Vita games 'too large' to be download-only, 4GB quoted
If the PlayStation Vita is from the future, why does it still use game cartridges? Because the games are just too darn big.
If the PlayStation Vita is from the future, why does it still use game cartridges? Well, Sony's Shuhei Yoshida says it's a matter of practicality. "We believe the time is still not right to go download-only as a platform," Yoshida said. "Some PS Vita titles, like Uncharted: Golden Abyss, will be close to 4GB in size, which could be too large to download for consumers who do not have a fast broadband connection."
UMD storage could hold up to 1.8GB, meaning Vita games are already doubling the footprint of PSP games.
If a game like Uncharted: Golden Abyss were made downloadable, it would take a large chunk of space on Sony's pricey internal memory cards. A 4GB card, which would be sufficient for Uncharted and nothing else, is priced at about $25.
SCEE president Jim Ryan also told Next-Gen that while some consumers may be fine with a 4GB download, "there are consumers in parts of the world--this is a global device--where the digital model has not yet fully been embraced."
With game sizes already reaching 4GB at launch, Sony Japan's decision to restrict 3G game downloads makes a lot of sense. Over a standard 3G connection, it would take about an entire day to download Uncharted. For most people, that's likely much slower than just walking into a store and buying a cartridge.
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If the PlayStation Vita is from the future, why does it still use game cartridges? Because the games are just too darn big.-
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It looks like they took the lessons from the PSPGo to heart. While the PSPGo did lack a lot of the more popular titles (namely Square's Titles) it showed that as far as digital delivery has come, it is still not ready for the be all, end all for content delivery.
I will still purchase my games physically until the day comes when they don't make them anymore and when that they comes we should have some kind of backup for the day the servers are turned off. -