Nostalgic, but impossible...

This.

Probably already mentioned, but yes I think so and I want them back.

The flash memory realm is making leaps and bounds and massive cost reductions.

They need to be ~30GB for

The future is downloads. SSDs for internal storage though. Memristor technology looks very promising.

That future may be farther flung than that of a return to R/O cart-based media, is the point. I think.

I don't know a lot about this stuff.

Short answer: No.

Longer answer: No way.

Now, to add to the conversation.

We are moving toward a digital distribution system. Physical media will have to be of greater flexibility and capacity to survive. Cards/carts just are not able to do that.

One reason that retro-home-brew games are so expensive ($20-$30 for Atari 2600, $50 for Intellivision) is the cost of the physical parts to make them.

Mike from Morgantown

Forgive me, Mike, would you mind looking at this post:

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?id=1741833

And referring to it in terms of things that need to be argued? I'm curious as to see how the two conflicting views come together here, and what you mean by "greater flexibility".

I'll get my popcorn. I'm rootin for ya Mike!

If they did, it'd probably flash based. Less expensive than old school methods, faster than disc media, but it'd probably cost more to put a game on a flash drive than it would a blu-ray disc.

Could we get a DS II - with much bigger carts, video output, and much better 3D caps? Yes - of course we could.

So why is it impossible for a new console to also use carts? If done properly, it has massive benefits over disks.