Bad idea. Very bad idea. So bad that I can't believe it.
Discs are and will always be far cheaper than cards, so going this route will mean higher prices just because of the card. Add the usual increase because "it's a new gen and it's harder/pricier to develop for" and we could see the price of the games rise to 80/90 € on the nextbox but only 70/80 € for the PS4 (assuming they will use BD). And that's without on-line passes and DLCs.
And, as Carl said, no disc drive means no BC, but also less useful as a media-player, one of their original goals.
Of course, they can have digital distribution in mind, so they could launch the console with an HDD of at least 1TB to make it more accessible, but even then, internet speeds/quality are not the same everywhere, and with game size increasing to +20GB that becomes a very big problem.
So I don't believe it's true, but if it is, then the nextbox will end 3rd, by a lot.
Please excuse my bad English.
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