So what physical medium will Microsoft be using for their next gen console?

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Squilliam said:
^32-64? Huh? Probably 32GB would be about the absolute highest they would need with say a FF game and they could get away with the typical 8/16GB cartridges for 99% of everything else. A Stock SD card reads at twice the speed of the PS3 Optical drive @ 20MB/s with no latency. Thats almost as important as having additional storage space and theres no noise.

@Communisthater: The Elite is the hardcore gamer SKU. Hardcore gamers are the ones who care more about BC and things like that and it helps them turn it into a profit centre.

I actually went up to 64 for those who feel the need that they have to use all the space of a dual-layer BR. (Truthfully, at that much space, I think one really needs to learn code optimization, which may also be easier with the lower load times.) Although yeah, I could also easily see the smaller sizes in use, I just need to think for worst case games, which is where I'm always afraid of things going.