AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Bad internet connections all over. We are lucky we even have internet.
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Nintendo Switch: Nintendo's Next Hardware - SOURCE ALL NEWS/RUMORS
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Bad internet connections all over. We are lucky we even have internet.
Bguy7
The Dragon Lord
Oh, I didn't realize that was a problem in the US. I've never encountered a lack of Wi-Fi anywhere I've gone (which is admittedly limited).
Excitable Boy
is a metaphor
data caps are a thing
prepare for the glorious return of cartridges, I guess
prepare for the glorious return of cartridges, I guess
Hero of Truth
Lillie Fan
I think the system will run on SD cards, personally. I doubt they would create a download-only console, it's too early and everybody knows that. Besides, SD Cards are cheaper to manufacture and have way more data storage than a disc.
Xeno the Doomguy
I have a switch and getting back into Pokemon!
I am hearing that the Nintendo NX will run on chips, not a bad move. Well IMO.
Chips can run a ton of gigs nowadays like SD cards. But I hope this piece of hardware has a Diskdrive, I love owning a physical copy. Means more too me! And what about the people with no Internet? Would be a shame for ppl with no Internet if this was a download only Console/Handheld/Whatever it actually is.
Chips can run a ton of gigs nowadays like SD cards. But I hope this piece of hardware has a Diskdrive, I love owning a physical copy. Means more too me! And what about the people with no Internet? Would be a shame for ppl with no Internet if this was a download only Console/Handheld/Whatever it actually is.
BCVM22
Well-Known Member
Getting unnrcessarily worked up over a patent filing. The more rational among you know just how many of those your average company like Nintendo files a year, and a tiny fraction of them only ever actually mean anything.
It's the intellectual property version of that moment that comes around every few years where everyone finds out they filed for trademarks on a bunch of Pokémon game titles that never did and never will see the light of day and a brief period of unnecessary overreaction occurs.
It's the intellectual property version of that moment that comes around every few years where everyone finds out they filed for trademarks on a bunch of Pokémon game titles that never did and never will see the light of day and a brief period of unnecessary overreaction occurs.
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Something I'm hoping for is some kind of sale/deal where if you have a N3DS/N3DSXL, you can get the NX for half the price or something upon trade in. If we're getting the NX soonish, I'll be upset that I upgraded to the N3DSXL. But, then again, it was a needed upgrade. I'd been using the very first aqua 3DS...I can't believe I played on such a small screen.
Excitable Boy
is a metaphor
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?
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?
Bguy7
The Dragon Lord
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.
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
It barely fits in there by decreasing the quality and number of enemies on the screen.
Jb
Tsun in the streets
You never heard of the PSP?
Excitable Boy
is a metaphor
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
Bguy7
The Dragon Lord
I have, but I know next to nothing about it. Does it use disks? Aren't disks bigger than the system itself?
I did say 3DS-style.
If that's the case, it kind of makes you wonder why someone hasn't done it before. Cartridges seem a lot easier to store and harder to damage than discs.
BCVM22
Well-Known Member
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.
Bguy7
The Dragon Lord
Oh yeah, forgot about the GameCube having those tiny discs. I've never seen or heard of the PSP discs or MiniDVDs before. Aside from GameCube discs I've only seen normal sized discs.
So if that's the case, then let me rephrase my original question. Could they easily put a full scale, modern console game on a cartridge? And by easily, I mean able to base an entire console off of it.