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wtallis 2 days ago

> the Switch cartridges use NAND memory which means if you aren't popping them into a system to refresh the charge every once in a while, your physical cartridge might not last as long

You've been paying attention to the wrong sources for information about NAND flash. A new Switch cartridge will have many years of reliable data retention, even just sitting on a shelf. Data retention only starts to become a concern for SSDs that have used up most of their write endurance; a Switch cartridge is mostly treated as ROM and only written to once.

hbn 2 days ago | parent [-]

What's "many years"?

I've read about people's 3DS cartridges already failing just sitting on a shelf.

hbn a day ago | parent [-]

Speak of the devil, I just got this tweet in my feed today

https://x.com/marcdwyz/status/1999226723322261520