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dahuman on 10 June 2012
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Cobretti2 said:
dahuman said:
Cobretti2 said:
dahuman said:
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.


and what are some of these "good" USB hdds now days? everythign seems to be owned by seagate and western digital. And both get bad reviews.

 

only reason I ask is because I use to buy those samsung story drives, fantastic design and never failed me.

well, TBH, it's the enclosure that counts, you need a good enclosure is more like it lol.


well, my question remains, to you or anyone who has had good experiences with good transfer rates.

What is something to buy?

2 years ago I'd say Seagate or something with Eagle Consus enclosure, I haven't had the need to buy new ones in awhile since my HDDs don't break down much. These days, I'd say get whatever is on sale that doesn't look shaddy lol. If what you want is long gevity, the only thing to really get is Crucial SSD which is not worth it for a Wii U.