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Making Video Games Available On USB Instead Of CDS Business Proposal

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¶ … Video Games Available on USB Instead of CDS USB are moveable storage devices and people use these devices to store huge amount of data. These devices are also called flash memory data storage devices. One can also store games in these devices and can directly run these store games.

Normally games are available on CDs or DVDs. But there are many limitations associated with these CDs like most of the games are available on multiple CDs, so carrying these CDs is difficult while on the other hand video games available on USB flash drives are very easy to carry.

USB devices are very useful. People are also using these devices for backing up PS2 games. According to data of 2010, these devices can store data of up to 128 GB (gigabytes). USB drives are also very easy to carry and can be carried even in pocket. The installation process of video games available on USB drives is similar to the installation process of video games available on CDs. One can play and enjoy game after installation just as a CD-based game.

There are some disadvantages of CDs because of which people are switching to USB drives. Some of these disadvantages of CDs are (COMPACT DISC):

CDs have less storage capacities as compared to USB drive.

People are also facing problem of hang up of CDs.

Majority of compact disc types are read only.

CD access time is also very slow.

It can easily be damaged.

High resistant to scratches and unintentional mechanical damages.

Can't change or modify data after burning.

CD basically stands for compact disc,...

These storage devices were invented in the mid of 19th century and can store data of maximum 700 MB. Over 200 billion of CDs have been sold around the world. But nowadays they are increasingly being replaced by USB flash drives because of different reasons. Sales of CDs are continuously dropping because people are switching towards USB drives (Plambeck, 2010).
It is also predicted by most of the researchers, that CDs will become obsolete as everyone is moving towards USB drives and memory cards and the main reason for this changing trend is limited storage capacity of CDs.

USB drive is just like a portable hard disk. USB or flash drives have several advantages resulting in making them popular among the people. With the help of USB drives, one can protect the files by using encryption features. At the same time, they are very small and lightweight and are also protected against dust penetration. Rigid plastic and metal case make USB drives ideal for transporting data. Apart from this the writhing and erasing speed of these storage devices is more than the CDs, and these devices are also very reliable and durable (Gerry, 2010).

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The plan of making games available on USB is very easy to implement. It doesn't require any additional cost except the cost of USB. Companies can easily copy games on USB as they are burning games on CDs. It is correct that the cost of USB is higher than the cost of CDs but companies can get cost advantages as they can produce USBs in large quantities to achieve economies of scale and the other advantage would be that during burning of CDs most of…

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"COMPACT DISC." www.wong-sir.com. 13 JUNE 2011

Gerry. "The Benefits Of Portable USB Drives." 26 DEC 2010. xbox360kinectreviewed.com. 13 JUNE 2011

Plambeck, Joseph. "As CD Salezs Wane, Music Retailers Diversify." 31 May 2010 The New York Times. 13 June 2011 <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/media/31bestbuy.html.>
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