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- Tddupre, on 07/24/2008, -7/+246Then fix it
- Pottypotsworth, on 07/24/2008, -5/+149I must admit that i haven't had an issue with storage as i don't download too many games, however i can see the urgent need for a proper storage solution. There are some pretty sexy white portable usb HDD on the market, surely it can't be too hard to release some sort of drivers for these? Or simply rip them off, whack on a Nintendo Logo on and PROFIT!
- btgoss, on 07/24/2008, -3/+123I am stunned that they never thought this would be a problem. I guess they have such fears of piracy that they put blinders on while thinking about how much storage the average user would need.
It is a shame. - Sabin, on 07/24/2008, -2/+93How about letting me store WiiWare/VC titles on the 2 gig SD card I have sitting in my Wii? 512 MB is not enough but considering the relatively small size of these downloads most people would be fine if they could use and SD/SDHC card instead of only being able to use the onboard flash memory.
- Falldog, on 07/25/2008, -3/+73Listen Nintendo, people are going to hack your system to high hell in order to play games illegally no matter what you do. Don't hold off on features because you're worried about that. Instead spend some time making it so that people don't have to take those steps if you're so worried.
- uberduger, on 07/25/2008, -0/+67Piracy-prevention measures: No trouble for pirates, console-crippling for the average Joe.
- jtbndy, on 07/24/2008, -27/+91If it was urgent, Nintendo would have addressed the issue at E3.... instead, they had a bunch of fruit loops on stage acting like idiots trying to play a bunch of gay games.
- Incidents, on 07/25/2008, -1/+44E3 addressed it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SN4gXw3vQxk - sremick, on 07/25/2008, -1/+39You haven't had an issue with storage because game developers aren't putting in the downloadable content they want to. They aren't because there's no place on the Wii to store it.
Guitar Hero 3, for example.
Basically it was a game of chicken between Nintendo and the developers. There was no demand so Nintendo wasn't making a storage solution. There was no storage solution so developers weren't creating games that would cause a demand. The irony is, it's Nintendo's own WiiWare and Virtual Console games that finally broke the stalemate, and brought the demand for a storage solution out from being something from just a few to more of a widespread issue. - Cwo655321, on 07/25/2008, -0/+38wow, that was painful to watch.
- seavers, on 07/25/2008, -0/+37Wii storage™ coming soon for only 39,95$
- uberduger, on 07/25/2008, -14/+48Excellent; I have a number of homosexual friends who would like to hear of these announced 'gay games'. Could you please provide me a citation to this announcement, so that I might spread the word? Thanks so much, your comment has been a real help!
- jtbndy, on 07/25/2008, -12/+43Here you go. No need for your gay friends to thank me. Oh! And don't forget to tell them about the new MotionPlus addon. I'm sure your gay friends will love that.
Wii Music: http://wii.ign.com/objects/827/827335.html
Animal Crossing City Folk: http://wii.ign.com/objects/748/748892.html - wazzledoozle2, on 07/25/2008, -1/+32Nintendo is extremely paranoid about piracy, the sole purpose of the Gamecube's mini-dvd was to thwart piracy.
They are probably busy at work on a bulletproof DRM scheme for content stored on SD cards. I wouldn't expect any portability of downloaded content between consoles. - gamben0, on 07/25/2008, -0/+27Just let us save to the SD card. Problem solved with a simple software update.
- Elranzer, on 07/25/2008, -1/+26If they would just allow games/WiiWare to run FROM the SD card (rather than needing to copy to the system's 512MB flash memory), then this wouldn't be an issue at all.
Also, it would be nice if games saved directly to the SD card, too. - Andrwmorph, on 07/25/2008, -0/+23I hope they don't do something stupid like try and sell us online storage.
- skywake, on 07/25/2008, -2/+241st block -> 1/3rd
2nd block -> 2/3rds
3rd block -> last 1% - Archer007, on 07/25/2008, -0/+19Because we all know how well "bulletproof" DRM works.
- Andrwmorph, on 07/25/2008, -0/+16That was worse than a kidney stone.
- karaokekidd, on 07/25/2008, -0/+15Or better yet, allow USB mass storage devices of all types to work, and just encrypt the data.
- kingofthisnight, on 07/25/2008, -1/+15If Animal Crossing City Folk is gay then sign me up... for the game that is.
- amenic, on 07/25/2008, -2/+15I use a 2 Gig SD drive. Well, I shouldn't say "use". I actually bought it and it sits in my wii with absolutely nothing on it. I got excited when I first learned of the virtual console and aimed to fill it up. Only to be disappointed by over priced games with NOTHING added to them and a controller that not only isn't wireless, it only has about a 3 foot long cord :|
IMO charging 5-10$ for games that are 20-25 years old, without making any modifications to them is wrong and I will not buy them. So the 0.5 GB Storage is working out fine for me.
The Wii online component is a complete joke. Using an lengthy "id" system to find friends is horrendous. It's very obvious that nintendo has little interest in addressing it when their sales are so strong and they make absolutely nothing from it (in terms of game connectivity). - AhniTipesh, on 07/25/2008, -1/+14I love fruit loops...
- TVarmy, on 07/25/2008, -1/+138 GB? Who do you think Nintendo is? Trust me, they'll give you 4 GB, give it a crazy unit to make it sound like a lot (9,657 Chunks!), and have it require batteries even though it's plugged into the console.
- Murdats, on 07/25/2008, -0/+12actually how often has nintendo released a new version of the same console (except game boy)
now how often does nintendo release add ons? - CollapseControl, on 07/24/2008, -4/+16I have no storage problem as of yet, then again I don't have that many games. About 17 VC titles and about 5 other channels. And then game saves for about 6 games, which doesn't take up much space.
I also have a lot of extra SD cards that I haven't put to use yet. But if the Wii was my main console of choice I guess I would be getting close to capacity. - Darkangel754, on 07/25/2008, -1/+12That's actually a faily good price concidering the xbox360 drive is like $100 for 20GB
- Zcrubby, on 07/25/2008, -0/+11Wow... I... This.. What... Wow...
- pennvneff, on 07/25/2008, -2/+13I got an "urgent" problem. I bought NCAA 09 Football for the Wii and holy ***** does this game suck.
- RyanWilliams, on 07/25/2008, -0/+11Have you not noticed that Nintendo is rolling out its equivalent of PSN Store and Live Arcade? They're getting onto the full-blown game digital distribution market, and haven't got the storage to support full games being downloaded.
Developers can *make* their games fit into smaller sizes, but then you're still only going to fit several on one Wii before having to delete them to make room for more.
As far as Nintendo's digital distribution plans go, it is indeed an urgent problem. - warsongs7, on 07/25/2008, -0/+10They probably didn't anticipate their overwhelming success but didn't include a hard drive to save on costs.
- sremick, on 07/25/2008, -0/+10Obvious you don't own a Wii, never used a Wii, and have no idea how the SD slot is used in the Wii.
- Striss, on 07/25/2008, -0/+10Yeah anything you've purchased can be downloaded again for free. I ran out of space already and had to delete a bunch of stuff to fit one N64 rom.
- Kinneas12, on 07/25/2008, -0/+10This is not a problem at all. Am I the only one living where SD cards are insanely cheap? 2gig SD cards here are under $15
Unless they're planning for the ability to download lots of media, a few gigs is suitable for saves and a dozens of applications. - Callik, on 07/25/2008, -5/+14Judging by their E3 outing I doubt their target audience of kiddies, oldies and thickies don't really have the capability of pirating a game.
Not that there's anything worthwhile to pirate anyway >.> - JickBahTech, on 07/25/2008, -0/+9It's that kind of crap that drives me crazy.
If they would just open up the SD card slot as real time, accessible storage, then slap a Nintendo logo on an 8GB SDHC, then there would be any issues. I HATE the idea of some external drive flopping around under my TV. I already have way too much crap under there as it is. - sremick, on 07/25/2008, -0/+9"The nature of the Wii doesn't have all of the content that the 360 and PS3 has available for download."
Chicken and egg. Part of the reason developers aren't putting downloadable content into games that would otherwise have it (like Guitar Hero 3) is because there's no place to store it on the Wii. - dafragsta, on 07/25/2008, -0/+8Dude. ALL the efforts made by ANY company to stop piracy are because the blinders are on. First and foremost, it is virtually impossible to stop piracy, even with hardware locks. I think they still have this crazy notion that they can somehow get a handle on the situation.
"Well, if we make it just a little harder, Joe Discswapper won't be able to give a perfect copy to his buddy all that easy."
They don't realize that where there is a will, there is a way. The internet is not so obscure anymore that most people can get whatever they want with BitTorrent or some other P2P service. Getting a cracked copy should not be considered something that few pirates can do. If anything, it should all go back to zero copy protection. They still have ways to audit licenses of business using illegal software. Don't expect to ever get a handle on residential piracy unless you can offer something in the retail product that just can't be pirated. Either way, copy protection with dongles and disc checks only pisses off the people who legitimately buy software.
/just spent $1000 on Native Instruments Komplete 5 and Kore 2 - paulsmith288, on 07/25/2008, -0/+8I dont buy any VC stuff. So my wii has lots of space.
If I did buy VC stuff - then ran out of space and had to delete. Can I download again without paying again? - inactive, on 07/25/2008, -0/+8Well, it's already here with the Twilight Hack, so what else is there to fear.
- Synn, on 07/25/2008, -0/+8Actually I think Animal Crossing is aimed more at the Furry crowd.
- sjmulder, on 07/25/2008, -1/+91 GB = 1024 MB
512/1024 = 0.5 - Elranzer, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7A firmware update could fix that.
- Mrstupid7, on 07/25/2008, -1/+8Old SNES games are not very large.
- Gravey9, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7ya really how hard can it be to add more storage? There are so many ways of doing this now, usb, sd are just a few that would be compatible.
- jimmick, on 07/25/2008, -1/+8Dugg for excellent use of 'PROFIT!'
It's not often an exclamation point doesn't make me cringe - merreborn, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7Pretty sure you can already transfer games to your SD card. (I did this once a year ago as an experiment, and haven't played with it since.) They can't be *played* while they're on the card, but if push comes to shove, you could transfer games on/off as needed.
Downloaded Wii games are DRM'd and keyed to your hardware, so piracy is a non-issue. If your Wii dies, you have to have nintendo transfer your games to new hardware, which involves giving you new copies keyed to the new box. - amenic, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7Sure if it's like 5 gigs.
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