According to Reggie Fils-Aime, this is quite the opposite of what Nintendo HQ really feels. The Wii user base "loves the virtual console" and "is enjoying WiiWare content" and as a result are running out of storage space. As Nintendo continues to roll out new channels such as the Mario Kart Channel, this storage space becomes more limited, making it "tougher and tougher" to "satisfy all of these consumers who are loving … the product … available on a download basis."
Reggie claims that "[they're] working on a range of solutions" but "have nothing to announce now." Though Reggie also said that it "is becoming much more of a mainstream problem" so there is a "sense of urgency to solve it."
Reggie is wrong. Fischer is right. Storage issues is a geek and otaku problem only.
Yeah like I'm going to believe something Reggie says. If it isn't an official announcement it doesn't mean anything.Yep he lost his street cred.
So we delete the old games that we're not using, knowing
that they're always going to be there if we want to go back.
Games take far too long to download because someone - either Nintendo or your ISP, i think the latter because it's dangerously common - is throttling bandwidth because of massive over-subscription.Not just your imagination. Nintendo of Australia is a Nintendo experiment in future virtual reality technology that went horribly wrong and now there is a Universal Figment of the Imagination(a UfI (U-Fee)) in existents. It was deemed an abomination of a technology in the International Courts and deemed too advance by, well you know... Thus all technology and plans related to this happening have been destroyed. It took Nintendo 2 generations to rebuild and establish the replacements for the staff that had to be... Dealt With... Luckily some of Nintendo's key assets where to deep into there own work to be a part of the project and were spared. While others were exempted but later it was to hard to keep the secret. Rumor has it that Nintendo still uses this technology in small specialized cases...
But i'm glad that someone at Nintendo has noticed. Common sense reaches the top. What next? Nintendo Europe really do have major unresolved issues? Nintendo Australia isn't really a figment of my imagination?
I don't buy the "what about 30 years from now" argument Ian is selling, but anyone who discounts the sheer annoyance of moving games around is just blinded by craziness grown by rationalizing silly design choices.
I smell a video blog entry...
I don't buy the "what about 30 years from now" argument Ian is selling
Always going to be there if we want to go back? Yeah right. What about next gen? What about 10 years from now? What about 30 years from now? What if Nintendo goes under at some point? Really all Nintendo has to do is flip a switch one day and "NO DOWNLOADS FOR YOU". Then what? You paid for it but it's gone.
Always going to be there if we want to go back? Yeah right. What about next gen? What about 10 years from now? What about 30 years from now? What if Nintendo goes under at some point? Really all Nintendo has to do is flip a switch one day and "NO DOWNLOADS FOR YOU". Then what? You paid for it but it's gone.
And what happens if in 30 years you accidentally drop your cartridge in the toilet and it no longer works and Nintendo refuses to fix it? Just because you have a physical copy doesn't guarantee it will work past the warranty period.
"Cartridge batteries die all the time."
You can still play the game though, you just can't save.
"Cartridge batteries die all the time."
You can still play the game though, you just can't save.
And you can also open up the cartridge and replace the battery yourself.
"Cartridge batteries die all the time."
You can still play the game though, you just can't save.
And you can also open up the cartridge and replace the battery yourself.
Isn't that potentially damaging to the game? I have some games that have a dead batter and I'm scared to do anything :-\
Science is a lot longer than 30 years away from being able to do holodecks.
