spemanig said:
Aielyn said:
You do realise that console games cost more than handheld games anyway, right? And the 3DS is old tech, now, and its cards are designed to be very small, you'd assume that they'd be able to go larger with a console system.
Realistically, a 64 GB cartridge would be sufficient for the vast majority of games. If the next console comes out in 2017, it would be about the right time for an upgrade in data space without significantly increasing costs.
And what makes you think it will "read as fast as a CD-ROM"?
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Um, yeah it would significantly increase costs, compared to discs on competing platform, which is exactly what killed N64 support. Carts are not happening at all. They aren't suggested in the patent, and people are just getting antsy because the patent proves that NX will be all digital and people can't handle it.
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Increase costs compared with 3DS carts. 3DS carts clearly aren't too expensive, and if they can do 8 GB at a decent price for 3DS, I'm sure they could easily do at least 32 GB at a decent price in a couple more years, with a larger form factor, without a significant increase in costs.
And no, the patent doesn't prove a thing, except that they're considering a digital-only option. Indeed, the patent SPECIFICALLY refers to a version with an optical drive as a potential variation.
