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Nintendo: Lack of Wii Storage a Mainstream Problem

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By Tom Ivan

July 24, 2008

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"We’re just making this challenge tougher and tougher"

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said that the Wii’s lack of storage space is “becoming much more of a mainstream problem” now that downloadable content is proving increasingly popular on the console.

“From an Americas-centric perspective, here is the reality we see,” Fils-Aime told MTV Multiplayer. “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.”

Fils-Aime went on to say that Nintendo is working on a “range” of fixes to address Wii supply constraints.

As we reported last month, Nintendo of Europe’s MD of marketing Laurent Fischer said that “geeks and otaku” were the only people who wanted Wii supply constraints addressed, before later retracting the comment.

jazzbrownie's picture
On July 25th jazzbrownie said:

I'm honestly too distracted by that huge close-up of reggie to actually read the article.

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On July 24th SaiyanFury said:

I agree with Dan Chippendale. Nintendo has gone downhill in a lot of ways, and for me that's not a good thing. I grew up with Nintendo and Sega and love a lot of their franchises. Unfortunately, Nintendo's focus has shifted from core gamers to the casual audience and panders to them more than anyone else. I'm not knocking the Wii, it's a good system. I might even consider getting one for a few games like Tenchu 4, but that's about it. 70% of my gaming time is spent on my PS3, 10% on my 360, and the other 20% on my PC. The storage problem should have been solved but still 512MB just isn't enough when it comes to downloading things. When it comes to downloading old games I just use my PC and run emulators and ROMs. If i want to play them on my HDTV I simply hook my PC up to it and go from there.

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On July 24th Dan_Chippendale said:

I used to give a shit but now I don't. I used to download virtual console games, now I don't, I used to play my wii... you see the pattern... I have plenty of space on my wii now as I'm not intending to download anything else. There's nothing that really grabs me from the current roster of new games {Lost Wind looks like it might be the best, but I'm not really bothered). So to be honest extra space isn't a concern of mine anymore. Nintendo have gone right down in my estimations recently due to one this or other so I'm not expecting much from them now. I guess the 'casual' crowd need more space as they're all downloading the swathes of crap games available. Sorry do I sound a bit negative?

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On July 24th E. Zachary Knight said:

I hope they have a solution by Christmas. It is sorely needed. It would also boosts demand a the lack of hard drive is one of the most frequent complaints about the system.