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andimuhammadrifki OP t1_j0fkj7p wrote

Reply to comment by RollLocal1804 in will there ever be a console with SSD-ROM-based physical games? by andimuhammadrifki

but the speed. an optical disc doesn't have the same read-write speed as that of an NVMe PCIe SSD. what we (or at least I) want is a non-volatile storage with high speed, used for physical games.

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RollLocal1804 t1_j0g4jtv wrote

OK, well just use large 256GB USB flash drives then. But they'd cost an extra $10-$20 per game. Otherwise you could install games from disc to an SSD in the console to avoid using the internet.

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andimuhammadrifki OP t1_j0gl2d5 wrote

  1. USB flash drive? are you sure it can get at least 5 GB/s for read/write speed? for the next generation of console (in around 2026; PS6 or whatever Xbox's next console is), most probably it needs higher speed; maybe 10, 15 or even 20 GB/s.
  2. USB flash drive has too small form factor for physical game storage, making it easier to lose. that's why I prefer NVMe PCIe SSD because the physical size is still large enough.
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