The Wii U Has a Limit For Digital Games Installed, Smaller Than 3DS

It was already known that the 3DS only allows players to download a maximum of 300 games on their handheld, but it looks like the Wii U has a similar limitation.

[FallenAngel1984]

Are you serious? Wow I thought Nintendo continuing to lock your account along with all your digital content to your hardware was bad, along with many other shortcomings like lack of party chat, Cross-Buy of classic games, region lock, universal cloud saves and an Achievement system.

However having a download limit on a console, not to mention having one smaller than the handheld's, is the most absurd I've seen them do. How can they expect to for more gamers to take NN with limitations like these?

[iplay1up2]

Seriously, you can download almost 300 games, and if you download more you just delete games you are not playing. Just because you delete a game doesn't mean you no longer own it.

How many people would download more than 300 games? Give me a break! This is such a non issue! You are making an issue out of nothing. I have a TB HD and maybe 40 games downloaded. I would have to download another 260 for it to be an issue.

[BrandanT]

You never own digital content, you simply buy a license to use the software.

[darthv72]

Sounds like you want them to be MS / Sony instead of being Nintendo.

[PhucSeeker]

If being M$/Sony mean that they'll keep up with the time and stop being so damn stubborn all the time then yes.

[garrettbobbyferguson]

Phucseeker

They've kept up with the times. They've embraced all the DLC practices that are associated with modern gaming. Thanks for supporting that, I just love DLC! /s

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

That "limitation" is a complete non-issue for the majority of gamers, because #1 most of us don't have digital collections that huge, #2 most of us buy physical just as much as digital, which doesn't impact the limit, and #3 most of us have at least a few digital titles that we would have no problem uninstalling to make room for new games, especially since if we really want to play them again we can just re-download them.

Like all the other hateful Nintendo articles lately, this one is just an opportunity for haters to take a very tiny non-issue, and blow it WAAAAAAAAAAY out of proportion.

This BS needs to freakin' stop.
It's petty, shallow, and trollish in the extreme.

[LOL_WUT]

That still doesn't make it right. When will you ever admit that the WiiU is plagued with issues? It's ok to speak out ;)

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

@ LOL

I've admitted multiple times that Nintendo could have done better with the Wii U.

Of course, with all the cherry-picking you do, of course you wouldn't acknowledge that.
It gives you more hater ammo, after all.

[DonBugen]

This is an issue that, if you run into it, you've already demonstrated that you're a huge fan of the Wii U.

I mean, honestly, 292 games? I don't think that I've purchased 292 games in my life, much less on one single system.

I agree about the trollish BS. Call Nintendo out for what they really do actually do wrong. Don't make up problems where there are none.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Uh you can just make FOLDERS

[EricWeichhart]

Making folders won't help. Swapping between two external drives will.

[IceKoldKilla]

Wasn't aware of half those issues. Wow those are huge things to consider if I ever get a Wii U. Hope they change with the NX.

[Duke19]

Not sure what the reasoning for installing a cap was, rather than just allowing free space to dictate installs, but I agree that 292 installs seems like more than enough for most people.

Reading the headline I thought it was gonna be like 30

[darthv72]

Seems to be more of a display issue. So wouldn't making folders alleviate this problem?

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Yes. Folders give you more than enough since each slots can be a folder meaning you can have more than 5000.

[DualWielding]

does the Wii U even have 300 games?

[Segata]

Accoring to Wikipedia it has 708 games. 477 of that is retail.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

If you have to ask that question, you're in no position to critique its library.

[LOL_WUT]

It's a legitimate question. As a WiiU owner (assuming Segata is one too), I didn't even know it had 708 games. Hopefully this get's resolved in a future update ;)

[InTheZoneAC]

not like there's that many games worth downloading anyway

sad though there is a limit and you simply can't create another page. It's no different that having folders in a directory...

[blawren4]

The wii u has folders you can create. This is a non issue

[AWBrawler]

look another nonissue being blown out of proportion because its Nintendo.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Boy ain't that the truth.

Plus, the Wii U has folders, so this technically isn't even that true; it's only if you fill up every single slot with nothing but game icons that this issue presents itself, IIRC.
And even if not, the issue is a non-issue for the reasons I posted above.

[EricWeichhart]

The limit is still there, regardless of using folders or not.

[Segata]

N4G blows every thing Nintendo as if Nintendo caused the holocaust

[_-EDMIX-_]

Any content limitation is going to be an issue to Consumers there is no limitation on how much content you could purchase on other platforms, you are legit only limited by the size of your hard drive.

I don't believe this is simply because it's Nintendo I believe it's because it's a limitation that's not imposed elsewhere

When Microsoft was trying to limit users of selling their old games and trying to tie them on the platform there was an outrage not because it was Microsoft because it was happening at all....

You have to understand that the reasons why consumers like a company is based on the company's actions when those actions change clearly the fanbases attitudes will also change.

People who are fans of the company prior to changed their minds when Microsoft begin doing that simply because they are consumers first before they are fans of the company. As a consumer of course I'm going to question limitation on content that I could own the only limitation I want imposed is based on the amount of space I have on my hard drive and that's more so a technical one not a company policy or something.

I'm not a fan of people trying to downplay issues I'm sorry but this is a limitation that is not imposed elsewhere that were trying to shrug off as nothing and not a big deal.

To you maybe, but you're also one of the 12 million that returned.

I'm of the 90 million that didn't. Consumers want quality foremost, sorry but being a extreme fan only goes so far evident by the extreme Gap from Wii to Wii U. MOST see this as an issue, those that don't see it as an issue are likely those that also don't see a single thing this company does as an issue either.

Once again 90 million clearly didn't go back to that company kind of shows how far brand name takes you.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

@ED
The limit is only a "BIG DEAL" issue if it affects the majority of consumers.

The system has been out for FOUR YEARS now, and we are just now hearing about it.
That indicates that most people who own games on the system, don't choose digital for the majority of their purchases, and most likely don't own close to that number in the first place.

Also, a second HDD solves this issue even if it crops up.

So, yes, it's making a huge deal out of NOTHING.
And no, MOST don't see this as an issue.
Only people that are looking for ANY EXCUSE AT ALL to bash Nintendo are picking THIS to focus on.
That's the truth, 100% fact.

Also, "Once again 90 million clearly didn't go back to that company kind of shows how far brand name takes you."

You wanna play that game?
Where's all the 153M that were on the PS2?
Not on Sony.
In fact, in comparison to Nintendo, the userbase for Sony systems has seen an equally steep, if not steeper, drop by comparison.

By your own logic, the fact that most PS2 adopters didn't come back to the PS3, let alone the PS4, shows that the PS4 is "a system no one wants" by comparison to its most popular system, and is only popular right now amongst the most core of fans, and the most gullible of sheeple who always pick the most powerful system, graphically, of each generation.

So if you want to keep using that logic, where the install base of the most popular system not returning to later systems means the company is somehow going steeply downhill, that's fine.
But everyone else here knows its bullsh*t logic, and it's not going to get you anywhere any longer.
Both Nintendo and Sony still have fans, still make profit, and will continue to stay in hardware making their fans happy no matter what the fluctuations in userbase say.

So, finally, yeah, stop trying to blow up a small flaw into a huge issue.

It's fine to acknowledge that it's a problem, but to say that it's an issue that deserves attention, when quite literally 99% of the owners of the system have never reported it before now, let alone likely experienced it, is simply complaining for the sake of complaining.

If this limitation was affecting the majority of Wii U owners, you'd have a point about it being a big deal and not something we should overlook.

But it's not.
So it isn't.
And you're trying to make it into something more than it is, which just makes you seem like someone who hates Nintendo enough to want to troll them over any little thing that comes up, whether that's true or not.

[Segata]

No one downloads that many games on any console unless you can't stop spending money.

[Stealth20k]

Does not really matter

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

UH EVER HEARD OF MAKING FOLDERS ON YOUR WII U MENU

[EricWeichhart]

Doesn't matter. I have everything in folders when I found the problem.

[Segata]

@ EricWeichhart "problem" sure it's a massive problem yeah...when it took 4 years for anyone to bring this up and the only place it's featured is N4G a known Nintendo Troll haven.

[Fullmetalevolust]

I'm not going to run into that issue on my WiiU anytime soon, most of the games I bought are retail/hard copies.

[deafdani]

HOLD ON!

http://en-americas-support....

"How many folders can be created?
A total of 60 unique folders can be created.

How many items can be added to a single folder?
60 items can be added to each folder."

60 items multiplied by 60 folders = 3,600.

So, how did this guy come across this issue? I don't get it. :/

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

I'm fairly certain that the guy didn't use folders, and just filled up the standard slots.

That would explain it.

[EricWeichhart]

I have everything in 12 folders, and got hit by this limit. Folders won't help

[DivineAssault]

I buy physical copies of my games if possible so im not concerned about this but that sucks for digital buyers..

[Dunban67]

there are some really slow people on this thread- read the article and please don t vote

[DeadManMMX]

.....smh. I really hope they bring some forward thinking to how they manage digital licensing and their online space next gen. They waited way to long to embrace online and have been playing catch up ever since. I would love it if NX had SNES type variety and 3rd party suppor but seriously if the first thing we have to do after buying an NX is repurchase all of our VC content. At this point that is a fail.