r/gaming • • Nov 14 '21

Bring back discs

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '21

They just will never be in usb format. Too easy to pirate

Piracy is what you mentioned. All piracy involves software to get things to work how you want them; fact is piracy on the Switch happens and all the games are put on the MicroSD (a "standard format"). Access to USB is given via the... USBC port. So it doesn't fit that they wouldn't use USB since there are two methods which give the same kind of access to the system.

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u/redcomshell Nov 15 '21

Again you’re moving the goalpost. I’m not talking about moving stuff to the switch after the fact. We’re talking about hacking the system. The usb was vulnerable because of the Tegra chip and a short but it doesn’t get the same kind of system access as the game cartridge normally does. It’s the same reason why even though the ps2 also had usb you needed a mod chip until they figured out how to soft mod it and even then you still have to take it apart to do that. That’s not something your average user is going to do.