The problem with cartridges is that they cost more than discs. The problem with discs is that games are increasingly requiring space that is at or beyond their capacity. Also cartridges are faster to load data. The challenge with switching (no pun intended), however, is that you'll have a difficult time convincing consumers to pay us$70/c$90 to cover the extra cost, even though the price of video games is already massively below inflation.
It's already becoming a problem with the current gen, but if the PS5 and XBox213258927342762834 retain physical media as an option, we'll almost certainly end up with the worst of both worlds: physical discs that are nothing more than install media.
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