i think nintendo is looking at this with dollar signs in thier eyes. If they ever come out with a DS2 or Wii HD this would be awesome.

And no i dont think these cartidges can compete with blueray and hd dvd as of now.

 Good point.

I agree.  Then again, I don't think BluRay was ready for this generation of home consoles so you never know what the console manufacturers are going to pull next.

I'd expect read-only storage to be cheaper than that, but that's just a guess. Anyway, your point still stands, the gap is definitely closing.

i think i read that the same way, Gigabit NOT Gigabyte, big difference... for mem chips in hitech gagdets great, maybe even like SD cards, but never as a media device.

I guess thats the point - R/O devices are MUCH cheaper, easier to make, use less power, etc.

There is a good chance this technology can be extended to work with R/O devices.

Look at the DS - games are now coming out that use... 4GBit? No question this will just keep scaling up, by the time the DS is phased out we could see 64Gbit titles.

On a mass scale, creation of these devices (R/O) isn't much more pricey than optical media. It might be an issue for movies though - its one thing selling a $5 chip for $50 (games) - its another selling 20c (disc) for $10 (movies). 

with downloading becoming more and more popular i could see it as comming into play for games---just log on plug in one of these little sticks from a box of like 5-and WHAMMY you got a game right on a memory stick roughly the size of a chapstick---not anytime soon but whata future that would mean...can we say Wii Pods

In the future, I think people may lean towards these mediums if the issue of privacy can be solved.

I like the idea of an expandable medium.

Now wait, are these people who see this as a future medium for game storage, the same people who blame cartriges for N64:s failure?

Basically the idea as a replacement for HDD is the same that Nintendo has had with Wiis internal flash.