Nintendo: People “happy” with storage on Wii, adding a hard drive would alienate users
Posted on May 16, 2008 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii
“At the moment, we of course know that some people are strug… well, it’s not that they’re struggling, it’s just that they don’t like the system as it’s set up at the moment. But at the end of the day, the system is manageable. I realize that some people would like to store everything in one place, for easy accessibility, which is understandable. For them, it would be more convenient to have more space. But having said that, I don’t think that’s the general feeling of most of the people. Most of the people are happy with what they have. Of course, we could increase our technology and add a hard drive, but then what we lose is simplicity and accessibility, which is one of the important things for us. We want our consoles to be easy to access and not cause headaches.” – Laurent Fischer, NOE senior marketing director
Honestly, I don’t see how anyone can say this. The only people who I can imagine would be happy with the lack of a hard drive are the people who do not buy many Virtual Console/WiiWare titles. With WiiWare, though, people are going to use up their flash memory – and fast. Even if adding a hard drive would mean the Wii would lose SOME accessibility, it is worth it, especially for Nintendo. Do they not realize how many peole are dying for a hard drive?!
