Wii U Has 8 GB of Internal Storage

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pezus said:

richardhutnik said:
Nintendo likely goes this route, first and foremost, for durability reasons. I believe flash memory is more durable than putting a harddrive in there. Hey, maybe I am wrong, but I believe that is the case. It is likely cheaper also.

The hard drive in current gen consoles are durable enough, why would you need more? 

The key things to remember when we are talking about flash drives(and SD cards) are:

1.) Capacity (low vs HDD)

2.) Capacity Cost per Dollar (higher vs HDD)

3.) Actual Data Transfer Speeds (general lower than HDD, usually slow cause companies go el cheapo)

 

There are more advantages ATM to go full fledged good USB HDD than flash drives when we are talking about a console like Wii U if you want a better game play experience.