Why are we still using discs instead of cartridges?

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DM235 said:

RolStoppable said:

You have no point, that's the issue. Nintendo's games may increase in file size, but so do cards. Yet you still want to argue that cards somehow don't make sense, as if cards will be stuck at 4GB.

Cards don't make financial sense, because they cost more money than optical media (even for small memory sizes).

The only reasons I see why they would do it is because of size contraints (if the NX is a microconsole, or a small portable unit, where even something like a UMD would be too big), or because they plan on using the same cartridge between their home console and the handheld.

I don't foresee anyone going back to cartridges just to be "cool".

Game cards make sense if the ecosystem of the NX allows you to simply buy the game once, insert and play either on your handheld or console NX system  (or whatever they end up calling them).