NX To Use ROMs Rather than Optical Discs?

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Soundwave said:

It wouldn't be anything like the N64 days where a cartridge cost $30/unit for third parties to manufacture.

Most likely what will happen is most developers will use a very cheap card, like 8GB or 16GB, enough so you can play the first 3-4 hours of a game, but the rest of the game you'll have to download at home, so you'll need an internet connection.

Though this wouldn't really even be rare for disc based games, every damn game today it seems like once you get it home requires some kind of patch/download/etc.

In that sense it could be something like $1-$1.50/card for third parties when you factor in mass production, I mean sure more than a disc, but not enough for a developer to give that much of a crap. If the N64 had $1-$2 cartridges with GBs of data, it would've sold at least doube the amount because it would've had tons of third party support.

I'd personally rather see Nintendo get a supplier to manufacture them in bulk and give them to publishers.

Not a fan of small half game shit, if that happens i am not buying it. For this very reason I did not buy an xbox because Micrososft fucked up with HALO MCC and their stupid 1 disc and downlaod the rest BS.

the patches/downlaods etc should be stored on the cart, hence why I think they need a hybrid. Imagine being abel to take updated games to your friends house that don't have a great internet connection. Now that would be somehting useful for the ocnsumer.