. On the positive side,the maunufacturing cost of PlayStation CD-ROMs was far lower than that of N-64 cartridges, and CD-ROMs containing a PlayStation vido game could game could be pressed and shipped to retailers in much lrss time than Nintendo cartridges (which were made in Japan). Furthermore, N-64 cartridges had to be piaid for at the time the order was placed.the longer lead times for getting N-64 car-tridges on retailer shelves also meant greater inventory and sales risks for Nintendo game developers. It was very hard to judge how fast a title would sell,particularly in the case of newly introduced games.