It has been noted that Sony has registered the rights to something out of the ordinary in Brazil - a tape that has never been used for home PlayStation consoles.
Dutch portal letsGoDigital, the same one that revealed the first look of the PlayStation 5's dev kit, noted that Sony Interactive Entertainment had registered a patent for "Game Cartridge" or a gaming cartridge in Brazil earlier this year.
This finding leaves several question marks for which PlayStation tape would be used at all. It has already been confirmed that the PlayStation 5 will use three-layer optical media with a capacity of 100 GB, so it is possible that these tapes are intended for another device. It would not be the first time Sony has used the format for the console, they practiced similarly with the PlayStation Vita console.
If we're going to speculate, it may be that the cartridges are the medium Sony would plan to make an alternative to the SSD in some cheaper versions of the PS5 console. This is exactly what Brazil could be associated with, a large market where consoles are not having much success because a large number of players cannot afford them. And we know that the PlayStation 5 will be more expensive than the previous generation.
However, it should be emphasized that a registered patent does not mean that a product will become viable at all. It is possible that this is only an experiment that ultimately means nothing to end users. Therefore, one should not read too much from this, at least not in the context of the future of PlayStation.
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