if the extra features of the Wii2 version of multi-plat games couldn't convince you to buy the Wii2 version because they don't have the other 120GB of HDD space you wouldn't even need for that game, then good riddance.
Well I said I wouldn't buy the Super Wii version unless it had some extra content. So, yeah, if there are extra features then the storage issue wouldn't turn me off. But if it's the exact same game I might as well go PS3 so as to preserve my Super Wii storage space.
This console is supposed to be the one that "brings the core audience back", so I do think it matters what we want out of it. This whole "well, I guess they don't need this thing we don't to pay for" attitude is a large part of what led to the Wii being summarily abandoned by the 3rd parties.
Exactly. Nintendo has been all "well you don't really need this" and "that's good enough" since the N64 and that is the root of all of their problems. Always excuses and workarounds and this arrogant expectation that people will cut them slack for no reason. As long as they continue with this attitude they'll only succeed with kids, casuals and die hard Nintendo fans ie: people too loyal or ignorant to call them on their bullshit.
If they're going to get this wrong, and they are getting it wrong, especially when inadequate storage was an issue on the Wii, what else are they going to flub? That's the thing. If they can't get this right, and this is EASY stuff, will they have a good online plan? Not an improved online plan, because improving from their very crappy one is not hard, but a GOOD one. Can they actually design hardware third parties will want to use and have good development kits and offer a business model that makes it worthwhile for third parties to bother supporting them?
If you can't get the little stuff right how can you get the big stuff right? With the Gamecube I think the problem that almost all of the little stuff was just slightly wrong and as a result the whole system was just incredibly average and unexceptional. It was like for every bulletpoint the Cube was never the best choice and was frequently the worst. If you're trying to win people back how can do that when you provide them with endless reasons to ignore you? The N64 and Wii had serious flaws that completely sabotaged third party support. The Cube meanwhile was just there being completely unexceptional and often being inferior.
The Wii successor has to be the BEST console. Not an okay console or "good enough" but the best. Or at least it should strive to be the best. But we already know that for the storage bullet point it will be the worst and this is completely avoidable and obvious and is in comparison to a system that is already 6 years old. With Nintendo's track record they aren't going to get this wrong and everything else right. This is going to be just one of many completely avoidable mistakes.
Topic: Wii Successor Could Use Flash Memory and 25GB Discs (Read 16145 times)
