Rumor: Cafe has 8 GB internal storage, maybe no 1080p

[Rainbird]

wiifan75 said:

Rainbird said:

kitler53 said:

8 Gb is too small, i had to upgrade to 500 Gb just to manage.  not that everyone need 500 Gb but 8 is really too small for most people.  remember, if the wii 2 gets third party support that mean required game installs as that is pretty common now-a-days.

Only on the PS3, and that's because the blu-ray drive isn't fast enough to compete with the DVD drive in the 360. If Nintendo can match the 360 in disc drive speed, they won't need installs.

I've always wondered why a game would need an install for a console.  If this is true then I've got my answer.

That's the answer pretty much. The blu-ray drive in the PS3 isn't terribly fast, so developers resort to installing their games on the harddrive to get good enough loading speeds.