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Things you just categorically could not do with a game running from a disc instead of a cartridge, BTW.
It did make the cartridges more expensive than the ones without the enhanced chips, which stunk. You could have multiple SuperFX games on SNES and you had to pay for similar / same added hardware several times over.
I'd still take those special carts than not have them at all but just offering a counterpoint. Cartridges were expensive especially when you adjust for inflation.
Cartridges were awesome and should come back. They gave you something fun to collect too. You could see all your games