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NEWS: Nitro+ to Release Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi. Game on USB




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Relairknight



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:01 am Reply with quote
Hmmmm interesting. Are we finally at the point where a ubs stick is cheaper for a company to produce than a dvd? I hope so, ever since Start Trek:TNG and their little data chips and such.
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Blanchimont



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:05 am Reply with quote
If there's a way to backup to home drive, yes, it would definitely be a viable alternative, I'd welcome it myself.

Without possibility to backup, then no. Flash memory still has issues concerning further development because of the inherent limitations like scalability, memory wear, speed. I've had personally several thumb drives fail over time... Even if price comes down, with no way to secure a backup, long term promise of it entering the Collectors arena is precisely nil.

There are successor technologies in development, like race-track, phase-memory and several others, intent on addressing those issues.

Discs themselves are a bit(or more) obsolete at this point, so I really can't wait for that day to come soon enough though.
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