SD Cards to become the new game medium of choice?

[L.C.E.C.]

Viper1 said:

L.C.E.C. said:
Also, isn't SD/SDHC on USB 2.0 faster than DVD, DVD9, or Blu-Ray?

Correct.  Transfer speed of a high end SDHC card is higher than all but a 12x Blu-ray drive.

I thought so... I remember N64 was always so much faster than the PS1... Same with DS vs. PSP...

megaman79 said:
one problem, from personel experience, is that reading flash cards uses more power. to install on a hd on the ds would be more fficient

How in the world is a non-mechanical flash drive going to eat more power than a mechanical optical drive?

It won't... I do it almost every day when I run homebrew on my DS...

 

Another fact, SD cards would provide constant read speeds so no more CAV/CLV issues.

And finally, the option to write to the SD card itself which could greatly enhance DLC capabilities.

What are CAV/CLV issues?

Eh... Not too excited for re-writable ones... I mean, It would be good as long as you couldn't just delete the game, lol, but it would sure make pirating easier (See: DREAMCAST)... Same reason why this will never happen without some type of security... (Y-lasers for SD Cards of some sort... or some other way of encryption that only the Wii/other system could read)

Lastly, wouldn't this drive up the production of games ('cept blu-ray, maybe)? I'm pretty sure making a plastic DVD with a thin sheet of metal is a lot cheaper than buying/producing SD cards...