13th February 2004, 8:47 PM
Yes, and more than that, limits you to 3 or sometimes 4 save slots per card. I'm not paying to get space when I already HAVE it to start with.
I DO see ONE thing here. Making more files means that the card has to store a lot of image data for the save file icon and the big ol' save banner image down below. Meaning, 3 files saved individually will take up more room than 3 in one file due to having multiple icon images. More than that, in the case of Metroid Prime for instance, 3 saves fit in one block easily due to them taking the time to be GOOD at managing save files. However, split that across 3 files, and since the minimum size is one block (for well, EVERY memory system come to think of it, but computers use a much smaller block size), and you take up 3 times the space on the card for 3 files. Easy fix for BOTH problems though if you ask me. Simply have the system capable of making multiple files AND have all those files store whatever number of save files they prefer. The manager would basically show little brackets or something showing where one file ends and the next begins when you save or load a game.
I DO see ONE thing here. Making more files means that the card has to store a lot of image data for the save file icon and the big ol' save banner image down below. Meaning, 3 files saved individually will take up more room than 3 in one file due to having multiple icon images. More than that, in the case of Metroid Prime for instance, 3 saves fit in one block easily due to them taking the time to be GOOD at managing save files. However, split that across 3 files, and since the minimum size is one block (for well, EVERY memory system come to think of it, but computers use a much smaller block size), and you take up 3 times the space on the card for 3 files. Easy fix for BOTH problems though if you ask me. Simply have the system capable of making multiple files AND have all those files store whatever number of save files they prefer. The manager would basically show little brackets or something showing where one file ends and the next begins when you save or load a game.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)