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| oldgamerz:
A Cartridge can technically be a harddrive or a USB Flash or a SD or a SD mini card with with one game or a whole bunch of games on it and so can a CD, only difference is now a video game cartridge as far as I know can hold more than traditional CD's DVD's or even Blurayy. what do you prefer to play your modern games? or even your classic games on? and do you perfer to play most of your classic or modern games with a disc/CD/DVDor Bluray disc or instead of that a cartridge? in which is technically could be the same thing as a harddrive or an SD card or mini SD card or flash drive And do you think that the modern video game industry would benefit from going backwards to cartridges? or harddrive based gaming instead of disc only or the current video game industry being disc and digital based? Imagine haveing an entire console collection purchased on 1 or multiple SD, or mini SD cards or flash drives instread of having a collection of discs connected to a server you need to download online only? and if the games were released one by one so the game companies could make the same amount of money minus the cost or a vary small SD or mini SD or flash drive? The question is complicated but how would today's video game industry be if all the games were released one by one or in packs on SD or Mini SD cards with the printed manuals like back in the old days guys? I would actually buy a modern console if that were the case and games to go with it :) This would be both cost effective and physical released with a hint of the old days Their is the Nintendo Switch but does the Nintendo Switch come with all or most classic or modern console games with console or PC graphics? |
| oldgamerz:
this was what I found how much factories pay for SD cards and a 4 or 5 GB SD card can probally hold at least 1 original Xbox or PS2 re-release OR a whole lot of PS1 N64, SNES, NES re releases to get them back on the market for collectors again and the list goes on https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/670614 Jared Hunter True cost of manufacturing SD cards? Dec 21, 2003 Or any other flash cards? Somehow I get the feeling that the cost of manufacturing for memory cards has no bearing on the market price. Unlike cosmetics and sportswear I doubt makers have huge advertising costs to recoup. Other than perhaps licensing costs and middle-men, what makes up the price of a card which seemingly should cost less than a buck to make? brianj • Re: True cost of manufacturing SD cards? In reply to Jared Hunter • Dec 21, 2003 It might be research. Early adopters always pay the price for what will later be supplied to millions at the cost of a packet of cornflakes. Brian |
| koemo1:
I prefer optical media for my home consoles and cartridges for my handhelds :) |
| telekill:
Honestly, I thought when I got my Switch that load times would be gone because it's a cartridge based system. I was wrong. There are still load times and some of them are long (looking at you Smash Bros boot up). Cartridges seem to lower load times, but it doesn't get rid of them. PS5 on the other hand has very short load times, but that's due to the entire game being installed on the SSD and the disc becoming little more than a way of confirming you own the software in order to start it after the install. When it comes down too it, I'm used to discs now. |
| bikingjahuty:
I honestly don't have a preference, however I guess I'll say cartridges since they are more damage resistant and have consistently withstood he test of time better than CDs. Especially early CD based games which are now falling victim of disc rot on a pretty widespread basis. I pray this doesn't happen to games released more around the mid to late 90s which is when most of my disc based games were made. |
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