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darthmawl

Am I the only one who downloads and play games from a Usb stick on the Wii U ?? I have a Wii U Basic set .I even have Trine 2 , Pokemon Rumble U on the stick and it runs perfectly!

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Sean_Aaron

Possibly. I think for serious amounts of downloads it's general not a good idea as some of the flash memory used in those things won't do a whole lot of read-write operations. If it's working for you, great, but I'd have some kind of backup.

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darthmawl

Sean_Aaron wrote:

Possibly. I think for serious amounts of downloads it's general not a good idea as some of the flash memory used in those things won't do a whole lot of read-write operations. If it's working for you, great, but I'd have some kind of backup.

Oh realy? Didnt knw that ... So it might only work for a while?

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renaryuugufan92

I have a 64GB SanDisk stick for some of my games (like assassins creed 4, need for speed, etc.), but I'm thinking about getting a TB HDD soon, the stick works just fine atm though.

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unrandomsam

Sean_Aaron wrote:

Possibly. I think for serious amounts of downloads it's general not a good idea as some of the flash memory used in those things won't do a whole lot of read-write operations. If it's working for you, great, but I'd have some kind of backup.

Why would it be writing to it other than when adding a game (Probably as one big file).

Save data goes on the console doesn't it ?

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SCRAPPER392

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Save data only goes onto the console if the game is a disc. If the game is a digital file on an external memory device, the save data gets thrown in with the software data file. You might be able to keep the save data on the Wii U, but keep the software on a flash drive. I haven't tried, because I have an ext. HDD, so I never needed to find work arounds.

EDIT: I just tried it. You can't keep software on the ext. device, but save data on the console. It reads the software and save data in one go, unless it's on a disc.

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open

I just realised, as someone with a basic SKU, that until I t get a HDD, I can use a USB stick for downloading demos!

No need to worry about losing any data and they are pretty small.

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skywake

For good NAND it isn't a thing, especially when compared to mechanical drive failure. The thing is though that the $10 thumbdrive you find in a bucket at the checkout is NOT good flash. It's the cheap stuff, the stuff that didn't meet the standard. Personally? I wouldn't trust it. Especially in an environment where updates/patches/saves are being written to it fairly regularly.

Stick with a HDD, it's a safer bet. Unless you're using it JUST for demos then... why not?

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Hy8ogen

Aluwolf wrote:

http://www.bress.net/blog/archives/114-How-Long-Does-a-Flash-...

educate yourselves, a proper flash drive can stand millions of writes

anyone who says otherwise is stating a decade old myth.

Yeah, a proper one would stand millions of re-writes. But the ones people buy for 10 bucks are not designed (or should I say gimped?) to withstand those amount of rewrites. Personally I would fork out the extra bit of dollars to get a HDD. They are not that expensive nowadays.

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Sean_Aaron

Aluwolf wrote:

http://www.bress.net/blog/archives/114-How-Long-Does-a-Flash-...

educate yourselves, a proper flash drive can stand millions of writes

anyone who says otherwise is stating a decade old myth.

In theory yes, and I'd agree with you if I hadn't had flash devices in the past that stopped allowing file updates long before the theoretical limit. I think it also depends on what you're doing. Periodically copying many GBs of data may not count as one read-write operation.

In this case there's probably not an issue per se, but I doubt Nintendo would advise using an externally-powered hard disk without a reason. They're not selling storage, so it's not like they have an ulterior motive beyond ensuring people have the best experience possible.

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Hy8ogen wrote:

Aluwolf wrote:

http://www.bress.net/blog/archives/114-How-Long-Does-a-Flash-...

educate yourselves, a proper flash drive can stand millions of writes

anyone who says otherwise is stating a decade old myth.

Yeah, a proper one would stand millions of re-writes. But the ones people buy for 10 bucks are not designed (or should I say gimped?) to withstand those amount of rewrites. Personally I would fork out the extra bit of dollars to get a HDD. They are not that expensive nowadays.

Millions of re-writes is not as hard of a number to pass as some would think. I had a high quality Intel SSD that passed that number at around the six year mark. My CS professor hit that mark on one of his dev machines in about half that time. If you want something that's going to last you ten years, you'll still want to grab a traditional platter-based hard drive.

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unrandomsam

Normal harddrives usually last me about 4-6 years. (Get ones with 5 year warranty so usually get a few more under warranty).

There is the odd exception. (I have a 40GB IBM laptop drive that has lasted ages and ages).

External ones seem to be even less reliable.

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open

So... Question.

If I have games on my hard drive and it fails, can I just redownload the game on to a new one?

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dumedum

open wrote:

So... Question.

If I have games on my hard drive and it fails, can I just redownload the game on to a new one?

Yes

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Sean_Aaron

open wrote:

So... Question.

If I have games on my hard drive and it fails, can I just redownload the game on to a new one?

To save time (and protect any save data) I'd suggest investing in a second drive and keeping a backup. I use a 1TB portable and y-cable for that purpose and put it in a fire safe when it's not in use.

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Hy8ogen

Sean_Aaron wrote:

open wrote:

So... Question.

If I have games on my hard drive and it fails, can I just redownload the game on to a new one?

To save time (and protect any save data) I'd suggest investing in a second drive and keeping a backup. I use a 1TB portable and y-cable for that purpose and put it in a fire safe when it's not in use.

I just use a 16GB 8 dollar thumb drive as back up

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Sean_Aaron

I've got a few hundred gigs worth of games so a thumb drive or SD card won't cut it, sadly. If only the Wii U had no games for it as is often stated by trolls....

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ToonLink795

For me I mostly buy my games as retail for Wii U. I use a $20 SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive for mostly indie games. Which is basically a mini flash drive that's about 3 times smaller than most. I like the SanDisk Cruzer Fit because it barely sticks out to where it doesn't look awkward in the system or get damage if somehow hit. I'm thinking about getting a $64 GB one for about $31 which will last me a long time. Over all the SanDisk Cruzer Fit that I use works perfectly and have had no problems with it in the past 9 months that I've had it.

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