Nintendo @ E3 2016

[cashwarrior1]

Nintendo better not do that, they'd make all the kids without credit cards/money or parents with them to buy games.

[E. Gadd Industries]

That's what the rumor is. They filed a patent for a game console or other that didn't have a disc slot, but Nintendo does that kind of legal stuff all the time & the patents end up sitting around, collecting dust.

[Ōkami~MD]

It's possible they may just be patenting ideas for 'security'. I don't think Nintendo would go all digital because that would lose possible blu-ray kind of compatibility. Maybe not though because they didn't do that to the wii u

[Zeila]

^^ I'm sure they'd lose more than gain potential customers too because digital is already a thing and it would only take away what some people prefer

There was a rumor almost a year ago that nintendo was going back to cartridges, but it's old and has little credibility

[Ōkami~MD]

tbh there isn't much good solid evidence for what the NX will be like

[E. Gadd Industries]

Yeah, but hey, I'd rather know nothing about it and it turn out to be something super-amazing than know a few details and it be a flop.

[mikey]

^^ I'm sure they'd lose more than gain potential customers too because digital is already a thing and it would only take away what some people prefer

There was a rumor almost a year ago that nintendo was going back to cartridges, but it's old and has little credibility

as much as I'd love to go back to carts they don't store nearly enough data
as far as we are right now blu ray discs store the most information I think

[BlackDragonSlayer]

as much as I'd love to go back to carts they don't store nearly enough data
as far as we are right now blu ray discs store the most information I think

What about... what about... Blu-ray discs... inside cartridges!!!?

[cashwarrior1]

Would if nintendo didn't release the NX!?!?!

[Ōkami~MD]

Then I would cry



and have to watch this for 3 years to make me feel gooder

[cashwarrior1]

O my gosh, I'd watch that for 3 years too! XD

[Ōkami~MD]

that girl will grow up to have infinite sass

[JDMEK5]

Here's my worry: That Nintendo goes completely eShop with the NX & does away with discs completely. It's happened once before with cartridges.
If Nintendo completely does away with tangible evidence of games, how will I make money buying & reselling games???

Nintendo better not do that, they'd make all the kids without credit cards/money or parents with them to buy games.

Exactly. It would be really stupid for Nintendo to make it only possible to buy games using a credit card cuz then they would lose the entire market of "those-who-are-old-enough-to-buy-with-their-own-money-but-still-too-young-to-have-a-credit-card". There would be little gain from such a move, so I really don't see that happening.

There was a rumor almost a year ago that nintendo was going back to cartridges, but it's old and has little credibility

as much as I'd love to go back to carts they don't store nearly enough data
as far as we are right now blu ray discs store the most information I think

Unless Nintendo had a technological breakthrough, yes. Cartridges were originally dropped because they couldn't store enough information. I think blu-ray is the most capable version of a disc format that we have today, but what might technically also be possible (and kinda neat imo) is not cartridges, but mini-hard-drives. Same look and feel of a cartridge, but with modern data capabilities. That being said, I don't expect that to happen at all because it would cost more to make said drives than it would CDs of whatever form. So far, it doesn't seem like we're gonna get anything other than either more CDs or digital downloads. Personally I think my fav perk to tangible games is being able to take them to friends' places and use their systems. It wouldn't be the end of the world if they scrapped game hardware, but I wouldn't be all that happy.

[mikey]

I have seen things about European labs working on some form of four-dimensional data storage but idk how far that's gone.  I'm fairly sure the NX is already far enough in development that they can't suddenly switch over
It just would make 0 sense for them to use anything other than bluray

[Nitro Indigo]

Reminds me: I *think* Sony and Microsoft home consoles can play DVDs, and there was a Japan-only Panasonic-branded(?) GameCube that could play them too... hmm...