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Will Game Cartridges Make a Comeback?

Posted by Soulskill on from the as-long-as-we-don't-have-to-blow-on-the-contacts dept.

sk8pmp writes "With the cost of solid state memory going down, will we see the return of the game cartridge? Or will digital distribution reign supreme and transition our entertainment into the cloud? This editorial explores the beginnings of the cartridge vs. disc battle of the '90s and theorizes a second one in the future. 'Imagine if you could marry the vast spaces of discs with the blazing fast speeds of solid state memory. Can you say "no more load times"? You pop the game into the top of the console, so the game is sticking out the top like in ye olden times, and you could see the sweet artwork on the front of the cartridge. The nostalgia is killing me!'"

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  1. No. by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Downloadable content is the future, not bits permanently etched into chips or optical disks.

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  2. Whatever makes the most sense by adeft · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The medium switched to disks because they were cheaper to make, held more information, and worked. If cartridges take on these qualities, then there would be no reason to avoid them.