Nintendo kept this one quiet during its deluge of 3DS information - the upcoming handheld will enable users to install physical media games into the system's internal memory.
The Nikkei financial newspaper noted that the 3DS is capable of containing several full-size games through software install, with the ability to select any of these at will via the system's main menu. This eliminates cartridge swapping, and negates the need to take a truckload of carts when on the move.
It's a very intriguing bullet point - one that makes you wonder why Nintendo omitted it from its press conference. Not that adding it in would have made it any more exciting, to be quite honest.
One interesting thing to note is that, should this functionality truly bring about 'no-swap' gaming, what will Nintendo aim to do about those who will buy a game, install it onto memory, then simply return it to the local store? The Nikkei didn't go into the workings of the installation system in great detail, so hopefully Nintendo has a plan and will clarify that for us soon.
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The Nikkei financial newspaper noted that the 3DS is capable of containing several full-size games through software install, with the ability to select any of these at will via the system's main menu. This eliminates cartridge swapping, and negates the need to take a truckload of carts when on the move.
It's a very intriguing bullet point - one that makes you wonder why Nintendo omitted it from its press conference. Not that adding it in would have made it any more exciting, to be quite honest.
One interesting thing to note is that, should this functionality truly bring about 'no-swap' gaming, what will Nintendo aim to do about those who will buy a game, install it onto memory, then simply return it to the local store? The Nikkei didn't go into the workings of the installation system in great detail, so hopefully Nintendo has a plan and will clarify that for us soon.
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deleted 17 Jun 2010 13:45
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Holy S**t, did you here that it was the sound of a million pirates cheering!
Tamikaze 17 Jun 2010 13:52
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Yep =D! But surely Nintendo has worked around it somehow, otherwise they wouldn't annouce the feature.
deleted 17 Jun 2010 14:58
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Tamikaze wrote:
Yep =D! But surely Nintendo has worked around it somehow, otherwise they wouldn't annouce the feature.
I have thought about this before when 360 allowed for installation of games, why cant it be that you can only install if you have a internet connection, and each copy of each game has a code on the disc that is verified on-line and linked to the console serial and if another console tries to link the code to its serial then it is deactivated from the original console and will no longer work there.
obviously if you don't go on-line to activate you cant install the game and you cant play the game if either you don't go on-line each time you start the game to verify or it could be you cant use any on-line facility or updates if you don't go on-line to avoid the system checking.