according to Nintendo, majority of gamers dont need a hard drive...

[sc94597]

Katilian said:

sc94597 said:
So why don't they just update the firmware to allow you to play off sd or usb hdd. That would make everybody happy.

Cause thats $100 less profit for them. Instead they'll sell you the same usb hdd, but with a 300% markup.

 But they  said they wanted to keep it simple with as little perepherials as possible.