Nintendo Files Patent For a Console Without the Optical Disk (But has a Card Slot)

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Captain_Yuri said:
Also no BC then since how can you play wiiU games without an optical disc? (Other than Digital that is)

Maybe it's a reality check to people who think this is some "must have" feature. In the broad sense backwards compatibility with a failed console that maybe has 15 reeeeeeally must play games in its entire library is not a big priority. 

I say f*ck discs. I never really cared for them much and it's zero surprise that Nintendo would be the first to ditch them as they were the last to adopt them.