I'm 100% in favour of using flash memory, or similar for the next generation
By the 2011-2012 you will be able to buy a 16GB card for around US$5 retail, which has retailer markup, distributor markup, shipping costs, etc. Manufacturing cost would be a couple of dollars easy.
Not only do you get the massive performance increase, but cartridges are far more durable, plus you can get different sized carts for the appropriate sized game. Cheap small budget titles can get away with 4-8GB memory carts, average around 16GB moving up to 32GB for your massive big budget titles. By the end of the gen maybe 64GB would be cost effective.
I'd be happy to pay an extra $5 for a game if it came on a cartridge anyway. Chances are it'd make the console far cheaper to make and you could use that saving to balance out the added game costs.
Never argue with idiots
They bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience
