Nintendo - Will they ever learn that more storage is needed for their consoles?

N64 - Had to absolutely have an expansion pak with certain games.

Gamecube - When it launched, Nintendo had a laughably small memory card you could buy. People complained. It took awhile before a memory card with much bigger storage capability was released.

Wii - People have complained about the small amount of storage space on Wii. Now, this problem will be magnified because of Wiiware.

Why is Nintendo so against having more storage? Nintendo has had this problem now since the N64 era.

all they want is to sell Wiis and its first party games.

they are too lazy or simply dont care for storage. They are making too much money to care.

Actually, in a recent interview Iwata said that they were trying to address this issue.Tylendal

Well, it is about damn time. They've had this problem with storage ever since the expansion pak for N64...which was released in 1998. So, 10 years now...

It is very easty to delete VC games you dont play regularly. If you have broadband no game on the VC will take more than a minute to download again.travt-down

That's not the point though. The point is that people should not have to delete them in the 1st place, and have to constantly check how much storage is left.

[QUOTE="Tylendal"]Actually, in a recent interview Iwata said that they were trying to address this issue.AvIdGaMeR444

Well, it is about damn time. They've had this problem with storage ever since the expansion pak for N64...which was released in 1998. So, 10 years now...

I have to disagree with you there. The expansion pack was basically required for most later games. It wasn't to increase memory, it increased the systems capabilities. As for the Gamecube, I personally had no problem with memory. We got by fine with two memory cards.

[QUOTE="travt-down"]It is very easty to delete VC games you dont play regularly. If you have broadband no game on the VC will take more than a minute to download again.AvIdGaMeR444

That's not the point though. The point is that people should not have to delete them in the 1st place, and have to constantly check how much storage is left.

Not to go off-topic but its not nearly as bad as PS3 owners needing to worry about how much space the required install will take.

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[QUOTE="Tylendal"]Actually, in a recent interview Iwata said that they were trying to address this issue.Tylendal

Well, it is about damn time. They've had this problem with storage ever since the expansion pak for N64...which was released in 1998. So, 10 years now...

I have to disagree with you there. The expansion pack was basically required for most later games. It wasn't to increase memory, it increased the systems capabilities. As for the Gamecube, I personally had no problem with memory. We got by fine with two memory cards.

It doubled the amount of RAM because the graphics in some games later on couldn't be done without the expansion pak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_Pak

Yeah, only a few games used it. You could barely play Perfect Dark without it. And it was necessary for Majora's Mask and Donkey Kong 64.

Actually, in a recent interview Iwata said that they were trying to address this issue.Tylendal

What is your source?

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[QUOTE="Tylendal"]Actually, in a recent interview Iwata said that they were trying to address this issue.AvIdGaMeR444

Well, it is about damn time. They've had this problem with storage ever since the expansion pak for N64...which was released in 1998. So, 10 years now...

I have to disagree with you there. The expansion pack was basically required for most later games. It wasn't to increase memory, it increased the systems capabilities. As for the Gamecube, I personally had no problem with memory. We got by fine with two memory cards.

It doubled the amount of RAM because the graphics in some games later on couldn't be done without the expansion pak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_Pak

Yeah, only a few games used it. You could barely play Perfect Dark without it. And it was necessary for Majora's Mask and Donkey Kong 64.

RAM isnt storage...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_Access_Memory

edit: not in the way you mean anayway, you can have 4 gigs of ram in your N64 but if you dont have enough pyhsical storage through flash drive, HDD, memory card whatever it will in no way help with the amount of information that you can physically install and access.

N64 - Had to absolutely have an expansion pak with certain games.

Gamecube - When it launched, Nintendo had a laughably small memory card you could buy. People complained. It took awhile before a memory card with much bigger storage capability was released.

Wii - People have complained about the small amount of storage space on Wii. Now, this problem will be magnified because of Wiiware.

Why is Nintendo so against having more storage? Nintendo has had this problem now since the N64 era.

AvIdGaMeR444

Expansion pack for n64 extended the memory, it didn't store anything such as saves..

[QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"]

N64 - Had to absolutely have an expansion pak with certain games.

Gamecube - When it launched, Nintendo had a laughably small memory card you could buy. People complained. It took awhile before a memory card with much bigger storage capability was released.

Wii - People have complained about the small amount of storage space on Wii. Now, this problem will be magnified because of Wiiware.

Why is Nintendo so against having more storage? Nintendo has had this problem now since the N64 era.

omgimba

Expansion pack for n64 extended the memory, it didn't store anything such as saves..

Ok, the expansion pak isn't storage, it is memory. You're right. It is still something Nintendo overlooked with the original design of the N64. Nintendo should have included more memory to begin with.

The N64 Expansion Pack was for graphics, not storage space.

And besides, it's not like games will be almost 50 MB big.

Super Mario 64 was only 9 MB.

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N64 - Had to absolutely have an expansion pak with certain games.

Gamecube - When it launched, Nintendo had a laughably small memory card you could buy. People complained. It took awhile before a memory card with much bigger storage capability was released.

Wii - People have complained about the small amount of storage space on Wii. Now, this problem will be magnified because of Wiiware.

Why is Nintendo so against having more storage? Nintendo has had this problem now since the N64 era.

AvIdGaMeR444

Expansion pack for n64 extended the memory, it didn't store anything such as saves..

Ok, the expansion pak isn't storage, it is memory. You're right. It is still something Nintendo overlooked with the original design of the N64. Nintendo should have included more memory to begin with.

In 1996, you didn't need 480i graphics. People were fine with 240i graphics.

It wasn't later with the advent of big screen TV's that they made the expansion pak.

[QUOTE="travt-down"]It is very easty to delete VC games you dont play regularly. If you have broadband no game on the VC will take more than a minute to download again.AvIdGaMeR444

That's not the point though. The point is that people should not have to delete them in the 1st place, and have to constantly check how much storage is left.

well teh wii is better off then those 20 and 40 gig ps3 owners who get those stupid instalation on some games.

at least the vc games take 1 min to dl/instal

Ok, the expansion pak isn't storage, it is memory. You're right. It is still something Nintendo overlooked with the original design of the N64. Nintendo should have included more memory to begin with.

AvIdGaMeR444

Every console maker makes sacrifices when it comes to RAM, as more is pretty much always better.

Nintendo presents...WII STORAGE.

A minigame collection that comes with a 10GB hard drive.

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[QUOTE="travt-down"]It is very easty to delete VC games you dont play regularly. If you have broadband no game on the VC will take more than a minute to download again.adman66

That's not the point though. The point is that people should not have to delete them in the 1st place, and have to constantly check how much storage is left.

well teh wii is better off then those 20 and 40 gig ps3 owners who get those stupid instalation on some games.

at least the vc games take 1 min to dl/instal

Amen to that. With all the complaints about the wii's storage space, the PS3 mandatory instal is someting that REALLY needs to be fixed. Don't get me wrong, nintendo needs to release a hard drive now but re-downloading a game for wii is a far shorter inconvenience than re-installing a PS3 game.