Now as I said in a prior thread I'm not going to speculate on rumours or judge Nintendo's console before the facts are out. However the whole 8-gig of internal memory got me thinking of something cool Nintendo could do. Nintendo could launch interchangable hard drives similiar to the 360's old hard drives.

Nintendo could launch their next console with 8-gig internal memory good for only game saves. This internal hard drive would focus exclusively on game saves and Mii's and pictures. Channels would also be added on this hard drive. Things like the Nintendo channel, photo channel , news channel, NetFlix.

But Nintendo would launch a interchangable hard drive possibly 120-gig , 500-gig , terabyte. This hard drive would be connected to your system. This hard drive would be synced to your My Nintendo account. You would use this hard drive to download DLC and Virtual Console/ CafeWare games. You could remove your drive and bring it to a friends house to play your VC/CafeWare games and DLC there.

You would not be able to put your games on your internal memory, you would not be able to copy your games to another drive. The drive would act essentially like your own home console. If your drive broke you could send it to Nintendo for repairs or for a new one. They would transfer your games over and you'd get your drive back to continue playing.

I think this would solve many problems. People who buy a second Cafe would be able to bring their hard drive back and fourth enabling them to play their DLC and VC games anywhere their is a console. It would also mean if Nintendo launched a new model people wouldn't loose all of their online content.

I think Nintendo could improve where Microsoft failed with their hard drives. Not to mention it would help Nintendo keep the hardware price down. Nintendo would be selling the drive seperatly for maybe 60-120$ for the 120-gig through terabyte. Plus with GameCube games probably on their way to VC it would give gamers enough room to download tons of them.

Not to mention Nintendo would sell the console with the little 8-gig internal memory to everyone. So people with no intention of downloading content wouldn't have to pay for the bigger hard drive. With the 360 you could buy the basic model with no internal memory or the one with 20-gig. Nintendo would essentially come out inbetween with enough memory to make the console operational and capable of running at optimal levels while offering consumers the option to get a hard drive for online content.

What do you think, wouldn't that be a cool idea?

Having one base model with -8 gig and expanding HD's for more dedicated gamers seems very smart. It seems like a Nintendo thing to do.

They could do alot worse that copy MS strategy, i know youve tried to differntiate it buts its basically the same. 

Yah my idea is a hybrid between what Microsoft did with the 360 and what Nintendo did with the Wii. I have to wonder why Microsoft ditched the interchangable hard drives with the Slim. Honestly the hard drives were one of the best things the 360 had going for it.

I don't know about you, but I'd prefer having a 500 gig hard drive I could take to a friends house or use on multiple consoles over an internal drive. With the internal drive you buy a new Cafe and suddenly you loose all your DLC.

I think the drives being synced to your My Nintendo account would be ingenious for Nintendo. They could prevent you from copying files to other drives or to internal memory while giving you the ability to use your DLC on any hardware unit.

Not to mention the cost factor. They could keep the hardware price down. I'm not sure how much a 500-gig or terabyte drive would cost to manufacture but selling them seperatly for a profit would help Nintendo immensly.

Yeah i here what your saying but it wouldnt be necesary if Nintendo had decent online its an absolute travisty that if you buy a new Wii you cant access your account and re download all your content. 

Hopefully as theyve hired in experts to do there online it will be alot better on cafe, the interchangable drives were sweet on 360 phat but as long as they dont do a MS and charge well over the odds.

I really hope they just let us plug in any USB external hard drive.  I would gladly except that offer in exchange for a cheaper/more powerful project Cafe

I like the thought of that, but I dislike how these hds(as shown by MS) would probably be overpriced. I would take a cheap hd that I had to put in my console over an expensive hd any day.

This. Or optional internal HDD, but standard (SATA or what they want, but standard) like Sony does for PS3. I DON'T buy proprietary hard disks, I just don't want to support them.

I wonder if we would see DLC for Nintendo games....New MK tracks....New characters for the Melee/brawl?

well i was hoping to be able to download gamecube games on the shop the cafe will have but since apparently only 8 gig i dunno if that will happen