AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Could you elaborate?
Bad internet connections all over. We are lucky we even have internet.
Could you elaborate?
Bad internet connections all over. We are lucky we even have internet.
I do wonder what kind of media they'd use, though
I mean, if they want to really push the whole "singular platform" schtick, I presume it would be wise to go with just one kind of media playable on both, but what would that be? would they go with a disc-based handheld, or a card-based console, or some sort of third option?
Would a disc-based handheld work? Wouldn't the disk drive make it much too large to be a feasible portable system? I'm assuming that this discless patent might mean we're getting handheld-esque cartridges.
That makes me wonder, is it even possible to fit an full scale, modern console game on a 3DS-style cartridge?
Hyrule Warriors Legends may be the answer to that since that is coming out on the 3DS and has all of the downloadable characters from the Wii U version of the game. If that game can fit on a 3DS-style cartridge or game card, then it may be doable.
Would a disc-based handheld work?
That makes me wonder, is it even possible to fit an full scale, modern console game on a 3DS-style cartridge?
You never heard of the PSP?
3DS cards max out at 8 GB, but that tech is so ancient now, I wouldn't really use it as a reference point for a 2016 system
It is absolutely possible to make some sort of solid state media for use in a home console.
I have, but I know next to nothing about it. Does it use disks? Aren't disks bigger than the system itself?
Cartridges seem a lot easier to store and harder to damage than discs.
You're making the puzzling mistake of thinking every optical media has to be the size of a CD or DVD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Media_Disc (PSP)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs (GameCube)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDVD
The problem is that they hold considerably less data than optical media.