Wii U and 3DS: A Question of Storage

Will SD cards and optional external hard drives be enough?

[jacen100]

Ever hear of a terabyte hard drive or maby 2 terabyte for thw Wii U storage.
plenty plenty of storage

[PopRocks359]

It supports external drives, so you could get pretty much any size you want and use that. It adds to the price, sure, but it's better than paying an extra $50 - $100 for a drive that Nintendo put into the platform.

[tweet75]

im hoping nintendo offers a free cloud storage option down the line. A large one.

[Titanz]

Consumers can purchase non-proprietary SD cards for the 3DS (it might be limited to the 32gigs SD card, I'm not sure), and the Wii U can use anything imaginable (8gigs of flash built-in, allows for external HDDs, USBs, and SD cards)!

[PopRocks359]

For starters people on these threads tend to be completely ignorant of these facts. Joystiq and Kotaku's communities have the same type of people.

It's amazing what a simple Google search will give you, yet no one seems to think to do it.

[TruthbeTold]

Well, this is what happens when people who have already decided to hate, and not to purchase comment. They don't even care to know the few solid facts about the console that are actually available. They just want to justify their non-purchase by talking bad about the Wii U, and justify their future purchase of whatever else they plan to get so that they can try and feel superior. Sad really.

[mcstorm]

Well you can get a 32gb sd card for £16 on amazon and im sure the wiiu will have a 300gb hdd version or let you plug an external hdd into it and again the price of them are not bad now.

What is all the hate for Nintendo Sony and Microsoft at the moment from some people?

We are gamers we buy the console to enjoy the games we want from the developers and yes some things can be done better by all 3 but even if these things were done people would find something to complain about.

[stuntman_mike]

I'm wondering if it will let you use any HDD (i hope so) or a proprietery one that can only be used with the Wii u.

if they let you use anyone then thats awesome as there would be no problem with storage. but that also gets me thinking will they let you boot games from the HDD or will it be just things like pics and vids?

[Ck1x]

This article doesn't make much sense really! Specifically with the wiiu, because nintendo already stated that you may use external drives on it and i think SD cards top out at 64gb at the moment, but not entirely sure... but even 32gb cards would be more than enough for most people and its not like you can't swap a new one in and out or something!

[klecser]

On the internet, you can be an expert in anything, even when you're not!

Do we honestly think game companies don't think about these things? Just because you thought about the issue today, doesn't mean the company hasn't been thinking about this issue since they made consoles.

Shut your pie hole. Sheesh. Dumb article.

[Instigator]

It's better for Nintendo to leave the storage up to the individual consumer than forcing an HDD with every console. Leave it open to any external storage medium and let gamers spend money on the size they want. Not everyone is gonna need 320GB, and some might want 1TB. Options is the key, and it takes a load off of Nintendo's mind when building the console.

Throw in 4-8GB of built-in flash memory for save files and channels/apps, and I won't be complaining.

[AWBrawler]

Terabyte for my Wii U sounds Boss. I have 32 gig SD in my 3DS now