| DrasticDracon said: Good points, but even if Nintendo went full digital (which I doubt they'll even do), they'd likely not care enough to include a generous card, no matter how necessary the storage is. They've just dropped the charger in NA, so they aren't afraid to disclude important contents anywhere. Look at the Vita as a wonderful example; it isn't digital, but they still won't include any sort of card! And I believe only certain Vita-branded cards are compatible with it. Companies will cut costs even if the reason seems dumb to the consumer. |
There's no way they can have a unified platform without going all digital on at least one of their consoles. They can't have a unified platform with both carts and CDs. Guess which one is going?
The charger isn't the same thing. Bad decision or not, expecting people buying the New 3DS to largely be upgraders is a valid alibi. It's at the end of it's cycle and it's reasonable to come to that conclusion.
They already sell digital download cards at retail. My first 3DS game was Luigi's Mansion, and I was offered a download card instead of a physical cart at gamestop. They're already doing this sort of stuff.
It wouldn't be cutting costs. The NFC cards would basically be a form of amiibo.
