We know next to nothing about the Nintendo NX, but one thing we do know is that ROM firm Macronix will be providing memory products for the system. The firm has suffered losses in recent times but they’re confident that their situation with Nintendo will boost the company’s outlook significantly. This had led to speculation that the company will be utilising their new ROM chips which are similar to those used in the Nintendo 3DS.
Macronix are Nintendo’s long time go-to partners for the mask-rom memory – the guys behind the 3DS’s cartridges. Typically this would be put down to the Nintendo 3DS cartridges – but the reality is that Macronix recently began testing on it’s newer line of 32nm ROM chips – the Nintendo 3DS uses 75nm (With a max of 8GB storage) so these new cards won’t be used for that purpose. Unless the company is savvy to a big 3DS game we’re not aware of, or they’re developing for Nintendo’s next-gen handheld, we’d make a strong bet that it’s all linked to the NX.
“Yesterday, non-volatile memory vendor Macronix (2337) announced that net loss per share of 0.25 yuan in the first quarter. Wu Miin, chairman of Macronix, stated that “the worst situation has passed”. He expects that the company can potentially get rid of loss in the third quarter as the orders of an important customer, Nintendo, will have critical impact. The company targets a profit-loss balance annually.”
“In the past, Macronix sales performance usually peaked at third quarter, while declined at the fourth quarter. However, Wu Miin pointed out that because Nintendo has announced that the new platform will be launched in March next year, orders should be placed in advance. Therefore, the operating revenue of Macronix in the fourth quarter may be as good as the third quarter.”
“Wu Miin noted that before the launch of Nintendo’s new platform, the sales of ROM is expected to remain unchanged in this year, but there is growth potential. In respect of NOR Flash business, market share in the global market has reached 21% last year, ranked second. It is expected to climb to first rank in a quarter next year. Macronix expects the sales of 75 nm, or below, NOR Flash process products will increase to 50% and more high-capacity products will be sold. Revenue of automobile sector will continue to increase.”
Thanks, Paidenthusiast
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… nope. Don’t believe it in the slightest.
If the NX is supposedly as powerful as it is, cartridges are NOT the way to go: they would be too expensive for the amount of storage space that they would need to have, people outside of Japan wouldn’t like it, and the console itself would look just plain… strange.
How small of a pinch of salt do I need to take for this rumour?
That’s not necessarily true. Yes it might be a bit more expensive to produce over a typical BluRay disc but it shouldn’t be that much more expensive. Given that Nintendo has a very close relationship with this company I’m pretty sure they can manage to get 64gb chips for almost as cheap as BluRay discs. Any why would people outside of Japan not like it? It provides way faster load times, it’s much more durable (not susceptible to scratches or breaking), it can make the console cheaper since it doesn’t require a BluRay disc drive and it can make the console much more durable and quieter since it will have little to no moving parts.
Well, I’m going by SDXC card prices and since that alone isn’t the only reason why games are priced the way they are, I came up with that conclusion.
Looking at the price of this SDXC for example does make me wonder if they could indeed get it to Blu-ray-level pricing: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDSDRH-064G-A11-64GB-ULTRA-SDXC/dp/B003FVG3PC
As for people outside of Japan not liking it,… well, I’m not saying that I would hate it (I don’t really care about the format, as long as I get to play, but would still take digital over anything), but the way how the fanbase reacts to news from Nintendo about certain things makes me think that they won’t react well to it (then again, I’m assuming that the loud group of users are the majority). From what I’m seeing, they want Nintendo’s next console to basically be EXACTLY the same as the PS4 and Xbox One and nothing else. Basically, a PS4 or Xbox One with the Nintendo logo on it. They don’t want Nintendo to be different; they just want them to be exactly the same. That’s it (again, this is assuming that the very loud group of Nintendo users are the majority). Because of this and since I doubt that Sony and Microsoft would go in the same direction, I doubt Nintendo would something like this.
Finally, as for the advantages that you’ve said, I completely agree with them, but then again, I just don’t know if the gamers would actually like it. The only reason why we have this sort of thing on the 3DS is because of the fact that their handhelds have had this since the beginning of the Game Boy and it’s evolved to be smaller overtime.
… now, with that said, if it were in a SD card-like format, that would be interesting. But because Nintendo will have a lot of their advertising centred around young players, they’ll probably still make it 3DS cartridge sized do to fears of making them a chocking hazard (and the 3DS ones are already stepping on that line).
Why do you doubt that Sony and Microsoft would follow Nintendo? Granted they wouldn’t do anything that they think is a bad idea, but they’ve followed Nintendo in the past. They released the Move and Kinnect in response to the Wii, and after the wii u was revealed, Sony made the PSP work as a controller for the ps4.
Also if a kid is old enough to be playing the nx, I don’t think Nintendo needs to worry about them choking on the games. A simple choking hazard warning on the box will do just fine.
I’m well aware of those things (don’t forget that Microsoft made that SmartGlass thing for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One), but while they have done that sort of things in the past, with cartridges, I don’t know if Sony and Microsoft would actually take the plunge with it. Maybe for handhelds (the Vita, I believe, has SD card-like media for games), but I just don’t know if either company would deal with it on consoles.
As for the choking hazard thing, they can put out a warning for it, but seeing what Nintendo has done in the past, a warning won’t be enough.
maybe you did not search it well.
a class 4 by sandisk of 64 GB at 69 while you can find a 128 GB class 10 at 52 $?
you can check it here
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EH5US4W?psc=1
While what you found is cheaper, the mere fact that it’s at $52 would still make a game be more than that (the price of a game doesn’t just factor in the cost of the media storage device itself).
With that said, a SDXC card-based storage system isn’t really a bad idea (or at least now I’ve warmed up to it), but I don’t think Nintendo would do something like that. If they were going to do this, the size and shape would probably be the same as a 3DS cartridge. If they do make all of this happen, I’ll be happy to be proven wrong with that, but like I said before, I don’t think a sizeable amount of the gaming community would be happy about it.
That’s a retail price. Wholesale at bulk, especially with big company deals would be a lot less. Still, it could be pricey, but certainly not near those retail prices.
SD cards with the same size as an Xbox 360 game disc cost $6. http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDHC-Memory-RETAIL-PACKAGE/dp/B000UZL0YU
Yeah but that was dvd media. We’re well past that technology. Both the PS4 and XBone use dual layer blu ray discs, which can store 50gb of data. If the nx uses cartridges, it won’t get by with 8gb of storage.
Actually, now that I think about it, this isn’t that much of a bad idea, however, with that said, I’m well aware of the loud minority being very angry about this decision.
this may just be a rumor or speculation but if it turns out to be true I can see the people that are unaware of how things work believing that carts are a bad way to go (some will even consider it to be kiddie just because it’s Nintendo doing it even though most of them use memory cards in their phones, cameras, computers). most uninformed gamers will believe that a disc base media is better than chip based media simply because Sony and Microsoft uses disc based media. However, i think if Nintendo shows/explains the benefits and make sure uninformed games are aware that there are no limitation of carts when compared to discs like there were back in the N64 era then it could work
Well, if that’s the case, then we should hope that Nintendo has learned their lessons with their marketing with the Wii U and 3DS and do better next generation. Quite honestly, if they did as well as they did in 2006-2011, the 3DS and Wii U would have sold a lot better.
Because if they don’t, it wouldn’t matter how powerful (or so-called “normal”) the system is; it’ll still fail if they don’t play their cards right and don’t do it properly.
This is weird… It’s like Nintendo reads my mind and steals ideas xD…
I was always in favor of carts ‘cuz they just seem durable, require much less hardware, etc — the disk has evolved substantially while the carts were left in the dust.
Considering technology is obviously much more advanced, I believe there could be a quick evolution to the generic cartridge.
Partially true. While change could certainly happen rapidly, it isn’t going to happen by random chance processes. People will intelligently get it there. ;)
I really don’t care if they go to carts or not. The prices are way cheaper, the biggest issue would be the 3re parties… if they don’t have enough space, or have any problems loading their games on a carts, the NX would be totally fucked. So it would have to be pulled off to perfection.
I always liked Carts. As you said, durable. I have a smashed N64 game that works fine. Lol!! Dropped a 27in “tube” TV on it… only an N64 cartrage survives that kinda damage. ;D
*prices are way cheaper than carts used to be.
Maybe both a disk and a Cart drive?
It’s a long shot… and would make the console a bit costly, but it could happen.
It is not a rumor. It is speculation from neogaf.
Well, MyNintendoNews is calling it a rumour in the title so I’m just following along here.
I understand. I just needed to reply where people could see it early on.
I got FAR too excited when I read this post. I’m such a cartridge junkie. Gaming hasn’t felt the same since it all went to disc format. Though I don’t see how modern games could possibly work on cartridges.
How do you feel about DS/3DS cards? … because if this is true, that is roughly the form factor NX physical releases would take. Postage Stamps.
This ones seems too stupid to even be considered a rumour. Cartridges are expensive and have very limited storage. That’s like the equivalent of putting an old part in a new car, it makes no sense.
Actually, an SDXC card can currently store up to 2 TB of data, while a 3 layer blu-ray disc (highest capacity at the moment) can only store up to 100 GB. It’s true that cartridge based media tends to cost a lot more, and probably isn’t a viable option, but you can do much more with a cartridge than you can with a disk.
This isn’t the 90s anymore, cartridges have been a more optimal option performance-wise for a while now. They aren’t even close to be expensive too. Blu-ray discs might be a little cheaper yet, but I’d bet that the lower transportation costs make up for it.
So… you are saying NX will be called Mii Wu?
Nope
This might be a bit far, but it might be compatible with 3DS games? It does make sense, judging from what Nintendo have said, but then again they are marketing the NX as separate from 3DS & Wii U.
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I don’t think so because that doesn’t fit with the patents they got forever ago, remember?
Patents don’t mean much, and i believe there actually was a patent for a cartridge based system, so no that doesn’t de-bunk it.
Oh cool. I just remember the hard drive part of the patents, because I personally prefer cartridges so I was freaking out.
Cartridges are faster, smaller, can hold more data, and make the system cheaper, and can actually be cheaper for big companies to produce all around. If they do switch to cartridges im all for it, but i wonder if they won’t since the general public seems to think they’re not as good as disks when they’re actually much better.
Well, I was thinking digital buys, I thought they were going all digital.
No thanks! I want my physical copies! Im a collector at heart.
Yeah that’s what I’m saying I was freaking out (in a bad way) that they were going to go all digital. I have a totally bad experience with losing all things digital. Physical copies for me!
I don’t think they can go all digital because then people without internet would be screwed out of getting any games. Digital games do load faster though.
If they do go all digital they will save TONS of money though. That’s incentive for them to go digital. For example, how you no longer get points in Nintendo’s rewards program for buying physical copies of games. -_- I think that really stinks.
That is really stupid. I think going digital is not a good idea right now. There physical sales are miles ahead of there digital sales.
IKR but if they can make incentives for people to buy digital then they won’t have to pay for making the cartridge/case/manual and they won’t have to pay to ship out the game, AND then they can get all the money because they won’t have to pay retailers.
The question is, will it make consumers happy? It doesn’t make you happy, it doesn’t make me happy!
I could deal with it if it happened. It could help us in the way of actually making the games cheaper since they won’t have to pay for all the retail stuff, so they could reward us that way. But im not sure they would.
Lol My Nintendo keeps glitching I get 60 coins for signing into Miiverse every week.
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Hmmm …
This would Line up with older rumors that NX does not have an Optical Drive … and speculation that NX will have a portable component/version that can operate independantly. How else could you play your physical release of an NX game on the Portable hardware, unless BOTH units use the same HandHeld friendly media storage format?
On the one hand, Blank ‘rewritable’ SDHC cards can cost $50+ (to consumers) without licenced software on them, in capacities large enough to hold most Modern HD era games. This seems like it could make NX games needlessly expensive.
On the other hand, 3DS physical releases can be sold for $39.99 or less on physical media, and if this manufacturer is really making them in enough mass bulk to shift their quarterly earnings significantly, they may actually be only costing Nintendo less than a dollar per “Cartridge”, making the cost difference insignificant. Physical memory tech has advanced exponentially since the N64 days.
This seems plausible to me.
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** Pure, Unsupported Speculation Ahead **
DS/3DS style Cards for NX physical releases could mean interesting possibilities for the consoles architecture. Not only would there be no need for power and space considerations to host a mechanized disk-drive, but never, EVER needing to take the quirks and limitations of disk based media ‘read’ behavior into consideration could mean coding games for NX could be SUPER developer-friendly. All games could just run like they are Downloaded and Pre-Installed.
The NX would run Silent, could be any physical shape Nintendo wants, require no Power Block (making the console super convenient to set up Anywhere), and be able to share the same Game cards between Home and Portable units, both those releasing next year, and in Nintendo’s Future.
Any game you buy for “Nintendo”, starting with NX, either Physical or tied to your My Nintendo/NID account would just WORK on every Nintendo platform, home or portable, from then till FOREVER.
… sounds good to ME. (If ANY of that Blind Speculation is even remotely true, that is)
i like the way you think
I meant to suggest something about potential ARM based hardare, like a Smartphone or Tablet, to explain why the console would not require a heavy power block, but accidentally left that line out. Oops.
I’m no expert, but I’ve read some things that support all your claims. There’s only one thing, aren’t large SD cards expensive precisely because they are rewritable? And as you mention, 3DS cartridges are pretty cheap, I’m sure the issue can be circumvented somehow.
Believe it or not but those prices that you pay for let’s say a 64gb SD card from a store is marked up beyond belief. They can cost as little as $3-$4 to mass produce. That price that you see in stores is marked so high so that everyone in the chain from the manufacture to the retailer and everyone in between can make a good profit. If Nintendo was to order order 64gb raw chips, I am positive they can get them for no more than $5-$6 a piece.
I agree with everything you said. The only problem I see is the cost analysis. If I’m not mistaken, the largest 3DS cartridges only store up to 4 gb. Some modern titles require up to 50gb of storage. Buying in bulk would cut down on costs a bit, but I think it might still be too expensive.
Actually it wouldn’t. On a large scale, Nintendo can easily get 64gb raw chips for little more than it would cost them to get 50gb blank BluRay discs and the benefits they would achieve using a chip based media are numerous.
I see. I just read your earlier comment about the cost. If that’s true, I don’t see anything holding them back. I’ve been in favor of cartridges over discs since the wii came out. Up to now, the only downside I saw was the price difference.
Its 8gb for the 3ds, but the new ones support 32gb and 64gb.
This is what I get from the 3ds wikipedia page.
“These game cards can hold up to either 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB of game data depending on the game, which is 2, 4 and 8 times more storage, respectively, than the biggest Nintendo DS Game Card’s capacity (512 MB). Some sources claim that an 8 GB version could be produced should a game ever require it.”
Is this wrong or has the page just not been updated?
Idk, i heard from Gamexplain and Obe1 plays that they were 8gb. Probably they’re bigger and smaller for each game, because with cartridges you can easily do that.
Hmm maybe. Now I’m curious. I’ve gotta look into this.
Ok
To my knowledge, no 3DS game uses an 8GB cart, Xenoblade would be the primary suspect, but they managed to fit it into a 4GB one. That doesn’t mean they can’t manufacture an 8GB cart should the need arise, though. The form factor allows it.
You are correct
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Can you provide a link to support that? Cause I haven’t seen anything yet that suggests that 3ds carts can store more than 4 gigs of data.
Wait, I just realized. Aren’t 75nm flash units limited to 8GB of data? Like the 3DS ones?
Yes that is true but the company’s new 32nm chips is what’s speculated to be used in the NX which can hold substantially more memory. That is why the company’s projections for increased profits in the period when the NX is being released is leading many to believe that the NX will utilize these new memory chips.
I see now. I skipped the quote when they specified that. Thanks for clarifying it.
I hope this is true. I am so sick of discs. They scratch too easily, and because of that, become more expensive secondhand.
One thing I don’t think anyone has thought of is that just because some blockbuster AAA titles might require massive 64GB storage capacity doesn’t mean every game is going to need a 64GB cartridge. There should be tons of games that don’t even require 8GB storage. So, the cost of an average game wouldn’t be an issue. You may pay a premium price for those epic blockbuster games only.
once the patent with no optical disc port was shown I thought they might use sd cart like cards. Does this support that?
Yes, it does. Many things are lining up in a very interesting way. Nothing is confirmed, but one has to wonder, you know?
Please let this rumor be true, and please let the NX be backwards compatible with 3ds and ds cards! I really would love to play MH4u and generations on a larger screen, if possible that is!
I always preferred cards over disc media, especially when you lend a friend a disc, only to get it back scratched to hell and beyond and never read correctly ever again! Yes there are morons out there who are capable of doing this, ever to blu-rays, which is why I no longer lend friends disc based games.
Just make it backwards compatible with 3ds/ds, make it region free for god’s sake, and give fans an option for a normal controller, and I’m sold!
Who the fuck cares? I’m going to be buying my shit digitally anyway. That’s less tax charged up my ass.
Why leave a comment on a subject you don’t care about then!? You may not care about taxes charged up your ass, but it’s clear signs you have a stick up there though, because you sound butthurt lol:D
Damn! Cannot I not leave my opinion on a site just like the rest of ya? The fuck. Not everyone likes cartridges, anf and not everyone likes digital. So my comment had valid topic behind it. And I honestly don’t see how I’m even butt hurt. You mad because I disagreed? It clearly shows that I’m not the one who’s butthurt pointing at those insignificant assaults that you just through at me.
I reply to you because your comment states you don’t care, but yet you comment on something you don’t care about! If you didn’t care about the subject, then why leave a comment at all then? Now if you were angry about this rumor, and hoping it wasn’t true, then I’m not judging, but for someone to take the time to leave a comment on a subject they clearly don’t give a fuck about is the question I joked about, that’s all! In the end it’s just a joke to laugh about, learn to laugh sometimes dude lol:D
So now it’s a laughing matter? But whateves. Hahaha. Did you read that?
He’s right though, if you don’t care.. why comment? It makes no sense.
You obviously DO care if you would bother making a comment at all.
I’ll probably be getting mostly digital as long as we get a decent sized HD, I want those gold coinsssssssss, the new club nintendo is turning me into Wario
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I hoping that by the time the nx comes out we’ll be able to get coins for physical purchases too; assuming that the nx even uses physical media at all. If not, then My Nintendo is seriously broken.
I have a feeling it’s not going to happen. Have you seen the actual website for the eshop now? their practically begging people to go digital lol
Yeah I’ve been to the website, but if the nx does use physical media it simply wouldn’t make any sense for coins to be only for digital purchases. A digital only system is a completely different story.
We’ll see. Don’t screw this up Nintendo.
Yeah I guess we’ll see. I really think think the fact they are rewarding only the customers who buy digital is a sign of things to come though. They are probably hoping they can cut down on releasing physical cartridges/discs/whatever which will save them money. And that way they can produce more amiibo which they now see is going to make them loads more profit. I honestly think their plan is to eventually phase out physical game releases and replace it with amiibo.
On the surface it seems like a ridiculous idea – but memory cards and flash drives have continued to drop in price while increasing in size, and the technology has vastly improved, and continues to do so.
Not sure how I feel about this – Nintendo could probably find a way to bring cartridges back, but it could also heavily backfire on them.
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Guys, grow up! We’re in the 21 century, neither cartridges or discs are actual anymore.
We are in the digital era. I would not be surprised at all if the NX had digital downloads only. And that is a good thing. Not only that, it’s the way to go not only for the consumer, but also for Nintendo: constant updates, account based purchases, etc.
Want cartridges? Dust your old NES games. I understand the nostalgia, but the future is NOT physical media.
Digital download only is not what I would consider the future. Disk space is filled up far too quickly with large games. With add-on external storage it could be viable, but built-in console storage probably would be too small. I know the Wii U storage space is easily filled up. I like the idea of small compact flash cards for games and disk storage for digital downloads. And remember that game cards don’t have to be 32GB or 64GB. Most games are 16GB or under. Most in fact, are under 8GB. At least on the Wii U. I would say that most NX games would fit under 16GB.
I bought a 2TB HD for the Wii U, so basically my storage space is infinite lol
I keep meaning to do that as well, but never have the time or money. So, in real life if the system doesn’t come with that kind of storage, it’ll quickly fill up and digital downloads will be a problem.
yeah I hope we get 500GB minimum with the NX, I would get a 1TB if there is that option.
you will found that 50/50, you don’t release there are minor regions in this world where internet is poor and physical media are really popular. As I writing this comment I just released NES games are more expensive than Wii U games.
Physical copies are at the same price as digital ones and some people would prefer to have a physical copy because they have the feeling they own their copy which is not the same with a digital copy.
I will not follow the digital trend copy thing and will give up on gaming completely I may even be a retro game hunter when the day comes. As for the reason just read the T&C like steam from top to bottom and you will understand why.
Grow up? Are you suggesting that it’s immature to use physical media?
There’s no doubt that digital is a growing market, but it’s too soon to say that it’s the future. MP3’s were expected to completely replace cd’s and yet they still sell. There’s even still a market for vinyl. People said ebooks would replace paper and yet bookstores continue to do business. You don’t just completely replace physical media. Judging from the past, I’d say both physical and digital games will continue to co-exist for some time.
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The title is a bit misleading, and I’ve seen every site reporting this use the word “cartridge.” For those who do not understand, the media being referred to is actually game cards, not unlike what you currently use for 3DS. I’m sure most people here would be able to figure that out, but I thought I’d point that out anyway.
Within this rumor, there are some facts to be found. I’ll go ahead and run through those here:
– Macronix is the company that has regularly produced Nintendo’s ROM-based media, such as the 3DS game cards.
– They are developing a new 32nm ROM chip. The current 72nm chip they produce for 3DS holds 8 GB, but this new chip will hold more than that. The exact amount hasn’t been disclosed, but there will be more storage than that.*
– They are anticipating an order from Nintendo later in the year. These are both found in Macronix’s recent financial reports, shared by Japanese financial website Money-Link.
Anything past that is pure speculation at this point, but do recognize the listed points above as fact.
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Going into rumor territory, the storage for the 72nm ROM chip is said to be 32 GB. That amount is greater than a single-layer blu-ray disc, which holds 25 GB. A dual-layer holds 50 GB, meaning Nintendo could be seeing yet another format constraint issue (a problem since the N64) if the cards do only hold 32 GB. However, discs are still cheaper to produce, as a 100 GB blu-ray disc (more storage than currently used) costs around $1 to make vs $4 for a 128 GB SD card. Nintendo could go this way if they wanted to, but it would be the less cost-effective route.
As for an exclusively digital platform, there’s still too many areas with poorer internet quality to make this worth doing. The US in particular is still behind in terms of internet quality (with things like Google Fiber offering progress in select areas), and since that’s a major part of Nintendo’s market I doubt they would take the risk. Most likely we’ll continue to see them using discs for a home platform, despite the other benefits that cards provide.
use cleverly and get free from Sony’s dominance, Nintendo can opt for this solution. One problem among other (and that was also one issue with the wii U ) is the consumers want their console to be also a multimedia platform where they can also watch they Blu-Ray/DVD, and they sport/series on cable (hence why MS adopted the blu-ray and HMDI input solution for the Xbox 1) . I really hope Nintendo use a 32 GB SD card like format cause even if it cost more to produce they won’t have to pay any fees on the optic format property.
you did not considered that if NX has not a disk reader like a BD reader that spared cost will balance the 4$ cost of a card.
Fair point, artofdadel
No one has asked the real question tho.
Will I have to do endless blowing on the cartridge to get the game to work? Or shove something in between the game and the console?
No physical media means no reason to spend money on collectors editions! so yeah give me physical media and art books please, that way I can actually own what I buy, rather than taking a chance and having every company pull a Konami, get pissed at everyone, and take away digital games that were already downloaded! FYI I love importing games, and digital only makes it a lot harder to do that, especially with all the censoring and shitty localization happening as of late in the states, I mean text is never translated correctly or at all in FE Fates case, and english voice acting is just pure garbage now!
I would still go digital for most things. Only time I need to get physical copies is when I can’t really find them anywhere digitally. It’s nice to have things in one place. With as many games I have, I probably wouldn’t even really have space for all of them.
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Doesn’t matter to me because places like GameStop give you jack for all the games you have.
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Hmmm… Why isn’t anyone talking about how this could point to the NX being a home console/ handheld hybrid? This points to this being the case.
I think somebody did earlier on. It would certainly explain the feasibility of a hybrid system.
They already have just read the comments.
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Say we did get game cartridges for the NX, would our save data be on the cartridge, or the console? I suppose there could be a back up function, like on the 3DS, but that only works with certain games.
Running out of data room on my PS4. I wonder if the 2TB HDD I originally got for my Wii U is compatible with PS4. Only one way to find out, and I might as well since Wii U is now dead to me since the NX is on its way here!
Oh right. The topic on hand. Uhm… Hm… I’m cool either way..? :o
People used to make this rumor about Project Cafe.
i think this is one of those cases where someone wants to spread rumors just because.