Dude, lol, you sure love milking that "strawman" line.
I never said Blu-Ray is the only alternative. I said like DVD, it likely will turn out to be the most scalabale, mass market friendly, and financially flexible type of format for Nintendo.
It may not be as sexy as some completely brand new type of format, but it's likely going to be very hard to beat for cost effectiveness, especially when you're talking about a product cycle that goes through say 2013/2014 ... you are talking about a technology that will cost Nintendo peanuts as time goes on.
Personally for me, this is not really a big issue. I would personally want a new system from Nintendo that has higher end, higher resolution visuals, which hopefully brings bigger third party projects like Final Fantasy XIV and say Bayonetta (or its sequel) to the system first and foremost. A better online infastructure would be nice also.
After that, what format the games are on ... quite honestly I could care less if Nintendo uses vinyl records as long as it works for the third party community. Arguing over a format choice is so 1996. As long as it gets the job done and doesn't prevent the system from getting the games it should, I personally don't care. My OPINION from a financial/mass production P.O.V. is Blu-Ray is likely going to be tough to beat.
