MY OWN SPECULATION - Hard disk

Space has always been one of the problems the Wii has suffered from. I think Nintendo soon is going to reveal a HD for their system. Maybe even at the Tokyo Game Show.

Why? Activision has stated that Guitar Hero will have online at launch, but that there still working with Nintendo to get users download extra's (songs and stuff). Why couldn't this be at launch? There has also been the rumour about a demo channel, which will have the same problem: space. Regie also said that September will have a really big surprise coming up. And francly,I don't think it will the "Mii Popular" channel thing. They also embedded keyboard support which hintsI think at something to come.

that would be really good for the wii's future, but we'll just have to wait and see... i wouldn't doubt it though

i wouldn't doubt it either.

http://www.esol.co.jp/english/company/press/emb_press070404.html

That was out some week ago

how would you get it. would you have to buy a new wii?Blessing77

no, u dumb dumb, it'd be a an external USB HDD

Here's an other link

http://wii-news.dcemu.co.uk/nintendo-to-offer-usb-storage-solution-soon--58744.html

We gotta remember that Nintendo took a chance with the Wii and wanted to keep their price low. I could've had a hard drive, DVD player and HD support but it might have costed $500 and then everyone would be mad becauseit was so expensive.

Still an HD addon would be nice and then people could buy the accessories they wanted and those who didn't want the bells and whistles, wouldn't have pay extra.

I'd still like a 10G SD card and I'm sure if I hold out, we'll see it.

[QUOTE="Blessing77"]how would you get it. would you have to buy a new wii?ayreon213

no, u dumb dumb, it'd be a an external USB HDD

Don't be so mean :P

Big SD cards might be enough, if Nintendo ever updates the firmware so that you can actually save to them and such from games. The fact that we couldn't from the start shocked me really, seemed life a big dropped ball by Nintendo to me.

The SD cards are going to stay with the Wii. I'm sure Nintendo is working on a firmware for version 4 that can update the SD cards features like bring the 8GB SD Cards on the Wii or you can play the VC games through the SD Cards.

As for the HDD, if that happens, it will be a 3rd party not Nintendo that will bring it.

I freakin' hope so. I would love to have a hard drive on my Wii.

Big SD cards might be enough, if Nintendo ever updates the firmware so that you can actually save to them and such from games. The fact that we couldn't from the start shocked me really, seemed life a big dropped ball by Nintendo to me.

sandman356

I was also quite disappointed this was not available fromt the start.

The SD cards are going to stay with the Wii. I'm sure Nintendo is working on a firmware for version 4 that can update the SD cards features like bring the 8GB SD Cardson the Wii ...

chris3116

I'm not sure that'd be possible, since SD cards 4GBs and up are really a part of a different standard (SD 2.0, or "SDHC") than those 2GB and below (SD 1.1).

i think that the HDD is a possibility but i don't really feel too optimistic about it. The reason for limited memory and graphics and pretty much everything that is limited on the wii is that Nintendo designed the console to be small, run all day, and use very little power. The lead designers talk about why they made every decision regarding the wii in a series of interviews on the nintendo webpage.

http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/wii/?site=v1_01.html&l=enGB

I also think that nintendo is pretty wise to major periphrials in general. Since only a limited number of wii users would buy the HDD, developers who designed games that took advantage of extra capacity would be releasing their product to a very limited audience. This wouldn't be so bad if you could use any external hard drive but i doubt nintendo loves us that much.

also i read that systems with lots of memory can be hacked and users can download the games for free and play them off the Harddrive. I don't know if this is true but i read that it was a problem with the PSP.

However i don't think nintendo expected to be dominating the next gen by such a large margin right out of the gate. "Last console to be relaeaed leads powerhouse competitors by millions of consoles worldwide," didn't seem like a likely headline just before launch. So if nintendo wants the wii to be this generations PS2 and continue to grow and profit for 5 or more years not to mentions regainging the perception of themselves as the industry leader going into the next gen, they're going to have to do something to increasethe wii'scapabilities for online interaction and downloadable content. HDD just might do it too. so maybe....maybe...

if nintendo allowed apps ot be stored and executed from external memory sources then i would be very happy. imho this is the ideal solution. by doing so....it allows ppl to get their own external HDDs, use SD cards and any spare usb memory sticks. the only downside to that would be that someone could potentially run a bad app on ure wii and brick it. this is highly unlikely though since windows viruses wont work on wii and the user would have to let someone put the dodgy memory stick/hdd in their in the first place.

if nintendo did want to cash in...they could release an offical HDD caddy for the wii with a smallish HDD in there.

but yeah...a firmware update could fix this problem.

i think that the HDD is a possibility but i don't really feel too optimistic about it. The reason for limited memory and graphics and pretty much everything that is limited on the wii is that Nintendo designed the console to be small, run all day, and use very little power. The lead designers talk about why they made every decision regarding the wii in a series of interviews on the nintendo webpage.

http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/wii/?site=v1_01.html&l=enGB

I also think that nintendo is pretty wise to major periphrials in general. Since only a limited number of wii users would buy the HDD, developers who designed games that took advantage of extra capacity would be releasing their product to a very limited audience. This wouldn't be so bad if you could use any external hard drive but i doubt nintendo loves us that much.

also i read that systems with lots of memory can be hacked and users can download the games for free and play them off the Harddrive. I don't know if this is true but i read that it was a problem with the PSP.

However i don't think nintendo expected to be dominating the next gen by such a large margin right out of the gate. "Last console to be relaeaed leads powerhouse competitors by millions of consoles worldwide," didn't seem like a likely headline just before launch. So if nintendo wants the wii to be this generations PS2 and continue to grow and profit for 5 or more years not to mentions regainging the perception of themselves as the industry leader going into the next gen, they're going to have to do something to increasethe wii'scapabilities for online interaction and downloadable content. HDD just might do it too. so maybe....maybe...

benben04

Care to read the 2 linkd I posted?