▲ 904 ▼ After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 2 years ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/games@lemmy.world 206 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) IMO SD cards are not good for gaming and accessible M.2 should be more common permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Okay, but as I understand PlayStation and Xbox do not have easily accessible drive ports at all. Or am I mistaken? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's not about what is common but instead that micro sd cards aren't typically designed for so many reads and writes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 007ace@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Yeah that way the ROG ally can cook them right permalink fedilink source parent [–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I'd love a handheld with a little slot where you just slide a 2242 M.2 without having to open the device. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Okay, but as I understand PlayStation and Xbox do not have easily accessible drive ports at all. Or am I mistaken? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's not about what is common but instead that micro sd cards aren't typically designed for so many reads and writes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 007ace@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's not about what is common but instead that micro sd cards aren't typically designed for so many reads and writes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 007ace@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Yeah that way the ROG ally can cook them right permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Yeah that way the ROG ally can cook them right permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I'd love a handheld with a little slot where you just slide a 2242 M.2 without having to open the device. permalink fedilink source parent