Why are we still using discs instead of cartridges?

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Intrinsic said:

Ck1x said:

I noticed some people are pretty much arguing against possibilities when we know next to nothing about the NX... I also see that many like to conclude for Nintendo to be successful everything is about catching lightening in a bottle. Which is such a disservice to a company that's not only been around for a long time but very profitable as well, even before the Wii and DS came along. Nintendo hasn't had close to equal 3rd party support since maybe the GC days and 3rd party companies weren't what made both the DS and Wii successful, it was all Nintendo coming up with something clever...

Lets make something clear.....

Good first party games alone is not enough to make a successful platform. Nintendo should kjow that very well from the N64, GC and the WiiU. Cause nintendo does have some of the best first party games out there. 

So nintendo has two options.

Get third party support that is at least on par with Sony and MS which also means having hardware that is at least as powerful as theirs with similar features or,

Catch lightning in a bottle (again) as they did with the wii and come up with something that is so different and unique to them that everyone wants a piece of it and can only be had on their platform. They tried that with the WiiU with its controller but failed. 

Its really not complicated, if you arent directly pound for pound competing with the HD twins, then you have to be different enough to succeed withoit most of the things that makes them successful.

So Nintendo needs to either copy the others or "catch lightning in a bottle"? I think that term is used way too loosely.

The funnly thing about people saying going with cartridges would kill 3rd party support is that 3DS & Vita have significantly stronger 3rd party support than Wii U.