Cartridges or optical discs?

[SvennoJ]

gabzjmm23 said:
i prefer cartridges especially for collection. Optical discs are prone to scratches, especially if you have kids. :)

Cartridges are prone to falling behind the tv cabinet, especially if you have kids. :)

Pemalite said:

SvennoJ said:

The cost factor is indeed the single caveat, yet it spoils all the advantages you listed. Sure you can have 128GB 275 MB/s cards, yet those cost $200 atm. Cost is a rather huge factor. In the here and now, optical discs offer more storage, less need for compression, and after installation no difference or faster loading times compared to running from a card.

The memory markets are extremely volatile, but the general trend is towards larger capacities for a lower price.

Stacked memory has made massive inroads in that aspect... Whilst individual chip costs are higher, their price-per-gigabyte is lower.

Yes, prices are going down while card sizes keep growing. 8 years ago I paid $80 for an 8GB class 10 card, 16GB class 10 cards are $15 nowadays. Perhaps next gen cards will be able to match 4K UHD discs in price/capacity. Although I still think pressing a disk is a lot less complicated than creating a memory card. This gen blu-ray still outperforms cards in cost per GB.

Nintendo kept it cheap by limiting max capacity and read speed, cheaper reader I assume and cheaper cards. It would have been nice if the Switch could actually make full use of a 275 MB/s sd card but I guess that requires a more expensive reader? Nintendo said it will support upto 2TB SD cards, storage space for downloads won't be a problem.