10th August 2007, 11:55 AM
Keep in mind I am certainly getting this game. I know I complain a lot about what Nintendo is not doing but keep in mind I did buy a Wii and I have been buying a number of Wii games. Nintendo still does gaming right. I've said everything I've wanted to say about where Nintendo gets things right. I just really want them to be better at a lot of other things, so I say where I think they should improve, and often enough it turns into some long diatribe. Just keep in mind this is the internet. Everyone sounds way more concerned about things here than they might in real life. These issues don't consume my waking thoughts and haunt my dreams. I just think Nintendo's online support could use some work is all (and also details about what they could do better). Hopefully that makes things a little more clear since often I seem to give the false impression that I'm accusing Nintendo of murdering orphans or something.
But yes, Nintendo needs to revise their online support and key in doing so is adding hard disk support, though via USB. Often enough USB hard disks suffer from slower access speed than through others, but that doesn't have to be the case. It is simply that very few USB devices use the full speed available in a USB 2.0 port. I think it's power requirements. Nintendo could just custom make their own hard disk that reached near that speed and access times would certainly be at least sufficient for use with games and movie files.
I will say this. Nintendo at least is doing stuff. It is slow and lethargic compaired to the speed at which Sony and MS are moving, but they are moving along. I actually wonder about the size and budget Nintendo has assigned to Wii's firmware and online support teams. It's not like they don't have the cash. In fact I'm pretty sure they could fill a tower up with gold coins and swim around in it, ala Scrooge McDuck. Best to put that money to use. Ya can't take it with you! But... a penny saved is a penny earned... He who hesitates is lost, but fools rush in... Um... maybe folk expressions don't equal a logical argument after all...
But yes, Nintendo needs to revise their online support and key in doing so is adding hard disk support, though via USB. Often enough USB hard disks suffer from slower access speed than through others, but that doesn't have to be the case. It is simply that very few USB devices use the full speed available in a USB 2.0 port. I think it's power requirements. Nintendo could just custom make their own hard disk that reached near that speed and access times would certainly be at least sufficient for use with games and movie files.
I will say this. Nintendo at least is doing stuff. It is slow and lethargic compaired to the speed at which Sony and MS are moving, but they are moving along. I actually wonder about the size and budget Nintendo has assigned to Wii's firmware and online support teams. It's not like they don't have the cash. In fact I'm pretty sure they could fill a tower up with gold coins and swim around in it, ala Scrooge McDuck. Best to put that money to use. Ya can't take it with you! But... a penny saved is a penny earned... He who hesitates is lost, but fools rush in... Um... maybe folk expressions don't equal a logical argument after all...
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