That being said, it's not quite as revolutionary as it might appear to be at first: thanks to an ever - growing demand for flash memory among electronics manufacturers, corporate data customers, and regular consumers like you and me, there's currently a worldwide
shortage of flash memory at all levels.
Nintendo says it is working hard to ramp up production, with a target of 10 million units this fiscal year, but the Journal reports there are
shortages of flash memory and batteries, and that the console's detachable wireless controllers have proven tough to make.
Not exact matches
The magnetic disk format allowed true game saving at a time when
flash memory was very expensive due to a silicon
shortage, which caused most cartridge - based games to use passwords to unlock various areas
of the game for later play.