Post by: StrikerObi on March 22, 2004, 04:16:19 PM
According to Game Informer, Nintendo is planning on releasing a new official memory card for the GameCube. This new card will weigh in at more four times the size of the Memory Card 251. This card will hold 1019 blocks of memory. Finally, enough room to save a ton of Madden data.
This new card is rumored to have a release sometime this spring season. Keep in mind that the card has not been officially announced and there is no price set yet.
Post by: Eminem on March 22, 2004, 04:36:50 PM
Post by: anubis6789 on March 22, 2004, 05:02:00 PM
If this is true though I wonder what color they will be and if they will be the same size as the other 2 memory cards denominations.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 22, 2004, 05:08:56 PM
It's about time.
And I expect they'll remain the same size, since modern miniaturization seems to be very efficient these days. I have a 59 and a 251, and I've had to re-organize/delete data on many occasions.
Post by: Bloodworth on March 22, 2004, 05:38:54 PM
two US 251s
Animal Crossing 59
two Japanese 59s
a Doshin 59
and the blank 59.
Post by: ruby_onix on March 22, 2004, 05:41:25 PM
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This new card will weigh in at more four times the size of the Memory Card 251. This card will hold 1019 blocks of memory.
For those who didn't know, the MC59 was 1/2 of a megabyte (four megabits). The MC251 is two megabytes, which is four times as big. But you can fit more than four times as much stuff on an MC251. A "59" times four should only be "236", not "251", right?
How does it work? Add "5" to each card. The MC59 is really a 64. The MC251 is really a 256. The math works when you do that.
This new MC-1019 is really a 1024. Something on these cards takes up 5 blocks (and index, or format, or something like that). The bigger the card you get, the less of an effect that will have (compared to just using multiple cards).
(BTW, this new card will be 8 megabytes, the same size as the memory card used by the PS2, which Sony has been rumored to lose money on for a long time now.)
What color do you think it'll be? The 59 was the white plasic from the front of the GCN. The 251 was the same black plastic as the Jet GameCube. What's next? Indigo? Platinum? Spice?
Post by: Ian Sane on March 22, 2004, 05:55:48 PM
Hopefully Nintendo will learn from this experience and release a decent sized card from the get go for the N5.
Post by: Shecky on March 22, 2004, 05:57:24 PM
Post by: Shecky on March 22, 2004, 06:01:41 PM
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
Hopefully Nintendo will learn from this experience and release a decent sized card from the get go for the N5.
Or maybe we'll actually see the SD adapter by then :rolleyes:
Post by: mouse_clicker on March 22, 2004, 06:02:00 PM
Post by: Berny on March 22, 2004, 06:07:49 PM
for doing this Ninty
for not doing this from the start
Post by: anubis6789 on March 22, 2004, 06:10:33 PM
Post by: JB on March 23, 2004, 12:18:43 AM
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Originally posted by: ruby_onix
This new MC-1019 is really a 1024. Something on these cards takes up 5 blocks (and index, or format, or something like that). The bigger the card you get, the less of an effect that will have (compared to just using multiple cards).
The file index table of the filesystem used on the memory card is what uses up the 5 blocks. The size of this table is also what stops you from putting more than 128 saves on a single memory card, because the name of the save, the aniimated icon and the banner also have to be stored within these 5 blocks.
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Post by: Kairon on March 23, 2004, 08:12:29 AM
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(BTW, this new card will be 8 megabytes, the same size as the memory card used by the PS2, which Sony has been rumored to lose money on for a long time now.)
Hmmm... so you mean to say that Nintendo released smaller-sized cards in order to not lose a deal of money for each card they sell?
Interesting... and I thought that they did so because they were simply behind the times...
Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: kovu_br on March 23, 2004, 09:37:57 AM
Post by: Renny on March 23, 2004, 12:22:06 PM
As for the color, clear seems like a good possibility. Hori already makes "officially liscenced" Indigo, Silver, Jet and Spice 251s. So unless they use different colors than Japan it would have to be clear, or maybe Emerald. :¬]
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on March 23, 2004, 01:56:25 PM
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Post by: Berny on March 23, 2004, 03:51:31 PM
I want 4 of these on my desk by noon! Get on it! *wants to play Harvest Moon and Twin Snakes*
Post by: ruby_onix on March 23, 2004, 04:10:13 PM
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For the price of a PS2 memory card, I really doubt Sony ever lost money on them. Those things sold for $35 at launch.
I'm not 100% certain, but I remember hearing, about a year or two in, that Sony cranked the MSRP on the up to something crazy like $45, but a bunch of retailers said that their customers wouldn't pay that much, and refused to get more stock from Sony at that price (which caused a small shortage, letting other retailers get away with charging the $45 price), and then a month later, Sony quietly knocked the price back down to $35.
I think I was reading about it as it happened in the GameSpot letter columns, where some retailers were venting. I think that's where it was. It was quite a while ago. I can hardly remember it.
It could be that Sony was just being greedy. But some people were speculating that it was a money-loser, and Sony was hoping to fix that. But again, I'm not an expert. That's just what I heard.
Post by: Ian Sane on March 23, 2004, 05:40:06 PM
I guess you could describe EA as the console equivalent of Microsoft. Except that Microsoft is the console equivalent of Microsoft.
How much of the PS2 memory cards do EA Sports games take up? I imagine it would be comparable.
I think the ideal thing for Nintendo to do with the N5 is just use SD cards for saves. No adapter, just straight out SD ports on the console and people can buy whatever size they want. By then I assume the smaller cards will be easily affordable. Best of all by using SD cards it would make it easy for people to store saves on their PC or trade saves over the internet. But then maybe I should shut-up in case Nintendo is reading this as they would probably not like the idea of people storing saves on PCs for whatever reason.
Post by: Kyosho on March 23, 2004, 05:45:48 PM
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Post by: Mario on March 24, 2004, 12:05:21 AM
WHY DUN GCN HAV HARDDRIVE LETS ALL BUY AN XBOX
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on March 24, 2004, 12:08:02 AM
But I had to delete my Pikmin save ages ago when I only had a 59.
I'm glad Nintendo is finally getting around to releasing a bigger MC. Chances are I won't need one.
Post by: Rich on March 27, 2004, 11:17:14 AM
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 29, 2004, 05:08:43 PM
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Post by: Shecky on June 10, 2004, 08:17:37 PM
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Originally posted by: Shecky
Don't forget clear, N. likes to think that's a separate color.... (if you ask me there were only 3 colors for the standard controller at launch) - Actually I'm quite happy with the Interact 8Mb card.... does have this occational habbit of scaring me a few times and looking totally blank in the internal memory card browser though...
If the picture on the demo disk is to be believed .... the new cards are white.... err polar ..... err artic....err whatever N likes to call #FFFFFF
So grey, black, white
