Why hasnt Nintendo added a harddrive? afraid of piracy?

What the heck is the problem is it piracy? are they worried about a wii hack?

Is the game registered to a console? just put a console taggg on it so thatthedownload content isregistered to a single console. so we can have a decent HDD. put a big game on the HDD and sell it for $60-70!

What the heck is the problem is it piracy? are they worried about a wii hack?

Is the game registered to a console? just put a console taggg on it so thatthedownload content isregistered to a single console. so we can have a decent HDD. put a big game on the HDD and sell it for $60-70!

Juice_24

If I recall from my days back on a site long since shut down (waiting patiently for someone to come up with a region free disc), the downloadable games are indeed coded to only work on the console you purchased them on. You can back them up onto an sd card should you want, but its still only going to work on the one console.

The idea of making games only work on a single console is freaking insane I should add. Why would you want to subjugate yourself to that!? Can you image what that means for used games? What happens if your console breaks down and it gets replaced?

Because SD cards are all it needs, and they are also far more reliable, in the long run. HDDs will break down. And then what will happen. I intend to keep every console I own until I die (hopefull that day comes in another 60-80 years, and I want to try to keep them all working until that day. No HDD will last that long.

[QUOTE="Juice_24"]

What the heck is the problem is it piracy? are they worried about a wii hack?

Is the game registered to a console? just put a console taggg on it so thatthedownload content isregistered to a single console. so we can have a decent HDD. put a big game on the HDD and sell it for $60-70!

Sir_Crocidile

If I recall from my days back on a site long since shut down (waiting patiently for someone to come up with a region free disc), the downloadable games are indeed coded to only work on the console you purchased them on. You can back them up onto an sd card should you want, but its still only going to work on the one console.

The idea of making games only work on a single console is freaking insane I should add. Why would you want to subjugate yourself to that!? Can you image what that means for used games? What happens if your console breaks down and it gets replaced?

You send it in to Nintendo for fixing. If they have to replace your old console for a new one they make sure your new one gets all your old data.

What I want to know is what happens when the successor to the Wii comes out. Will we be able to move all are old VC games to the new machine, and how will that work?

Because SD cards are all it needs, and they are also far more reliable, in the long run. HDDs will break down. And then what will happen. I intend to keep every console I own until I die (hopefull that day comes in another 60-80 years, and I want to try to keep them all working until that day. No HDD will last that long.

i_like_pizza

I don't know if you realize thatflash memory devices has a lifespan measured by how many re-writes it can do before it fails? I highly doubt it will last you 60-80 years, hehe.

[QUOTE="Sir_Crocidile"][QUOTE="Juice_24"]

What the heck is the problem is it piracy? are they worried about a wii hack?

Is the game registered to a console? just put a console taggg on it so thatthedownload content isregistered to a single console. so we can have a decent HDD. put a big game on the HDD and sell it for $60-70!

-Despacio-

If I recall from my days back on a site long since shut down (waiting patiently for someone to come up with a region free disc), the downloadable games are indeed coded to only work on the console you purchased them on. You can back them up onto an sd card should you want, but its still only going to work on the one console.

The idea of making games only work on a single console is freaking insane I should add. Why would you want to subjugate yourself to that!? Can you image what that means for used games? What happens if your console breaks down and it gets replaced?

You send it in to Nintendo for fixing. If they have to replace your old console for a new one they make sure your new one gets all your old data.

What I want to know is what happens when the successor to the Wii comes out. Will we be able to move all are old VC games to the new machine, and how will that work?

That's a really good question. Has it ever been adressed?

[QUOTE="-Despacio-"][QUOTE="Sir_Crocidile"][QUOTE="Juice_24"]

What the heck is the problem is it piracy? are they worried about a wii hack?

Is the game registered to a console? just put a console taggg on it so thatthedownload content isregistered to a single console. so we can have a decent HDD. put a big game on the HDD and sell it for $60-70!

Drizzt13

If I recall from my days back on a site long since shut down (waiting patiently for someone to come up with a region free disc), the downloadable games are indeed coded to only work on the console you purchased them on. You can back them up onto an sd card should you want, but its still only going to work on the one console.

The idea of making games only work on a single console is freaking insane I should add. Why would you want to subjugate yourself to that!? Can you image what that means for used games? What happens if your console breaks down and it gets replaced?

You send it in to Nintendo for fixing. If they have to replace your old console for a new one they make sure your new one gets all your old data.

What I want to know is what happens when the successor to the Wii comes out. Will we be able to move all are old VC games to the new machine, and how will that work?

That's a really good question. Has it ever been adressed?

o_o SD cards.

[QUOTE="Drizzt13"][QUOTE="-Despacio-"][QUOTE="Sir_Crocidile"][QUOTE="Juice_24"]

What the heck is the problem is it piracy? are they worried about a wii hack?

Is the game registered to a console? just put a console taggg on it so thatthedownload content isregistered to a single console. so we can have a decent HDD. put a big game on the HDD and sell it for $60-70!

wiretoss

If I recall from my days back on a site long since shut down (waiting patiently for someone to come up with a region free disc), the downloadable games are indeed coded to only work on the console you purchased them on. You can back them up onto an sd card should you want, but its still only going to work on the one console.

The idea of making games only work on a single console is freaking insane I should add. Why would you want to subjugate yourself to that!? Can you image what that means for used games? What happens if your console breaks down and it gets replaced?

You send it in to Nintendo for fixing. If they have to replace your old console for a new one they make sure your new one gets all your old data.

What I want to know is what happens when the successor to the Wii comes out. Will we be able to move all are old VC games to the new machine, and how will that work?

That's a really good question. Has it ever been adressed?

o_o SD cards.

But the downloads are connected to the specific Wii. SD card saves or not. You can't take a Super Metroid VC download saved on a SD card and play it on yoru freinds Wii. So how is the SD card going to recognize the Wii 2 or whatever it's called that we buy in the future as having permission to play the VC downloads from are old Wii?

[QUOTE="wiretoss"][QUOTE="Drizzt13"][QUOTE="-Despacio-"][QUOTE="Sir_Crocidile"][QUOTE="Juice_24"]

What the heck is the problem is it piracy? are they worried about a wii hack?

Is the game registered to a console? just put a console taggg on it so thatthedownload content isregistered to a single console. so we can have a decent HDD. put a big game on the HDD and sell it for $60-70!

-Despacio-

If I recall from my days back on a site long since shut down (waiting patiently for someone to come up with a region free disc), the downloadable games are indeed coded to only work on the console you purchased them on. You can back them up onto an sd card should you want, but its still only going to work on the one console.

The idea of making games only work on a single console is freaking insane I should add. Why would you want to subjugate yourself to that!? Can you image what that means for used games? What happens if your console breaks down and it gets replaced?

You send it in to Nintendo for fixing. If they have to replace your old console for a new one they make sure your new one gets all your old data.

What I want to know is what happens when the successor to the Wii comes out. Will we be able to move all are old VC games to the new machine, and how will that work?

That's a really good question. Has it ever been adressed?

o_o SD cards.

But the downloads are connected to the specific Wii. SD card saves or not. You can't take a Super Metroid VC download saved on a SD card and play it on yoru freinds Wii. So how is the SD card going to recognize the Wii 2 or whatever it's called that we buy in the future as having permission to play the VC downloads from are old Wii?

if you sign up for a nintendo online account and link the games to your account name instead of your serial numbers, you will be fine.

But the downloads are connected to the specific Wii. SD card saves or not. You can't take a Super Metroid VC download saved on a SD card and play it on yoru freinds Wii. So how is the SD card going to recognize the Wii 2 or whatever it's called that we buy in the future as having permission to play the VC downloads from are old Wii?

-Despacio-

simple. just register your original wii code as well. they could have a place for you to enter it.