Why are we still using discs instead of cartridges?

[MikeRox]

RolStoppable said:

MikeRox said:

Isn't the cooling for the heat generated by the CPU and GPU rather than the optical drive?

Heat is generated by all of those things, but optical drives are especially bad. You can test this quite easily if you have a digital version of a retail game and compare the noise level of your console to a disc game. It's a notable difference because the fan inside the box is used a lot less when playing a digital game.

That should answer your incoherent question.

All I know is there are plenty of optical drive free devices that need additional cooling :p