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Re:The First App Store by zubairq on Sunday November 05, 2023 @01:03AM (#38148731)
Really ahead of its time. No reason this couldn’t be done today for cartridge and PlayStation games though
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Re:The First App Store by paradox460 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @02:15AM (#38149045)
Microsoft did a little bit of it during the 360 era. You could download stuff off a store kiosk to a USB thumb drive, take it home, and use it on your home Xbox. Originally the idea was to allow offline gamers to get updates and purchase dlc.
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Re:The First App Store by TerrifiedMouse on Sunday November 05, 2023 @05:51AM (#38149988)
Nintendo dabbled with it too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_Disk_System

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Re:The First App Store by goosedragons on Sunday November 05, 2023 @06:19AM (#38150129)
They did it multiple times. With SFC and Game Boy they had "Nintendo Power" cartridges that were essentially flash carts that could be loaded with games at kiosks.
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Re:The First App Store by TerrifiedMouse on Sunday November 05, 2023 @08:49AM (#38151086)
It's so weird that Nintendo can be forward thinking enough to do something like the Disk System and its successors but fail so hard when it comes to the internet and online distribution.
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Re:The First App Store by paradox460 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @12:50PM (#38153533)
I believe you can actually still download games and stuff to a sd card at Nintendo kiosks, for use in a switch
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