Those were God awfully long, lol.  I thought they were fixed in a patch, but I guess a few long ones remained.  Of course, that game is an exception.  For the vast majority of PS3 games, even ones that are more graphically demanding than MNR, the load times aren't very long at all.  Probably between 5-10 secs.

Nah they really weren't, me and a friend sat through about 1.5 hours of patches and updates only to come up against 30+ seconds loading times ;_;

It isn't very likely. Microsoft does not want to send a dime to Sony or help them increase market share in any way. Nintendo rarely supported formats that another company used. During cartridge years they always made their karts unique offering features the other formats did not. When CD and DVD came along Nintendo resisted they made N64 carts and mini-disks. Even the DVD format they used on Wii was unique.

Microsoft will likely release its own disk format similar to BluRay. Some would argue MS needs BluRay so consumers can play movies on it. However with NetFlix and all the video streaming capabilities, BluRay isn't necessary consumers can still watch their favorite movies and Microsoft doesn't need to support Sony in any way.

I would seriously be surprised if BluRay showed up in Nex-Box.

Also a word to the wise, most Gamestop/EBGames employees are idiots. Most don't even know basic information about upcoming products let alone products that haven't been announced. They get all the same info we do and chances are they aren't as devout as we are. I have only met one or two employees at EBGames who were actually competent about the industry as a whole. Some are Sony fanboys, Nintendo fanboys or MS fanboys and others just aren't actual gamers.

You'd be smart to avoid ever referencing an EBGames employee as if you take what they say seriously. The majority don't know squat in general!

Yes, mistaken identity.  Seece, please forgive me for the confusion.  

You're completely oblivious to sequential and random read speed. An SD card that has 20 MB random read speed will annihilate a 12X bluray drive. By the time the bluray drive moves the laser, gets up to speed and finds the data, half of the level is laready loaded using SSD.

And its not nearly as expensive as you make it out to seem. USB drives of 16 GB are as low as 15 bucks in Canada. This is retail...I'm sure something that is mass produced like a game cartrige of that size can be brought down even lower.

will new VAIO getting Windows?
well,if new Xbox using it's good for Sony($$$),and i don't see why Sony reject it(actually,can they reject it?)

No, I'm aware.  You're just blowing the differences out of proportion, as if it would add 5-10 seconds to starting a game.  Most 12x Blu-ray drives have an access time of ~200ms, or .2 seconds.  I hardly believe people would notice, or even give a care about, .2 secs.  I'm sure in 2 years time they can get that cut down quite a bit.  Of course, you also have the fact that random read speeds are nowhere near the top rated speed of the card, which is measured in sequential speed.  As far as price goes, you're talking about a 16GB USB Flash drive that is probably using older tech.  Of course it's going to be cheaper.  But, if you want the fastest SD/SSD speeds to compete and greatly outdo how fast Blu-ray is going to get in 1 1/2 - 2 years time, then they would have to go with the newer, much more expensive tech.

Now, I will agree with you that SSDs will eventually replace HDDs, once price goes down greatly and P/E cycles are extended to almost infinite.  Then again, it may be a hybrid tech like some companies have started using that eventually take over.  Still, we have a good 5-10 years before any company will start putting large capacity ones in their consoles.  Not when a 960GB full SSD costs over $2000.  And even a 1TB hybrid goes for $499, the same price the PS3 launched.  Sure, those may go down by $100 or so when the PS4/NeXbox  launches, but still not cheap enough to warrant Sony or MS shoving one in their console. 

Edit: Also, I am aware those are retail prices.  However, even if mass purchased it may knock, what, $50-$75 dollars off per drive?  It's not like they are going to knock off $200 or more just for Sony or MS.

why would they need to knock 50-75 dollars off when retail flash memory costs less than dollar per gigabyte?  i am not saying they need to give us solid state terabyte drives next gen, but that games should come on flash carts.

if sony vita games ẅich are prolly between 3 and 6 gigs in size can come on flash memory in size, there is no reason why next gen consoles cant have 10-20 gig flash carts in 2 years for retail games.

I was speaking more of the price of SSDs, not actual flash carts for games.  I say we will still have about 5 years for the new SD specification to reach its full potential and for the benefits to outway the costs.  Another thing is that I doubt Sony or MS would want to go with something like SD cards for their games and would opt to create their own form of flash cart to deter piracy, which would probably drive up costs  a little more, even if they had similar specs to SD.  So we definitely won't see anyone moving in that direction for at least another gen or two. 

So Id have to spend more money eitherr renting or buying a Bluray, than what I'm currently doing without the need of a  shop? Without the need to store films? 
Also lately Zunes films have been getting exclusive content like certain Makings, deleted scenes Etc. It tells you on Zune MArketplace when a film has exclusive Zune bonus features not found on the DVD or Bluray. 

Going from the future of tecnology to yesterdays Disc format is backwards. The future will be eavily streaming and downloading, its just a matter of time. So yes Id be going backwards. As I hhave adopted tommorrow early. :)