The discs being black was a marketing gimmick, the actual magic was in the 'wobble'.
> Nintendo had a hard enough time with preventing piracy and unlicensed games with the NES and SNES [...]
Yes, so I'm not sure that the cartridge drawbacks bought them that much in terms of piracy protection?
I agree that the PS1 had more piracy, but I'm not sure that actually diminished its success?