RolStoppable said:
Up to 8GB in size, but most games use sizes of 2GB or below. Storage capacity has increased considerably in the last five years, so that isn't an issue. Naturally, higher capacities come at a higher cost, but the advantage of the medium is that it isn't a problem to produce cards of varying capacities. |
it's prohibitively expensive to replace discs with cards when you start getting games that are 50 GB and more. if it was a good idea, why wouldn't Nintendo use them on the Wii U?
it's so inexpensive to print discs, plus as time goes by the blu-ray players only keep dropping in price, so it should be cheaper to include one on the next console than in the current one.
the prices of games would necessarily go up and the consumer would eat the cost. last time they tried this was during the N64 era and we all saw how it went.
i don't think Nintendo would be stupid enough to do this. it would be way smarter to release a digital only wii u without the optical drive and introduce it as a 2nd sku in the market at a lower price just for people who want to get their games digitally but aren't interested in paying the 300€/$ for it.
