Author Topic: Nintendo to release 40gb hard drive for gcn (Read 10571 times)

BigJim · « **Reply #25 on:** October 16, 2003, 06:27:34 PM »

I dub thee rumor, BS.

It's WAY too late to try unnecessary add-ons. It would flop.

cml · « **Reply #26 on:** October 16, 2003, 06:50:27 PM »

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Originally posted by: d_bomb_23
hmmmmm
maybe this is the new product that the big N is suppose to announce this spring?

I thought Iwata said Nintendo were going to make an announcement about a new gaming device or something at next E3?. And the impression I got was that it would not be a successor to the GBA or GCN, but something different.

He's not going to announce a useless zip drive. What would be the advantage of that for Nintendo? For developers? For retailers? For gamers?

Chris.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #27 on:** October 16, 2003, 07:45:18 PM »

Advantage: 39gb of downloaded pr0n.

GoldShadow1 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 16, 2003, 08:02:09 PM »

Haha, I seriously doubt it. What Nintendo game on earth could use of 40gb? The discs themselves only hold 1.5 GB. The only reason computers need that kind of space is so people can download tons of pirated music and porn.

jarob · « **Reply #29 on:** October 17, 2003, 11:28:40 AM »

Zip drives dont hold that much information. No where near 40Gb.

MagicToenail · « **Reply #30 on:** October 17, 2003, 01:24:09 PM »

www.ningc.com has also posted an article about nintendo's new "memory device". Its basically the same thing.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #31 on:** October 17, 2003, 03:41:06 PM »

There is no way in hell I will buy one. There is no way in hell that Nintendo doesn't know that. There is no way in hell that the person who started this rumor is even moderately intelligent.

MagicToenail · « **Reply #32 on:** October 18, 2003, 05:22:47 AM »

say wha? I just found this on a website, im not saying its true, i think its bs too. Also, My Forum name does not reflect my intelligence

ThePerm · « **Reply #33 on:** October 18, 2003, 09:20:27 AM »

by next generation hard drives will be cheap....there are so many added possibilities to havign a large storage medium...it be a shame if there wasnt.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #34 on:** October 18, 2003, 09:27:49 AM »

"Also, My Forum name does not reflect my intelligence"

Sure, sure....that's what they ALL say.

The Omen · « **Reply #35 on:** October 18, 2003, 09:48:20 AM »

Isn't it a tad late in GCs life cycle to release such a thing? Maybe if it was compatible with GC and the N5....hmmmm. Is that possible? It would be a clever way to keep the N5s price down. I'm not a techie, but i think Grey Ninja is. So Ninja, could they do that?

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #36 on:** October 18, 2003, 10:21:45 AM »

Not likely Omen. The only ports that the GCN has left are a smaller one on the side, and the memory card slots. I am not sure what the bandwidth is like on the memory card reader, but I am thinking it's pretty low. The last remaining port on the underside is a little small for putting a hard drive in I think, and I once again think it's a little slow to be reading a hard drive.

But the big thing here is that adding a hard drive would really serve no point. There's nothing special about a hard drive. The GCN memory cards are plenty big enough, in spite of all the whining about them, and if Nintendo really needed the extra space for caching large amounts of data, (such as Earthbound DD), there's always the SD card reader.

Cap · « **Reply #37 on:** October 18, 2003, 10:42:02 AM »

if its simply an alternative to memory cards, i have no problem with this. if its for use with specific games only, i do have a problem with this.

nintendo themselves commented recently on how their own memory cards werent big enough for the save requirements of most sports games though, so i think that would be the main reason for it. with the sales of sports games on the other consoles, and the sales of sports games on gamecube i dont think its a bad idea.

The Omen · « **Reply #38 on:** October 18, 2003, 10:43:51 AM »

Well, there goes my great idea

I do find a memory card 251 to be plenty without sports games. I have 2 251's, one for Madden and one for my other 15 games, and it does the job perfectly.

Chef · « **Reply #39 on:** October 18, 2003, 03:26:23 PM »

something this large will indeed lead to people making "backups" of games. Its possible with xbox already, I run a small linux distro on mine specifically made for xbox in order to backup games.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #40 on:** October 18, 2003, 10:09:01 PM »

I'd say a HD would connect to the Hi-Speed Port. Of course, Serial 2 sounds like an option too, but it would slow down the data transfer. They could always make the HD external (i.e. not at all attached to the Cube, connected via cable) like the C64 did with any kind of drive.

Slab · « **Reply #41 on:** October 18, 2003, 11:26:26 PM »

Um...i think IBM has already developed a microdrive for the cube, but I don't think Nintendo had plans to release it, due to cost and applications that would take advantage of it.

But maybe they want to release it after all...maybe Nintendo is developing a game that can use it, or they got the cost down to make a profit off of it.

I remember reading it on this site (PlanetGamecube), but I can't find info on it at all...there's no search function either so searching past articles here is next to impossible.
Old News about IBM Micro Drive

BigJim · « **Reply #42 on:** October 19, 2003, 01:29:58 AM »

The Microdrive for GameCube is actually a rumor long since squashed. Despite what that website says, I think PGC reported it properly as a rumor.

jarob · « **Reply #43 on:** October 19, 2003, 05:15:41 PM »

Actually IBM sold their hard drive business to Hitachi a while ago.

Oldskool · « **Reply #44 on:** October 20, 2003, 09:54:35 AM »

40 Gbs is a bit much, I think. A low-end basic computer these days usually will have a 40 Gb harddrive. This is way too much for just game saves. Even for some "new special feature" on games, I doubt the HD would be that big. It doesn't really sound like something Nintendo would do anyway.

Kleck · « **Reply #45 on:** October 28, 2003, 05:05:59 PM »

Ya know, i was thinking about the Gamecube yesterday and i started wondering why Xbox is so popular...and then i thought of the idea of a hard drive for the gamecube.....thing about it....the gamecube has so many possibilities....from the hard drive, to the gameboy player, to a modem adapter.....i think it'd be awesome if they made a dvd player for it or even a link cable.....wouldnt that be cool?? all the multiplayer games could now be played on separate TV's on separate systems?? it would make them a lot easier cuz you wouldnt have to look at a little box....you'd have the whole screen....but anyways...i think the harddrive would be a good idea

seven_chaos · « **Reply #46 on:** October 28, 2003, 07:04:12 PM »

Kleck: You know Nintendo has the lan games coming out. That allows for one person per TV.

Right now, cause its Nintendo, a HD add on is the least of their concerns. They already stated that the Gamecube is a gaming console, NOTHING MORE. So all these rumors and what not about a HD should be put to rest already. There really is no need for the hard drive as you can see it hasnt helped the xbox too much (except for saving). I remember hearing how fast the xbox loading times would be because of the hard drive and almost 99% of the multi platform games load the fastest on Gamecube.

jmoe316 · « **Reply #47 on:** October 28, 2003, 07:50:08 PM »

The only problem with the HDD is that for people with a GB Player connected, they'd need to take it off. I am assuming this of cource, i don't know exactly since i dont have a GB Player. But I guess Nintendo could have a port on the bottom so the GB Player could connect to the bottom of the HDD, i dunno, sumtin like:

______
| |
| GCN |
=====
| HDD |
=====
| GBP |
---------

Yeah i know, i kick butt at ASCII art, sue me!

Oldskool · « **Reply #48 on:** October 29, 2003, 08:36:03 AM »

Even better:

-------
N5
-------
GCN
-------
GBP
-------
N64
-------
64DD
-------
SNES
-------
NES
------
HDD (for all systems)
------

The ultimate gaming system...

Uglydot · « **Reply #49 on:** October 29, 2003, 09:02:07 AM »

Megaton aborted my inner child, I believe what is on the front page.

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Author Topic: Nintendo to release 40gb hard drive for gcn (Read 10571 times)