• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I’m personally surprised by Nintendo continuing to include user accessible SD cards in their consoles from the DS through the Switch. It becomes incredibly convenient for piracy and I would have thought they were doing it on purpose to at least sell the hardware if it wasn’t for all the evidence you the contrary.

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        7 hours ago

        I’d love a handheld with a little slot where you just slide a 2242 M.2 without having to open the device.

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        1 day ago

        Okay, but as I understand PlayStation and Xbox do not have easily accessible drive ports at all. Or am I mistaken?

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          22 hours ago

          It’s not about what is common but instead that micro sd cards aren’t typically designed for so many reads and writes.

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          The ps5 port only requires one screw to access. I know the hard drive on the PS4 was only one screw to access as well. I’m uncertain of the Xbox, they had a proprietary hard drive for the 360 so I didn’t go down that path. While that is slightly more complicated than inserting a SD card, it is not technical.

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        20 hours ago

        M.2 seems easier for normies to mess up and SD cards have traditionally been significantly cheaper… plus a microSD card is smaller than M.2 by an order of magnitude.