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czecherychestnut on 16 March 2013
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Kaizar said:
czecherychestnut said:
Fireforgey said:
VGKing said:
Kaizar said:
VGKing said:
That tiny HDD is already biting Nintendo in the ass.


I know........I mean can you imagine people being force to pay up to $25 for a 500 GB external Hard Drive.

If you can't tell I'm showing how you are full of BS, because even a 250 GB external Hard Drive wouldn't cost more then $15.

Where the hell do you shop? 250GB external HDDs cost about $150 on Newegg. Here's the link http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007601&IsNodeId=1&Description=250gb%20external%20hard%20drive&name=External%20Hard%20Drives&Order=BESTMATCH


I just found a 500GB Western Digital HDD on Amazon for $60 without even trying to look for a good deal, I could imagine a $25 if I look really hard and went around, shopping.

Dude, though $150 for a 250GB is way off, you can't get a new 500GB drive for $25, or a 250gb drive for $15, hard drives themselves just cost more than that. And the 2 TB you pointed out requires external power, which though isn't a big issue, it definitely detracts from the Wii U if people have to go to those lengths to get decent storage, otherwise why did Nintendo bother making the WiiU small and nice looking? A full 3.5"" external drive with a power pack isn't much smaller than the WiiU itself. 

And it looks bad from a cost perspective because if you have to buy a 250/500gb drive to be able to effectively use the online store, then the total WiiU cost effectively goes up $50 to $349 assuming you get the basic Wii U, which is way above a 500gb PS3 (and that comes with Assassins Creed 3 or PSN+). 

External hard drives are cheap. If you only know expensive places to buy your stuff from like Best Buy & newegg, then that's your fault:

http://www.cedarpc.com/product/19990/Seagate-GoFlex-Desk-2TB-USB-3-0/

$85 + maybe $10 for shipping.

Mate, my numbers were for a $50 portable hard drive, I know they are cheap, learn to read. I am saying though they aren't $15-25 cheap, and even a $50 hard drive makes a Wii U even less cost competitive with existing PS3 or 360 consoles.  And I don't know about you, but I wouldn't be particularly thrilled having to further clutter up my TV stand with external hard drives and power packs (which that hard drive you linked requires). Its a poor implementation, and a poor design decision on Nintendo's part.