SWITCH Rumor Round-up

[JEMC]

se7en7thre3 said:

JEMC said:

Part of this rumor comes from Micron making a 32GB ROM, which some suggest that it could be what Nintendo would be using. The problem is that those 32GB are not enough for Third Party games (Nintendo games are usually smaller in size).

Also, ROMs may have come down in price, but with game discs being stamped, they are still much cheaper to produce.

Its enough when used in conjunction with HDD, not too dissimilar to the current day 1 DL update/installs.

I hate day1 "patches", and I'm not the only one. Using them as a good example won't convince anyone that this is the way to go.

Wyrdness said:

JEMC said:

Those 25GB are per layer. Wii U only uses single layer discs, that's why Xenoblade Chronicles X has the download content, but like every other Blu Ray based dusc, it can be double layer and have a total of 50GB.

How many games use more than one layer though and with legitimate reason other than not being lazy with compression, PS4 and X1 games have mandatory installs so data is not read off the disc, going by the patents it seems installs could also be an option on NX. Who is also to say larger sizes aren't available if need be.

So? If Sony or MSoft can't convince third parties to compress their games, do you really think Nintendo could do it? And why should they? Because otherwise they couldn't sell their games on NX? They aren't selling them on Wii U/3DS and are doing quite well without them.

But of course, if Nintendo makes a machine designed to sell their own games and not focused on third parties (something that isn't as bad as it could seem, if done right), then ROMs should be fine if they are willing to take the extra costs.