[QUOTE="Malta_1980"]don't think we'll see carts for next-gen consoles... if something is doesn't come up, i see probably Blu-ray being the main format next-gen...
Tony-Harrison
Blueray would be really bad. It would mean mandatory installations onto a hard disk and long load times.
If next-gen gaming used 8gb flash cards, it would be twice the capacity of a DVD, there would be no need for a hard disk because data streams from flash, and load times would be non-existant.
next gen not necessarily. they should have much faster blu-ray drives that are also much much cheaper than the one in the PS3. 12X-16X would be ideal mind...8X would be a little slow.
also if MS and sony continue down their usual path then 8GB wouldnt be anyhere near enough for a game. that extra space in blu-ray would actually be needed.
solid storage is still nowhere near cheap enough for game distribution. remember that a game purchase has to cover the things in the box as well as the licence fee for the console and the development costs of the game. ure not just buying a box, disc and manual, ure paying for a bit fo the development cost and a right to use the game).
it does have its advnatages. its vastly superior to disc drives when it comes to loading data. but it doesent offer good bang per buck.
as nintendo and other devs on other platforms have also shown, its possible to use discs in such a way that loading is very short or well hidden. the POP games last gen had no loading screens for example. neither did zelda WW and fzeroGX could load a track in about 3 seconds (not an exaggeration...it was that fast).
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