Why do sony still use disks

[Godot]

superchunk said:
Nah, forget the dl and install method. I want carts back. They are much quicker, no moving parts, more reliable, more durable, and based on flash memory could be 1/4th the physical size of a disc, thus easier to store in mass.

The only drawback is production costs for the memory size required. I truly hope that is resolved prior to the next gen. Give us a 10-20gb flash memory card at a cost of $2-$4 per cart and I'll pay the extra cost in the games price.

Think about it if you could pay $50-$60 for a disc that get scratched, takes up a lot of space relatively speaking, has long pauses between gameplay and startup, increases your systems chances for breaking, etc.

OR

pay $55-$65 for a flash cart type of game that you can toss into a drawer or little plastic box and pretty much never worry about it being defective.

Umm yeah new flash based carts FTW!

 

while you are completely right about the convenience of the flash cart, we won't see them for a long time. A 8GB card cost about 10$ to produce and yet the biggest games on DS are still 128MB. Perhaps Guitar Hero On Tour is bigger. Anyway, my point is that they prefer to use the cheapest medium to save every penny they can save. I have to admit that Xbox360 game on flash memory would rock though.