When you pull out the cartridge from a switch you get a message saying: „always close the software before removing the game card.“ why though? What’s the worst that could happen?

Question

When you pull out the cartridge from a switch you get a message saying: „always close the software before removing the game card.“ why though? What’s the worst that could happen?

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Answer 1

In general, it can run the risk of not saving information completely. Typically, this just means you lose some save data. At worst though, it can completely corrupt your save file, forcing you to fully reset & redownload the software.

Nintendo doesn’t wanna get complaints about games getting wiped because children are too impatient to close the games properly. The warning means you can’t whine to them about destroying your progress.