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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

IMO SD cards are not good for gaming and accessible M.2 should be more common

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah that way the ROG ally can cook them right