External Hard Drive for consoles, is it a problem?

[Booyah]

Jay520 said:

Booyah said:

kitler53 said:
for me: it would be a minor cosmetic annoyance that would piss me off when i set the thing up and then i'd probably forget about.

for the mass market: the mass market is borderline (technically/electronically) retarded. they want devices that "just work". having an option with a small drive... not that big a deal. having no option for a decent sized drive... that's a bad strategy. i am fully aware of how easy it is to install an external drive but a majority of the market is just scared of anything electronic and won't be able to figure it out without getting frustrated and angry.

Most of those "retards" are probably going to stick with the physical discs then since digital distribution is "scary".

Which isn't necessarily a good thing. Digital Distribution opens up a lot of doors for new experiences for both developers and gamers. If Wii U owners ignore digital distribution, then that's not a good thing.

I was more commenting on the drawing of the line in the sand of how far the technically "retarded" mass market is willing to go.

 

Like how the digitally downloading of games is acceptable for them, but the equivalent of buying a bigger memory card is too far beyond their grasp of understanding.

 

The only problem I have with the scenario is that Nintendo should market their own external HDD's to make it a little easier for all the "retards" out there.