES

[@soulmourne2698]

@@animeodin4755 No, those discs were discs cause how disks are read is different than how cartridges are read to read a disc you need a laser, the psp discs were inside a plastic thing for them not to move while spining and scratching both the discs and the laser and potentially breaking down the console cause its a portable system and you will move it, even sony named it disk, what do you think UMD means? Universal media disc

[@animeodin4755]

@@soulmourne2698 chill, who hurt you bro?

[@JTSuter]

I'm just waiting for Nintendo to start using glowing crystal storage cubes that last millions of years.

[@TheTimePostChannel]

Actually, Nintendo made a smart decision when going back to cartridges in a very small form factor, blueRays get scratches easily just like DVDs and you'll have to be extra careful with them which is quite a pain.

[@JRBowling1997]

True. Cartridges are way better then discs. I’d rather buy a cartridge for games any day then a disc

[@husklyman]

If there's one thing I can see for the future is multiple discs/cards on the same consule

[@husklyman]

referral madness sega saturn does not actually does the job...

[@PastaMasta09]

Switch is most groundbreaking console. DS: No one remembers me...

[@joemann7971]

The DS was revolutionary at the time, but it's nowhere near as groundbreaking as the switch. The whole TV/handheld thing is a first with the switch

[@fromfin90]

DS touchscreen finnicky at best, sure its neat to have two screens, but some games force fed you touchscreen features, or didnt know how to use it, or use the two screens properly

[@joshuaham1022]

Have you ever dropped a disc? It would not shatter. Those things are strong! You can bend then quite a bit until they finally snap.

[@MichaelJONeill333]

5:17 MeatCanyon, is that you?

[@choiwaynekiet]

Why show a flash cart around the 4:21 mark?

[@WintrBorn]

With the improvement of solid state media, Nintendo was smart to go to a cart/card for Switch. Plus, Nintendo still targets children, and CD media is not safe in a small child's hands.

[@saricubra2867]

I guess the Wii was not safe for kids with the DVD discs despite being the only console surpassing 100 million of sales worldwide and being very family friendly...

[@WintrBorn]

Star masterc considering how many scratched discs I still have, no, they aren't. See, cards are a lot harder to make unplayable. Hell, one of 'em managed to kill a Wii. Ofc it sold tons of discs - parents had to replace them.

[@rong7496]

Can the Nintendo Switch handle a Switch game cartridge that is 64GB without an update or upgrade even though they have not been introduced yet? What I’m really asking is if the Switch was always designed to handle that size of cartridge straight out of the box originally?

[@HaroonTwo]

I never would have thought about putting a gamw card in my mouth but sincw now I knoq it tastes bad imma try it LOLOLOL

[@Xen0gears515]

I understand why they used cartridges instead of disc but why da hell is the box that houses these cartridges so big? Why not make it a similar size as boxes used for ds/3ds with a different color to distinguish that its a switch game? So much wasted material and bugs the heck outta me

[@maddenkinnee6698]

My friend tricked me into licking one 🤢

[@cactisiusninja]

Why would you lick it

[@slightlynormalzuko3460]

Cactisius we all make mistakes in the heat of passion jimbo

[@omer64king]

N64 games and ps1 games are completely different because of cartridge vs disc a disc was slow in loading things because of that Final fantasy 7 background is a picture and load times are long on the playstation but the plus was the extra storage the disc offerd against cartridges because of that square enix choosed Sony if the cartridges had more memory discs would be just completely dead

[@damia2488]

i think is because people damage discs and break it

[@mrn234]

they are idiots. Probably cause no one ever told them how to handle Discs.

[@xeienar]

they are writable... actualy... like PSVita cards, they are just an slightly custom SD cards. In a dev unit, you can write directly in the card... but it wont work on all switchs tho

[@DunielYTGaming]

Yeah it’s smaller then the 3DS game cards

[@SgtReaper22]

PSVita game carts are still smaller and thinner.I own both switch and vita.Last yr I purchased a used switch game at gamestop and it was scratched and the game was showing visual glitches thus returned it.

[@tyronejennings599]

I will always choose physical over the all digital route any day. Who wants to wait for a game to take forever to download not me.

[@mrthorian8096]

to me it depends, if it was like Cuphead, there wasn't (and currently still isn't any other choise) or there's a game you can test and it's actually a fun game (Mario Tennis Aces) then I might considder a digital download, though I admit, I prefer physical copies more, they have their charm, and it's always lovely to have them displayed too

[@NerdoutShelter]

1:04 Switch is "just behind the NES as Nintendo's second best selling home console" 8 seconds later... 1:12 Shows chart with Switch above NES and way behind the Wii :}}

[@justatypicalyoutuber8402]

You forgot to cite the important part about the life cycle of the Switch as the BASIS of it's CAPABILITY to surpass the sales of the Wii. Sure, the Switch is way behind for now but take note, that's the Wii's entire retail sales for it's entire lifetime while the Switch is only in it's 3rd year. 3RD YEAR! The fact that you're comparing a 7-year sale number to a 3-year sale says a lot about you. :}}

[@hor1zon150]

Are you german? Cause of the thumbnail

[@lennongenera5194]

Manufacturer: so how small do you want the cartridges to be. Nintendo: yes.

[@lennongenera5194]

@referral madness thx

[@backyardboy5311]

Someone should try to put a movie on a Nintendo game cartridge or something like a Nintendo game cartridge.

[@AssassinsRush1]

Please no. They did that with the Gameboy advance sp, and they also did that with the psp. We don't need movies on Portable consoles no more

[@backyardboy5311]

Glen Senecal yes

[@zedmouse]

I hope the line between mobile gaming and home consoles is forever blurred now at least with Nintendo and I hope that also means they’ll continue to stick with the cartridges from here on out. I’m a huge fan of owning the physical copy of 95% of the games I own and cartridges are the most fun and interesting to have, especially vs normal discs. Please keep this trend going!

[@hasnaynakhtar737]

I need a new playstation portable device that supports streaming and some games that can fit on cartridges and arent too demaning

[@WhyIsCyrusTaken]

Game cards having the size of an ssd wouldn’t work at all because of how expensive they are. Nintendo don’t put they’re physicals on sale at the current size because of how expensive game card production is that’s why the digital goes on sale a lot more. So anything bigger than 64gb will be way to expensive to sell.

[@Jamsteo]

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[@airplane6417]

I will help

[@airplane6417]

And watch

[@waynetastic1746]

You HAD to mention that didn't ya? lol

[@darkfent]

The title was already a question I didn't know I ever had

[@LightLdj124]

I asked this question thank you

[@RDMANGLEYT]

Another plus to having these cards is you dont have to wait for a game to download to play the physical media. Sure maybe updates but they only take a few minutes and end up saving space on the switch. I got pokemon sword physical, takes 1.6 GB. While i bought pokemon shield digital and it took up an extra 10 GB. And i also waited a full hour in order to play it.

[@howtobeok]

The worst problem of getting small Nintendo Switch cartridges is that they can easily get lost

[@swisscheese6607]

To the %1 of people seeing this have a blessed day

[@12yaps]

Less than 1% probably. Good day to you too

[@swisscheese6607]

@@12yaps good day to you

[@ninjaboyjames]

Thanks for the blessing GCSE results were today. Bless you too mate

[@MandoMonge]

I was forced to go digital, you can no longer pop a disk into a console and expect it to work, it has to instal, and then the console doesn’t even read the disk anymore, it basically became a physical DRM

[@rattius1]

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[@goobster1758]

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[@nechtjar]

I am not sure they mention that cartridges 3 times speed of bluray and other optical discs. Also cartridges can cost up to 10 times more expensive then optical discs to master produce.

[@manny_yk]

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[@gameclips5482]

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[@waynetastic1746]

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[@jvostudio]

Please explain why the cartridge covers are unnecessarily big

[@michaeladams8263]

The quality of your videos are amazing! I can only imagine the amount of effort you put into these videos. even if your an info-graphic channel, you deserve more subscribers. keep up the good work!!!

[@Aubreyiz]

Except for the fact that you can taste it just after holding it

[@Barbetra]

I can't believe they have Pokemon Conquest, that's my favorite game of all time.