First.. this patant does (imo) sound like a new model WiiU.. (like the cheaper Wii) that offcourse do not mean that "NX" can't use the same.. "no disk drive"
But why are so many in this tread talking about the price..
When Nintendo makes a homeconsole whitout drive.. that can only mean one thing.. only one..
buy digitaly.. or go to the store and download the game.. then go home and instal on the HD.. that means that people either have there own SD with them.. or buy a cheap one.. that easy.. :)