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did you buy an external harddrive for your Wii U?
Gotta factor in that cost too. Extra space probably didn't need external HDD.
This seems like such a bogus argument.
If you are downloading enough content to earn your value back, then you almost certainly need an external drive anyway - or at least more patience than I have to manage your internal drive when space becomes an issue. The 32 GB version (less after reserved space for operating system, etc) doesn't carry you very far when downloading full HD games, so there is still a $50 difference between it and the basic once you factor in the need for an external hard drive either way.
Am I wrong here? Has anyone come close to buying $500+ worth of content without having a separate external storage solution? If so, do you manage space on the internal drive or does everything fit nicely?
If the argument is that $50 gives you enough space to download some content without worrying about an external hard drive, then I'd argue that you could either (a) buy [/size][size=78%]considerably[/size][/size][size=78%] [/size][/size][size=78%]more than 32 GB storage for roughly the same price if you shop around, or (b) just stick to retail games anyway and not worry. Quite frankly the Wii U digital library isn't exactly overflowing at the moment.[/size]
You framed your rebuttal pretty nicely, but if the argument was over cost & savings, then why not factor in all the cost and savings, such as the almost immediate need for a HDD if you have a basic and buy digital retail games.
The cost difference may not be immediately beneficial to everyone (like myself, who doesn't buy a lot of digital games), but there are some VC fanatics out there that will not only make that cost increase, but never even need more than the initial space to store them all.
Now if you were gonna focus on buying lots of digital retail games, then that extra cost to get that extra 10% might pay itself back rather quickly (not to mention you got the system in the superior black
) leaving you with the cost of the exHDD that you were gonna need anyway. And if you were a eShop-aholic, 10% back might even pay for that too.
So, for Azeke's purchasing habits, a basic (w/ HDD he had laying around) may have been right for him, but you also have to ask, what other games could/would he/you have purchased digitally to take advantage of that 10% back offer? It very well could have paid for itself if you were willing to purchase all you could* digitally instead of at retail.
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assuming Nintendo made those titles available on the eShop.