Wii Need More Storage
By Spook81. Thursday, 24. July 2008, 21:49:34
Well, I know the topic is not new; nevertheless, we can't stop discussing it. It is a fact for most of us: The Wii needs a storage solution PRONTO.
And although Nintendo has dismissed this in the past, apparently they have begun to address the issue. This time it was Reggie Fils-Aime, NoA's president, who came up to the stand in an MTV show and accepted this is an urgent and priority issue, at least from an American point of view (he is, after all, president of Nintendo of AMERICA)...
Check out the rest of the post to read the qote.
Via IGN (who in turn, got it from MTV)
"From an Americas-centric perspective", Fils-Aime diplomatically stated, "here is the reality we see. We have a consumer base who loves virtual console. We have a userbase who really is enjoying WiiWare content. So for us really our challenge really is how do we satisfy all these consumers who are loving all of the product we make available on a download basis?"
Of course, it's not just download content that's putting a strain on the Wii's limited flash storage: "As we continue to have things [...] like Mario Kart that has its own channel when you're playing from an Internet perspective, we're just making this challenge tougher and tougher. So in our view this is becoming much more of a mainstream problem, which is why we have a sense of urgency to solve it."
So, the buzz about a real storage solution for the Wii coming out soon is really getting louder. Although Reggie did say they were just not ready to announce anything official just yet, it does give us some hope... right?
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WIDGETIZE
By evaunit6, # 24. July 2008, 23:33:50
1) Release a new version of the console, complete with built in Hard Drives.
2) Release an external hard drive for users to hook up to their Wii.
3) Buy lots of servers and Nintendo host your files - like saved content / media does not get stored locally, but are stored by Nintendo and just called upon when needed.
By coxy, # 24. July 2008, 23:38:56
By Big Dawg, # 24. July 2008, 23:55:50
Meanwhile less than 300mb of the internal memory is used for games & saves the rest is used for the OS Wii message boared & Wii settings .
By kawaiipikachu, # 25. July 2008, 00:27:04
Buuuut, if business is what they have in mind on top of consumer satisfaction, the external HD is probably what they'll come up with...
By Spook81, # 25. July 2008, 03:08:24
By Ace Jon, # 25. July 2008, 06:23:26
If Nintendo allowed WiiWare games to be ran off a SD card developers could theoretically make a WiiWare game with as much as or more content than a regular Wii game.
The SD card could even be used as additional RAM in games that add support for this.
By drlaunch, # 25. July 2008, 10:08:48
By haavard, # 25. July 2008, 12:51:39
I didn't realise that SDHC cards if devoloped further that someday i could reach the 2TB limit .
Then again cameras by that time could be in the 2GP (Giga Pixil) or more rainge .
By kawaiipikachu, # 26. July 2008, 00:29:23
By The Last Sheikah, # 27. July 2008, 10:26:18
By kawaiipikachu, # 27. July 2008, 13:28:30