TheLastStarFighter said:
spemanig said:
The 3DS exists in a market where multiplatform releases are rare and discs don't exist. The NX will exist in a market where multiplats are the majority and discs are the de facto standard form of media.
So yes, there would be a huge problem with third party support. There's no competition against carts on the 3DS. Competition killed carts on console and would do it again now.
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Discs aren't really the de facto standard anymore. Digital distribution makes up more and more of the market, and virtually 100% of new titles have at least some and often much of their content delivered over the internet. This isn't N64 vs PS1 anymore. The media doesn't impact the title in any way, it's just a method to get the game from the developer to the hard drive of the consumer. The only way media choice would impact third party support is if it restricted the size of the game. In this case, carts could end up being even bigger or more versatile than the discs.
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On consoles? Yes, discs are the standard. Is DD superior? Unquestionably. But does it make up more of the market, not even close.
Of course media effects games. It effects cost. If Nintendo brought back carts, either NX games would be universally significantly more expensive, or devs would take a significant loss on every NX game sold compared to identical ports on PS4/XBO. With DD it's the same. Either games get cheaper, or prices stay the same and devs make a larger profit.
That's enough to sway favor on one direction, and that direction is DD.
