leetz r us Dreamland: Return of Cartridge Gaming

Yeah I've heard it. Your average PS1 disc held 512MB while the N64's cartridge held a mere 64MB at most. Why would anyone return to cartridge gaming, especially on consoles?

I love CD's as much as the next guy, but what about the N64? After the re-release of Resident Evil 2 on the N64, Nintendo proved their system could pull off the same firepower as the PS1(top). Perfect Dark (bottom) is another example.

Let's look at a couple facts:

1. CD use over cartridges is based strictly on memory, but a game developer rarely uses all the space on a disc
2. CD's load times are slower because of required scanning by the console; cartridges load and save data extremely fast
3. Because Nintendo rarely gives priority to elements such as graphics, they really don't require as much space as other companies

I think Nintendo coming out with a cartridge based console would be freaking sweet. There's a lot of nostalgia packed inside those little carts that I'll never feel towards my game disc cases. Maybe Sega will surprise us all...