1.0Games Learning Societyhttps://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wikiGLS Teamhttps://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/author/gls-team/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qYLbuVidyn"><a href="https://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/why-did-nintendo-stop-using-discs/">Why did Nintendo stop using discs?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/why-did-nintendo-stop-using-discs/embed/#?secret=qYLbuVidyn" width="600" height="338" title="“Why did Nintendo stop using discs?” — Games Learning Society" data-secret="qYLbuVidyn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Why did Nintendo stop using discs? Nintendo stopped using discs because they wanted to prioritize portability and efficiency in their consoles, particularly with the release of the Nintendo Switch, which can get as little as 2.5 hours of battery life in its most demanding games, and using a disc drive would have further compromised the ... Read morehttps://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gls-featured.png1200630