Nintendo NX Will Use Cartridges, Report Says

@7tizz: It's a valid point. I think Nintendo is keen on reining in their 3DS demographic. It's a gamble given the Vita's outcome, BUT, say you have a handheld that is as powerful as wii u or a little better (some indications point to it being less powerful), has a battery that lasts 6-8 hours, can easily doc in a station to display the game on television that reunites Nintendos console and handheld markets, and you have the rumblings of a successful product. It may not compete directly against MS or Sony, but Nintendo is comfortable being the second console in the household.

@7tizz: Microsoft's 2013 E3 Show was "cannibalistic" marketing xD

P.S. Stay away from big words if you're going to butcher them :D

@7tizz: Physical media itself is stupid. Nintendo needs to go digital.

--this is not a surprise to me at all
--Nintendo likes to make gaming consoles
--that
--the only way you can 'play' the console's nintendo games
--is on the consoles(iow hard to emulate)

--so
--i also predict a rather STRANGE controller
--that is not your standard traditional style(for nx)

--even gamecube discs were strange and unique
--wii used dvd
--but it required motion controls for most of the games
--and wiiU is a freak of nature

--i actually predict
--than 50 years from today
--wiiU will be one of the most sought after old gaming consoles
--the console's gameplay mechanics suck right now
--because gamers desire ps4/xb1 style games(FPS 3PS space and war simulators with thumbsticks)
--but in the year 2066
--todays thumbsticks and ps4 graphics9and most common genres)
--are gonna look about as intriguing as pong looks today

lolz, paving the way for more junk hardware they just never give up. 'It's all about the gameplay' says Nintendo. 'Yes, it is' says everyone but we are so tired of your really shit graphics you cheapskate losers.

The cost of games gonna be massive then, especially for those outside of US and EU territories...ok good to know.

Well, it would help if they made physical copies alongside their digital releases as a standard. I just bought Picross 3D Round 2 from the eShop last night resentfully, because there was no physical copy, which is stupid because physical exists in Japan. They're doing the same thing with the new Phoenix Wright, and that just annoys me.

Can cartridges hold as much as a Blue-ray disc?

I love the immediate negative reaction to this. Flash media has been way cheaper than it was years ago, so the idea of $70+ games again like we had in the 90s is a rather unlikely. That, and optical media is extremely dated tech. We've been using it for over two decades, and aside from media TYPES like CD/DVD/blu-ray, it hasn't evolved as much as we'd like it to. We're still having to sit through long load times and installations.

Not to mention how much faster data loads with flash media. There'd be no more need to install the game. Save files can be stored on the cart itself (REMEMBER THOSE DAYS, KIDS?). Yeah, the production costs will rise, but having a system that doesn't rely on a spinning disc drive is a nice change, for once.

I say "wait and see" instead of crying a fit. I've been saying for years that optical media needs to be phased out in favor of something else.

I look forward to the return of cartridges. It'll make for a more stable system that produces less heat and less wear and tear. Will also make for a cheaper console as well. Storage isn't really an issue anymore and the read rates are much higher then from optical disk or HDD's.

It will be interesting to see how true this is, but on the bright side, flash memory is a hell of a lot cheaper now than it used to be, especially since you can get a 64GB SD card for less than 15 bucks.

At the same time, I would hope that they don't do like they did with the Wii and Wii U and not offer a decent amount of internal storage.

*Utter Lack of Surprise*

Its Nintendo's Innuendo...