Frogger on 14 March 2016
| Illusion said: Well, technically cartridges never went away since the 3DS still uses them. I think if the NX turns out to be the combined handheld and home console concept then the continued use of the (SD card-based) cartridges is not only possible but likely. Firstly, I don't see Nintendo going 100% digital given the huge benefit physical releases give their Amiibo line. If Nintendo goes digital with their releases then they will be essentially telling gamers to stay at home to buy their games which fundamentally undercut their Amiibo concept. No, I believe that the NX will still have physical releases of some kind. Now if the NX is a unified handheld and home console then I do not believe it will use discs as the physical media either: that just wouldn't work well for the portable unit. I think the handheld variant of the games will come on SD cards that will be usable by the handheld. If you want to play the games on your home console then you will pay an extra 10-20 dollars for the 1080P HD texture packs and next-gen shaders and this will be downloaded to the NX home console as an add-on for the SD card content. Doing this will also help to minimize file sizes on the SD Card since I believe SD Cards start to get expensive when you go above 32 GB. |
People don't buy amiibo for games. Nintendo said this. Amiibo won't be affected at all when the NX goes digital.
