I wouldn't mind seeing cartridges and memory cards comeback for consoles. They add a certain amount of charm that modern consoles severely lack.

There's no other way to read that.

Because carts are significantly more expensive than disks of equal space value. If I'm EA and I'm developing Mass Effect Andromeda for XBO, PS4, and NX, let's say I'm making them all 100% equal ports, feature wise. Now it's time to maufacture. Let's say it costs $.10 per disk or whatever to manucacture one physical copy of the game on PS4 and XBO. It'll cost $1 for the same thing on NX in a good scenario because of carts. Now let's pretend that each port shipped 1m copies. That means EA spent $100,000 manufactuing disks for the PS4 version, and $100,000 manufacturing disks for the XBO version, but $1m manufacturing cartridges for an identical product on the NX.

Now obviously those numbers are made up. The difference could be more, or they could be less, but no matter what the difference in price will be significant. And that would royally piss of anyone trying to make money off a product. Unless you think Nintendo would be willing to lower their royalties per cart or artificially inflate the prices of carts just to accomedate them, third parties absolutely will not support a platform with carts. Not with multiplats.

That's the spirit!

You're acting like they haven't dropped Nintendo for less than being told they'd make less money for selling the same amount of copies.

Too all those promoteing a all digital nitendo console.
I refuse to buy a all digital console. I like collecting games and haveing them on shelves.

Ive owned a nes,snes,gc,wii,wii u..... I wont buy a NX if its digital only, and I doubt im the only one.

I ll say this:

I miss cartridges. I really hope thats what happends, with their unified software ecosystem for their handheld/console, you cant just ignore physical releases for games imo.

No, it doesn't. They don't complain no matter what Nintendo does. They complain when Nintendo does stupid things that negatively impacts their profits. Digital only positively impacts them. And Nintendo. And the experience for most consumers.

Physical media goes completely against a truly seamless unified platform, so there is absolutely a point in going digital only.

There are not enough of people like you for Nintendo to care, to be frank. The amount of consumers Nintendo will gain in this move will exponencially eclipse the insignificant few consumers who will refuse to buy an all digital platform no matter what games they want comes out for it purely on principal.

The thing is... Wii U isnt selling that many units.

Why risk putting off some of your core supporters? There has to be quite a few that feel like I do..

I mean digital downloads only account for like 20% of game sales currently.

Forceing people to adapt? good idea? Im not so sure.

Might it give them new consumers? maybe... will it cost them support from core nintendo fans? absolutely.

Hell we have a thread on this forum, about a all digital future, and if people would quit playing then. More than 50% voted yes.

I can see Nintendo doing a all digital console, and it biteing them in the a**.

I dont want to see nintend fall futher down the ladder than it currently is.

PC begs to differ. Mobile begs to differ. Digital is growing on consoles faster every year. People aren't buying physical. They're buying games. Those sales don't just evaporate on a digital only platform - they migrate. If the NX offers only one option, consumers will simply adapt that option, especially when it's more convenient like with digital.

Are you joking? Third parties want all digital. No used games. Profit forever. Higher profit margin because they don't have to manufacture anything.

Yes, it absolutely does.

Again, PC proves that false. In an environment where there is no alternative, most consumers will adapt. The amount of people who will really look at the next 3D Mario and say "nope. Not without physical" is laughably insignifitant. The iPod faired fine without a CD player. So will the NX. Mobile is the leading gaming platform for kids now. You know who are buying those games? Parents. It's all digital. Parents will be fine with the NX.

Keep 'em coming, though.