http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30626

The Wii U will feature 8 gigabytes of flash storage, Time reports.

Although the included internal memory is somewhat limited, Nintendo does give gamers the option of expanding the memory via SD cards or by utilizing one of the USB ports on the Wii U to connect an external hard drive. No details were given as to whether this would be limited in any way. Microsoft, for example, also supports the option for USB based storage but limits the devices to only 16 GB.

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I'm okay with this. I was planning on using an external HDD like I do with my Wii anyways, so better to pick my own than get overcharged. I'm guessing not everyone feels the same, though...

how Expensive are HDD's really these days for big companies like Nintendo.. COME ON!

Wont memory cards make it easier for hackers though?

what disks does the WiiU take? do you have to instal the games?

Expected.

Ehh thats terrible.

For Nintendo's standards, this is revolutionary. Its still better then what they did with the Wii.

Black Ops DLC is ~7GB. Come on Nintendo HDD's aren't expensive !

Why hooked up your Wii to an HDD? Only possible for modded Wii's, did you mod your Wii?

Non proprietary storage? I have no doubt it will not be restricted. Nintendo was the first to ditch proprietary memory cards, so this means a tb drive for my wii u for about 80 dollars, probably less.

that makes it even more sad, that means there are still areas where they are just not getting it.

8GB is garbage, period. I have Vita with an 8 gig memory stick and thats more than half full and thats one of my PORTABLES. That crap definately wont fly for a home console, Trine 2 only is like 1gig

That's not very much... especially if they're expecting third-party games which will come with a tonne of DLC.

That said, I did pay extra to replace the 40GB hard drive in my PS3 to a 500GB one. But then again, my PS3 is from 2007, not 2012 =/