I have a Wii U Deluxe Set, and with the recently released Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, the storage I have left is about 3 gb. I am planning on buying an External Hard Drive. I already saw the recomendations Nintendo gives: http://http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wiiu/en_na/ex...
I liked the Buffalo (http://http://www.buffalotech.com/products/desktop-hard-drives/drivestation/drivestation-axis-2) and Seagate (http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/backup-plus-desk/) ones. However, I find it odd that when I look for the price the 1 TB model costs more than the 2 TB, in the case of the Buffalo. I like this one because it says it also supports USB 2.0 and the Seagate one doesn't (at least I think it doesn't, it only says USB 3.0) but it wouldn't be in the recommendations Nintendo gives if it didn't. I liked the Seagate one because some people say it works fine.
The other thing is that I've seen posts and other threads that addressed problems with freezing, or slower loading times, etc. Maybe this has been patched or something, I haven't seen any of those lately. That's another concern I have about the Hard Drives.
Does this happen to Wii U's in normal conditions or does it just happens on Wii U's with problems?
Thank you for taking your time to read this. Sorry for any spelling mistakes.
Please leave a comment telling me about a recommendation you have, past experiences, or any other suggestion.
I got the 320GB hard drive from Gamestop that works with the wii u great. I dont see a reason to get a 1 or 2 TB HDD unless all your games are downloaded.
I think 500 GB is fine but I really need to be sure the Hard Drive is appropriate for the console, or I could just go fully digital. The thing is that I do like games to be digital but not all of them. Anyway, I'll just keep searching and thanks : )
You'll be getting 1TB for $70 with this deal. For some reason, the prices are screwed up on all other models. A 500GB is currently cheaper than a 320GB, so...
Just keep in mind that you'll need that y-cable if you use a portable drive that draws power from the USB ports. Depending on how careless you are, a portable drive may be better(the reason why I have one), because they usually have shock sensors and such that make them more durable than desktop drives.
I'd stick with a major manufacturer like Seagate, Western Digital, IBM or Fujitsu. WD and Seagate offer a range of drives in enclosures with external power supplies; the Wii U doesn't output enough power over USB to power a portable hard drive so you will need a y-cable if you're going that route. Most of these drives are USB3 now so make sure you get the right cable. I had a spare 2TB drive, but if I was buying new I'd likely go for a 1TB drive which is what I did for my backup Wii U drive, which is a Seagate backup portable with a USB3 micro-USB y-cable.
If you're doing a lot of downloads you'll want to have some kind of backup device - this aspect of the OS is a bit clunky. The Wii U will not power on if you have more than one USB storage device attached - you'll get a warning and then have to switch it off by holding the power button and disconnecting one. Given that you cannot choose the format command with multiple devices attached you'll need to boot with only the new drive attached, format it and then shut down again, booting an additional time with only your main drive attached. After entering the system settings thing to do a copy you can then attach the second drive (which will give you a stupid warning about plugging in drives when the system is on - like they give you a choice!) and choose the copy option. Once the copy is complete just disconnect the second drive or do a hard power off. My favourite part is how your channels will often get messed-up if you do a hard power off with your software drive attached. Please just support multiple drives Nintendo!
My software/backups have topped 300gb after a little over a year, so it's really down to what you're going to download to determine the drive size. A 500gb disk is too small unless you're not planning to download disc games ever. The retail games I have are between 1 and 18gb in size and could be as much as 30, so I honestly don't know if a 1TB drive would last me over the life of this system - remember that there's no cap on download sizes for eshop-only software either, so it's not impossible that there could be indie games topping a few gb.
The vertical ones linked in other posts replaced that style from the looks of it. I also have a Western Digital MyBook which I use as a media drive with my Mac Mini for my movie/music collection and that works a treat.
I think as long as you get a decent drive, just about anything is fine to work with the wii u. I've heard that nintendo does recommend getting one with its own power adapter, but ive also heard people with solely usb powered ones working just fine.
That would have added fifty bucks to the price and resulted in a bulkier console. No thanks to both!
... albeit a more convenient - and common sense - choice for the buyer. More future proof for developers too, by being able to use a standard 250/500GB hard drive that comes with the Wii U instead of worrying if their target audience has a lowly 8GB or 32GB thus not being able to meet a middle ground so to speak.
Remember that awful 'Arcade' edition of the Xbox 360 back in 2005? The one that, over time, could no longer be updated because of the low memory?
The 8GB Wii U reminds me of that.
You'll cry at paying 'fifty bucks' more for a 500GB hard drive to be included inside/with a Wii U, yet a decent external hard drive usually retails for more than the price you sprouted and you'd rather pay MORE money?
So much better to have the Nintendo option of adding any HD any size you want so easily.
For more money on top of paying for the Wii U itself.
... they're still stuck in the Stone Age.
well it's like @MAB said those Physical 4 Lyfe dudes won't buy a bulky console with lots of memory they will never use.
and in the stone age humans didn't have electric devices so you post is invalid
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So much better to have the Nintendo option of adding any HD any size you want so easily.
For more money on top of paying for the Wii U itself.
... they're still stuck in the Stone Age.
Apparently the Stone Age is 2 aisles over at Best Buy...
Besides you can either pay $50 extra for 500GB, or $70 more for 2TB. If you know what you're talking about, the way Nintendo is doing things is actually better, money and choice wise.
and besides people would complain if you could only buy an official nintendo brand hdd. there would be no competition and prices would be stale and high. just look at the 360 hd prices. i dont know what the situation is like for xb1 and ps4, can u use any hd or do you need to buy their expensive ones?
I would recommend a hard drive with its own power adapter over a USB powered one. The reason being, I'm currently using a USB powered Western Digital My Passport, with a Y cable, and even though it works great for the majority of downloadable games, I do sometimes notice a struggle in terms of power when reading certain bigger file games.
This is the case when playing Rayman Legends for example, straight off the USB powered hard drive. I have at times been met with slowdown and a prompt telling me that there is not enough power getting to the hard drive when loading certain levels. Whereas when I play a slimilar file sized game like Sonic Lost World, I don't run into any problems at all. Strange.
Who knows, maybe it's just me and the USB powered drives work great for everyone else, but I think it's worth giving you a heads up!
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Just grab any desktop HDD and it'll work. Odds are if you're anything like me you have a few floating around anyways. The only real problem is that because of where HDDs are right now the ones you can buy easily are some serious overkill. Then the smaller ones that are probably more appropriate in terms of size are not that much cheaper. There are 2TB drives for $100AU it would be nice if there were 500GB drives for $25AU but it doesn't work like that.
and besides people would complain if you could only buy an official nintendo brand hdd. there would be no competition and prices would be stale and high. just look at the 360 hd prices. i dont know what the situation is like for xb1 and ps4, can u use any hd or do you need to buy their expensive ones?
For PS4 you can upgrade the HDD fairly easily to any 2.5" drive. The XBOne can technically also do that but doing so voids your warranty. Pretty sure all of them allow you to use an external HDD in the way that the Wii U does. The only other thing to note is that out of all of them the XBOne seems to love to chew up the storage.
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