why not just use an SD card?
Just using an SD card requires modding your Switch to run homebrew and, er, “backups,” right?
A properly constructed cartridge that can masquerade as a retail Switch cartridge would make owners who aren’t willing to modify their console very happy indeed. That’s how the various NDS/3DS carts work – just plug and play (literally).
Interestingly there appears to be an SD card in the cart they’re putting in the switch.
This sounds like it’ll be able to run home brew apps. Like R4 for DS.
For a newer switch and lite model you need to solder a chip on it first.
It’s for pirating games
Nintendo loves making us pay for their games multiple times over on every console release, so fuck ‘em.
why not just use an SD card?
Because then you could buy any old SD card and Nintendo makes no money from you. This way Nintendo can sell you the same NAND flash except wrapped in a propriety Nintendo container with the multiple orders of magnitude price increase to pad the bottom line. They can also pursue you for civil or criminal charges if you attempt to break into the container of flash charging you with copyright infringement and attempted hacking.Edit: ignore my post. Its not a Nintendo first party product.
Based on what I know of the Switch homebrew scene, I cannot fathom how this would work. Any ideas?
This is precisely why everyone is so skeptical of it.
