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

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spemanig said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Yes because Read Only anything costs less to produce than Re-Writable ones... Why on earth do you think Read only discs cost a lot less than Re-Writable discs as an example?

Actually that is incorrect... Here is the 3ds patent: "To this card slot 62, a memory card (SD card 64 in this embodiment) different from the memory card 58 can be inserted." Granted it also says "Cartridge" in the patent somewhere but saying that they have to be vague when it comes to SD card sounds like nonsense... Unless u have another patent where u are getting your info from?

http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220100085693%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20100085693&RS=DN/20100085693"

I was just talking about the image, not the written patent. I was mistaken.

Either way, memory cards, as in the SD card, are clearly stated for what they are. Cartridges are clearly labeled for what they are. And no matter what the price difference is between readable and non readable, it will still cost exponencially more money for a third party to port the same game on the NX, and that's after the actual costs of porting, just because of cartridges.

Well Nintendo could also make their own flash memory (like usual) which might lower the price enough to make it cost around the same as a 3ds cartridge (maybe a few of dollars more) but with a lot better space and then sell that to the third parties for less which is what I am assuming they do for the 3ds. Nintendo can also offset the cost to third parties by asking for less per game sold since currently its $12 on a $60 game.

But at the end of the day, I doubt it will be "Digital Only" after the famous xbox One nonsense that happened and people certainly remember that... It might not be always "on" but I doubt people are ready to move on considering how the internet is around the world... But if it is Digital Only, then I shall acknowledge your epicness

Could even be optical media even though the patent drawing doesn't have anything if what the neogaf members are saying is true since it apperently says in the patent that the OS can use optical media and play games but don't quote me on that since it's from neogaf