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Reggie: Wii Storage Becoming Mainstream Problem

25.07.2008

Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime discussed the Wii's storage problem once again, revealing the company's growing urgency to provide.

Speaking to MTV Multiplayer at E3 last week the much-loved Presidente de Nintendo of America discussed the Wii's storage issue. It's a problem, and with consumers seeking more this year Nintendo need to solve it. About, bloody, time.

MTV Multiplayer: One of the other things about hardware is that there's been a lot of questions about the state of storage for the system. There was the retracted comment about "geeks and otaku" from the representative form Nintendo of Europe. But there are people who are downloading WiiWare games and finding that they are running out of room. There are channels in Mario Kart and Wii Fit that take up storage space. DLC coming for "Guitar Hero: World Tour" that's going to have to be put on SD cards if you want to have a lot of music. Clearly there are a lot of reasons to provide extra storage. Are you guys planning on providing extra storage?

Fils-Aime: We have said publicly that we're looking hard at the storage situation, that we're working on a range of solutions. We have nothing to announce now. But certainly it's an issue we are aware of and we're working to find a solution and we will.

Multiplayer: Are you hearing this complaint mostly from � and let's use a nicer comment than "geeks and otaku" � more from hardcore gamers than from your expanded blue ocean audience?

Fils-Aime: From an Americas-centric perspective, here is the reality we see. We have a consumer base who loves virtual console. We have a userbase who really is enjoying WiiWare content. So for us really our challenge really is how do we satisfy all these consumers who are loving all of the product we make available on a download basis? As we continue to have things, as you point out, like 'Mario Kart' that has its own channel when you're playing from an Internet perspective, we're just making this challenge tougher and tougher. So in our view this is becoming much more of a mainstream problem, which is why we have a sense of urgency to solve it.

Thanks to C3 readers iFrit yoyo and Stulaw for the tip.

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Glenjamin 25.07.2008#1

About, bloody, time!

Yep, that about sums it up for me! Smilie

Let see some results soon.

JoshSL 25.07.2008#2

Mainstream problem? Oh IS IT Reggie? Oh REALLY?

Hah. Hah. Hah. :3

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tiamat1990 25.07.2008#3

No way! I mean why does it matter anyway right? The Wii's a fridge. You take out to put in. Duh! Smilie

"So for us really our challenge really is how do we satisfy all these consumers who are loving all of the product we make available on a download basis?"

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME! Smilie

dartmonkey 25.07.2008#4

So in our view this is becoming much more of a mainstream problem, which is why we have a sense of urgency to solve it.

Ooo the 'core' gamers aren't going to like that.

Less posty, more gamey.

Jump_button 25.07.2008#5

^^ good now they say that they have to be working on fixing it so let hope it soon

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Mandown 25.07.2008#6

artmonkey said:
So in our view this is becoming much more of a mainstream problem, which is why we have a sense of urgency to solve it.

Ooo the \'core\' gamers aren\'t going to like that.

He seems oblivious to what he is saying, totally oblivious to the fact that essentially he is saying is that hardcore Wii owners simply do not matter anywhere near as much as the casual do.

I really do not give a fuck what they say anymore, Nintendo are a games company that make casual games with the odd core title thrown in from time to time now.

( Edited 25.07.2008 16:04 by Linkyshinks )

meeto_0 25.07.2008#7

Sums up thecompanies directon nicely at the moment. "Its becoming a mainstream problem, which s why we having a sense of urgency to resolve it" Only when mum and dad request anything will they provide it

Laurelin 25.07.2008#8

Guys, there are a lot more casual gamers then core gamers. What do you expect?
I think Nintendo has to find it's place in the market. They need to realise, that they have a position inbetween.

But core gamers are not easily satisfied, they take up a lot of work. But they are the backup of a community, they live for their games, they want to be satisfied, too. Because causal gamers leave easily and come back easily (to games I mean). But core gamers stay and are passionate if treated nicely. And Ninty know how to tend to us cores. But they seem to want to forget that, not to culture the treating of us cores anymore. They should not entirely forget us. We back them up and it would be uneccessarily foolish to lose them cores. They lose connection to the market of X360 and ps3 if they do that. And that market is important, too. Because core gamers too get older and enjoy most of the quality casual games Ninty is known for, too (to differ Ninty from... let's say... Yes, Ubisoft is a good example!).

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

dartmonkey 25.07.2008#9

Laurelin said:
But core gamers are not easily satisfied, they take up a lot of work.

True, but I don't think providing external HDD support is a lot of work. It's very very simple and they needn't make a song and dance about it. Just implement it quietly and the 'core' people will be happier and Gran and Gramps won't get all confuzzled.

The whole 'Nintendo are dead to me now' routine is laughable, but it can't be denied they're making some very simple and easily rectifiable mistakes.

Less posty, more gamey.

JoshSL 25.07.2008#10

artmonkey said:
The whole 'Nintendo are dead to me now' routine is laughable, but it can't be denied they're making some very simple and easily rectifiable mistakes.

Agreed. Saying it won't do anything either. Smilie

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Mandown 25.07.2008#11

God my last post was a mess lol *fixed*. Yes the casual are far more important to Nintendo, which is why the Wii will be getting crap games this year in comparison to the rest. It\'s as simple as that, those are the facts. Other consoles do not need to rely on first party support at all, the Wii does.

These are very bleak times for Wii owners. I never say and will never say \"Nintendo are dead to me\", that\'s what Oni says lol.

( Edited 25.07.2008 16:12 by Linkyshinks )

meeto_0 25.07.2008#12

The hardcore are the most mportant because as we all know this country is having a mini recession. Buying wii fit goes down the bottom of the list on things the family need as apposed to food petrol etc. The 18 to 35 male demographic are not as tight with their money. not all have major responsibilities financially and can still afford the luxuries in life. This can be applied to all countries.
Secondly for the hardcore this is a serious hobby like myself i adopted when I was 8 I still remeber my master system and NES and still play. Can nintendo eriously keep them interested for 10-20yrs?? I hope so.

Modplan Man 25.07.2008#13

meeto_0 said:
The hardcore are the most mportant because as we all know this country is having a mini recession. Buying wii fit goes down the bottom of the list on things the family need as apposed to food petrol etc. The 18 to 35 male demographic are not as tight with their money. not all have major responsibilities financially and can still afford the luxuries in life. This can be applied to all countries.
Secondly for the hardcore this is a serious hobby like myself i adopted when I was 8 I still remeber my master system and NES and still play. Can nintendo eriously keep them interested for 10-20yrs?? I hope so.

Actually, the recession has been shown to have very little to no affect on gaming.

Entertainment at home would be far more agreeable and affordable than a lot of other things.

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/that_recession_game_companies_arent_feeling_it

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/gaming/63864.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23472166/

Pachter is still an idiot though.

( Edited 25.07.2008 18:01 by Modplan Man )

BlueRocks 25.07.2008#14

The storage 'solution' will happen by Christmas. It will be sufficient for most but not satisfy everyone (ie. you 'core' people).

Look unto me in every thought. Doubt not. Fear not.

Martin_ 26.07.2008#15

Fils-Aime said:
From an Americas-centric perspective, here is the reality we see. We have a consumer base who loves virtual console. We have a userbase who really is enjoying WiiWare content. So for us really our challenge really is how do we satisfy all these consumers who are loving all of the product we make available on a download basis? As we continue to have things, as you point out, like �Mario Kart� that has its own channel when you�re playing from an Internet perspective, we�re just making this challenge tougher and tougher. So in our view this is becoming much more of a mainstream problem, which is why we have a sense of urgency to solve it.

The geezer's talking shite. Just release a HDD for Wii. It's not a challenge, and it solves 'everyones' problems.

Satoshi 27.07.2008#16

Really, how hard is it to make a HDD that plugs into one of the Wii's usb ports? Smilie
And hopefully they'll have sense to remove the tiny 40mb size limit for WiiWare games once the HDD comes out.

Avoid Games Like the Plague, productivity++

sceleratus rex 27.07.2008#17

So now that it's a "mainstream" problem they're fixing it? It's been a mainstream problem since day one. Jeez.

Cheesing It Up 27.07.2008#18

It was obvious from before launch that storage was going to be an issue with the Wii. There's so many different ways that they can improve the situation and it's just ridiculous on Nintendo's part.

erv 28.07.2008#19

Linkyshinks said:
He seems oblivious to what he is saying, totally oblivious to the fact that essentially he is saying is that hardcore Wii owners simply do not matter anywhere near as much as the casual do.
I really do not give a fuck what they say anymore, Nintendo are a games company that make casual games with the odd core title thrown in from time to time now.

oh come on!

I cannot disagree with these statements more. Nintendo have not traded any demographic in for another. They have just expanded.

Can you name any console cycle where you had this much quality, core games as early on? We have a lot of high quality and core games already, much, much more than what we used to have.

People saying nintendo doesn\'t care about the core gamers is a bit over the top: They just invest heavily in their new demographic. I can\'t remember any of the consoles where I had this much quality - core - games in such a short time period.

So what happens is, you see a load of crap and you freak out. Why? The console is the most popular of the three yet, so ehm - welcome, loads of crap. We really bother.

Not. But it IS inherent to the popularity. Everybody wants nintendo to \'win\' the console war, yet here we are complaining about the consequences. And my, are they bad: more quality games early on than ever before, retro heaven, wiiware platform for added bonusses. So whooo casual stuff enters the ring and now we start acting like a spoilt baby.

There\'s sooo much nintendo does right, the fact that they promote the stuff we don\'t like doesn\'t matter - as long as they make some other stuff we DO like.

And yep. They do.

Nevertheless, they are late with a storage solution. Fix it, and resume working on pikmin, zelda, f-zero. duh.

( Edited 28.07.2008 09:23 by erv )