Do you prefer carts or CDs?

I prefer CDs/Dvds, they don't have loading issues as a replacement for being more fragile. At the same time they feel all so silky smooth and glow. Also the backdie have colorful lines when you hold them to the light.

Not only that, they look more professional.

CDs.

CDs overall, but cartridges have practically zero loading time.

Discs

I like CDs more, but cartridges do have a great nostaglia effect with me.

carts, but mostly for asthetic reasons.

CDs!! I love the original playstation cd drives where you had to actually pop in the disk!

CDs.

Good ol' PlayStation days.

I prefer cartridges myself. They just appeal to me more.

I prefer Cartridges since they are mostly durable. My NES, SNES, Genesis/megadrive, N64 carts still work fine.

well , the heart says cartridges but the head says DVDs.

cartridges do have a nostalgic quality about them , and the near instant loading is good, but they do have severe limitations , so when all is said and done, DVDs are better.

[QUOTE="Dj-Dampleaf"][QUOTE="Stinger78"]If storage space and content were the same a CART will have advantages over a CD or DVD. As that's not the case, I actually prefer whichever format the particular game might be stored on. In reality, digital versions of games are best as they are not prone to physical damage.Stinger78

the thing is, storage space means a lot, more levels, more content, voice overs, music, more room for textures, etc. Also, cartridges are more expensive

can you imagine if the xbox 360 and PS3 were limited to say... 2GB cartridges? not a whole lot of space

[QUOTE="Stinger78"][QUOTE="Dj-Dampleaf"] Actually no it wouldn't, a lot of people think that if someone wasted a whole ton of money on a 28 GB cart for a game the cart would have an advantage. That's really not true at all and the cost would be absurd. I agree with your second point, Digital games don't take that much damage, but if they do they are gone for ever and if something happens to your harddrive...rilpas

the thing is, storage space means a lot, more levels, more content, voice overs, music, more room for textures, etc. Also, cartridges are more expensive

can you imagine if the xbox 360 and PS3 were limited to say... 2GB cartridges? not a whole lot of space

lol @ cds not having loading issues , they do have loading issues -longer load times, and when their scratched they fail to load period

a cartridge very seldem breaks and does not have many load times

I prefer the cartridges for Nintendo games.

CDs they get messed up way too easily these days for videogames

Videogames that are CD/DVD based they end up getting screwed up not only by previous owners but by the game companies themselves.

Sometimes you really end up with a dud game disc that doesn't even work at all so you just throw the game disc away then you have to go buy a replacement game cd disc of tha game and then hope that the replacement works also.

Like I said, game discs CDs/DVDs end up getting scratched up way too easily these days or they end up as dead duds.

I'll take my chances with a 15 year old Nintendo game cartridge that still works and in better shape than a game cd disc

I prefer cartridges. Optical media scratches and optical drives break. Also, I like that every system has a different looking cartridge and its own unique character. Game disks look too much like non-game disks if you ask me.

I prefer discs of course - and flash-based memory. Cartridges (and floppies) are gone for good reasons. I don't really understand the reason for this question though - like there's a choice between getting an old cartridge-based game on a disc instead of a cartridge... Yeah, OK: You get like a Neo Geo CD game instead of the same game on a Neo Geo cart? In such particular cases I guess carts are better.

Carts for the durability, lack of load screens, and internal memory.

I'm not one to say I don't care for graphical capabilities or amount of content a game can offer me, but carts were (and still are) the less hassling of the 2 for the consumer.