User blog comment:Yankovic270/No Nintendo/@comment-76.14.199.23-20120623084558/@comment-1593341-20120623085821

the cartridges actually allowed forfaster load times and a few other benefits. the reason sony wanted to go with cds was because it cost pennies a disc for manufacture, while the cartridges cost MUCH more. this was why N64 games were sometimes 20 dollars more.