alpha_dk said:
Onyxmeth said:
thetonestarr said:
The Wii is capable of reading data straight off of an SD card during gameplay. Recall Excite Truck? You're able to select songs - on your SD card - to play while you're racing.
Thus said, the Wii is capable of using DLC straight from the card. It may require a minor firmware update to make it optimally practical, but it's definitely doable. |
Don't you think there's a difference between streaming MP3s into a game and putting downloadable content onto a game from an SD card? Just because we're talking about music here does not mean it's comparable. Harmonix's song DLC for Rock Band do not equal MP3 streaming for Excite Truck. The only comparable things we have to go on is the Wii-Ware game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Does anyone know if the DLC for that game(new houses, clothes, etc.) can be loaded straight from an SD card or must it be on the 512mb on the Wii? If it's the latter than Harmonix has a legitimate reason to not offer it and those saying it can be loaded from SD cards would be wrong. If it's the former, then I'm wrong obviously.
Also Harmonix cannot just release a firmware update for the Wii, only Nintendo can, so you know where to put blame to there.
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There is no real difference between streaming a file and putting DLC into a game if the DLC is done right; its not like its a separate program in-and-of itself (well, it doesn't have to be). They could send you the file encrypted to your Wii (as its save games are encrypted) with a certain file-name structure that the game then greps for in the list of files available to it. The only difference between the system memory and an SD card in this case would be speed of access. |
I think you misunderstood me. What I meant to imply is if Nintendo allows DLC to be loaded from the SD card and that's why I brought up the Crystal Chronicles argument if anyone knew how it goes with that game. I was saying that just because Nintendo allows songs to stream in their games does not automatically mean they allow DLC to be loaded off an SD card directly in game, meaning they would require a firmware update that only Nintendo can apply themselves. Technically a game being loaded straight off an SD Card is only a firmware update away probably but Nintendo does not allow it to happen.
