sensui-tomo
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I just hope they have a way to partition some of the space in the external hard drives.. i dont like the idea of buying another one or deleting all of my stuff on it.
I just hope they have a way to partition some of the space in the external hard drives.. i dont like the idea of buying another one or deleting all of my stuff on it.
I take it the Y-cable is for the extra USB slot plugged to a box that is connected to an outlet?
Y-cable is dual USB, that's all, thus potentially greater power draw for stability and performance, if the drive requires it.
I thought Reggie said we could use any size hard drive, 2tb limit, while big, is not what he said.
Y-cable is dual USB, that's all, thus potentially greater power draw for stability and performance, if the drive requires it.
so if my usb drive has a separate power source will i still need the Y cable? From the translation I don't think I will but I want to make sure.
Ahh so essentially just plugging it twice to the Wii U.
so if my usb drive has a separate power source will i still need the Y cable? From the translation I don't think I will but I want to make sure.
I am not joking. Here is a quote from Nintendo Customer Service
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30976
He said you could use any hard drive. He never said the Wii U would be able to access the entire drive. There's nothing preventing you from using a drive bigger than 2TB. The Wii U won't see all the space on it, but you can still use it.
I am not joking. Here is a quote from Nintendo Customer Service
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30976
Interesting stuff. Im having a love hate relationship with the spontaneity of the Nintendo Directs.
So, will the wii u have some sort of media player? Can I load it up full of movies and music and what not? Supposing I get a 2TB hard drive, it would be nice to fill it with something. (Sorry if this was already asked)
My 32 GB just went down to 29 GB.
Damn base 10!
Yeah, that's pretty miserly if I say so myself. My 32GB edition becomes 25G, minus the day one update and combined with not running stuff from SD means I will be forced into an HDD sooner than I wanted (Which was never). Ahh well.Lol. So, the basic edition leaves you with 3GB of available space? They should at least have made it 16 GB, seriously.
Bummer they can't supply enough power with one USB cord to run an external drive, but a y cable isn't too much of a problem especially with 2 more ports on the front for peripherals.
Nintendo won't pay codec fees for that, so it's not likely. Besides, you're not going to be able to have both music/video files and WiiU data on the same HDD; unless they allow for partitions, which I doubt.
I guess I was hopeful because they allowed music on the 3ds. And if i recall correctly, they allow .avi files in 10 minute chunks. (not sure though but it sounds familiar)
I dont see why they would omit those features, but Im not sure if weve had a confirmation either way
2/10It's pretty funny Nintendo prides itself on this low power system that requires 3 separate wall outlets to become useable.
I think it's safe to say that a Nintendo console will never be a media center of any kind.
I just bought this Western Digital WD Elements 2 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard because it has no backup software installed
Wii U is my most expensive console ever now :|
hope this HDD does not burn me
It's so hilarious that their per-game emulator setup for the Virtual Console ended up coming back and biting them on the ass, and it's even more hilarious that they didn't come up with any solution to this (for example, a Wii U wrapper for compiled Wii executables) in the last two years.
It's pretty funny Nintendo prides itself on this low power system that requires 3 separate wall outlets to become useable.
Sadly I think you may be right....
Maybe they'll surprise us? Is it really that hard to allow video playback? I mean, what else would we use 2TB for?
Didn't know the HDD and whatever else you are talking about are required for the Wii U to be usable.
Will downloaded games have reduced load times compared to playing off the disc? If so can games be installed?
USB flash sticks are not banned from storage... they're just not recommended by Nintendo. So if you really want to use one, go for it.I would've understood banning USB flash sticks from game storage if it only covered those with inferior read speeds. Cheap brands are ridiculously slow; they can hit 5 MB/sec.
However, many flash drives exist with great speeds, even exceeding the 22.5 MB/s optical drive. Iwata is already educating customers on the storage system and difference between advertised/formatted data space, so why not also add this: "To use USB flash memory for games, it will need faster access time than 22.5 MB/s"?
USB flash sticks are not banned from storage... they're just not recommended by Nintendo. So if you really want to use one, go for it.
It's pretty funny Nintendo prides itself on this low power system that requires 3 separate wall outlets to become useable.
- There are plans for a Wii U Virtual Console that WILL be compatible with the Wii U GamePad. Please look forward to it in the future.
Same for me, maybe someone can find a way to soft mod it and release a video player for it, like on the Wii.I had a dream I would be able to pay Movies of my HDD on my WIi U, this dream is slowly dieing as of now right? -_-
It doesn't do that?I had a dream I would be able to pay Movies of my HDD on my WIi U, this dream is slowly dieing as of now right? -_-
Yeah hopefully, or I guess I might actually have to try out Amazon Prime via Tvii or whatever other movies services besides Netflix.Same for me, maybe someone can find a way to soft mod it and release a video player for it, like on the Wii.
I had a dream I would be able to pay Movies of my HDD on my WIi U, this dream is slowly dieing as of now right? -_-
- There are plans for a Wii U Virtual Console that WILL be compatible with the Wii U GamePad. Please look forward to it in the future.
Now we have to ponder what exactly this entails.
As above, no, you should be fine, as the power draw is coming from a power outlet.
No. The second plug on the Y-cable is just to draw power from the 2nd USB slot. If your hard drive has it's own power supply, you won't need a Y-cable.
Now we have to ponder what exactly this means.
The Nintendo Network Premium is the only thing keeping me from buying the cheap version day 1.
When they fix it, I'll buy the cheap WiiU, and will buy separately the cheap plastic if I feel I need them.
I knew it
Virtual Console reset to beginning, start trickling releases all over again!