We've all experienced the irksome problem of running out of storage space on our 3DS consoles, but it would appear that even the most spacious SD card in the world won't help overcome this issue totally — the hardware seems to have a maximum ceiling of 300 applications.
Reddit user Rayquaza3010 received the error message pictured below once he tried to download his 301st app to his Nintendo 3DS.
Although the error message apparently states that the SD card is full and makes no mention of the number of apps installed on the device, Rayquaza3010 said that even after freeing up more space on the SD card, the problem remained regardless when 300 apps are installed — suggesting that there does indeed appear to be a hard limit on the number of installable apps; if you want 301 games and apps installed at once, tough.
Have any Nintendo Life readers experienced the same problem? Are you close to 300 apps yourself and wondering what will happen? Please let us know in the comments.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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Oh no
Hasn't happened to me....yet.
good thing I have 5 3DSs then... XD
I don't have any problem with that, since I don't download that much.
Sitting at 271 downloaded now.... I guess I'm thankful for the huge 3DS drought this year so it won't run out as fast...
I don't think I'm that close but I'm over 200 for sure. As disheartening as this sounds I doubt I'll ever get quite that far.
"ONLY" 300 apps and games? I think it's a very good amount, if I had the money to buy 300 apps and games I could just buy another SD card. *I have only 3 games from eShop
"only" lol
I didn't think they used Reddit in Japan
@Angelic_Lapras_King
Good thing I don't have a 3DS yet. (shame on me).
@Angelic_Lapras_King Please tell me you are just kidding!
Was that picture really necessary?
Please Nintendo fans, let's not blow this out of proportion. 300 is a HUGE number.... my bet is less than 100 people will ever get to it.
And I say this as someone who owns over 550 games total over the course of my life.... so yeah, it's going to be pretty tough to get to 300 on 1 system.
I'm at 153 apps and games I think. At that point, I'd likely just start uninstalling the older ones.
@JonathanX Nope. As listed:
1. Launch Day 3DS Blue
2. Launch Day 3DS XL Red
3. Pikachu 3DS XL
4. Pokemon X and Y 3DS XL Red
5. Pokemon X and Y 3DS XL Blue
I'm a sucker for Pokemon and hardware plus knew those limited editions would go up in price (The Pika now goes for £300 I think.). Don't have a 2DS yet so probably get one of those for cheap. Then of course, there's US and Japan games to consider (Thank you for region lock Nintendo.). lol.
@XCWarrior I have every free Nintendo Club game of the month for the 3DS. 12 a year, 5 years on the system, that's at least 60 games- without spending a penny. Add in all the games I bought to get that many points, and... I imagine a decent number of people hitting the limit.
@KarenHalloran
In case you guys didn't notice, but it said said that in the 3DS instruction manual.
In page 61, (At least in the North American Manual) look at the second paragraph:
"You can save a maximum of 300 Nintendo 3DS titles and Virtual Console titles on an SD Card."
Yes, I did read the manual when I got my 3DS.
@Angelic_Lapras_King My wife and I own 2-3 at any given time. If Attack on Titan 3DS doesn't get ported here soon, we will pick up our fourth 3DS as a Japanese model.
to have 300 apps on your 3ds is ridiculous. try picking up a book sometime and reading.
I'm.. a little confused actually. Does this mean the 3DS itself will accept only 300 apps assigned to it? Or does it mean that you can simply swap out for a different SD card and/or delete another app? I doubt it's the former but, you never know, would seem rather silly. Taking Nintendude789's response into account I guess it's probably not the former.
@Angelic_Lapras_King I have 9 of 'em.
I am probably one of the few who prefers handhelds over home consoles (I am usually out of the house most of the time anyway). The 3DS is my main system but I don't think that I am even close to having 300 on there.
I would need a decent size SD card though I guess, mine is only 32GB and it is almost full now (especially with games like Donkey Kong Country Return's file size).
IIRC on PSVita is 100 apps. On Wii it was 200 on the SD card channel (I think you could keep downloading but would not display them).
I'm guessing like the Vita app limit it is due to memory in the OS to display the icons. Apparently the 3DS starts to get really sluggish at booting too after 100 (the Wii menu is bad after about 20 of the 48 slots filled)
Edit: It seems PSVita was updated to support 500...
@Nintendude789 that's the ironic twist
@Yosher Care to list all the different ones you own?
@Angelic_Lapras_King: that ain't nothing. I'm sitting at 23 3DS (and 2DS) systems myself . But anyway, this news kind of sucks but I'm only at 211 items and will likely run out of space before I hit the ceiling. I'll just gat a second sd card by that point to hold less important things.
I too read this in the manual... Reading is good, kids
Couldn't you just use multiple SD cards?
That's a lot of games and apps. I see no problem here.
@bboy2970 ...okay, YOU definitely have to list all the different ones you own. lol. XD
I can't imagine myself ever getting to 300 downloaded games. I personally prefer to get physical copies whenever possible, and there aren't too many download-only games that interest me at the moment.
Reading the reddit thread deleting anything will let you download more so it is 300 loaded limit.
Apparently the Japanese eShop has about 200 demos which makes it easier to reach this figure.
@C-Olimar You sure could use multiple SD cards
@C-Olimar That is the answer to the problem.
By the way, if you were looking for the rest of your Pikmin squad and Louie, they're right here (but one of them got turned into a Puffmin)!
@Angelic_Lapras_King Sure.
1. Aqua Blue Launch 3DS.
2. Red 3DS XL.
3. Zelda-themed 3DS.
4. Club Nintendo Mario 3DS. (Which I didn't win sadly, I bought it.)
5. Pikachu-themed 3DS XL.
6. Blue Pokémon X/Y 3DS XL.
7. Red Pokémon X/Y 3DS XL.
8/9. 2 Yoshi 3DS XL systems; one to play on, one to keep in good condition because I'm such a big Yoshi fan, and Yoshi related hardware is rare.
Number 10 will probably be a 2DS sytem once they drop in price; I don't think these are worth it all that much.
Also holy crap at 23 3DS systems. XD I thought I had a lot.
Not fair! I have 301 games/apps!
@Starwolf_UK - "demos"
So they do exist!
Though to be fair even in the US the 3DS gets a lot more demos than Wii U (1 a month being a lot more than 1 the past 6 months, if that many.). I wonder if the Wii U gets demos in japan?
Not a bad starting limit at least.
For me:
A) I have a 2DS to go with my 3DS now.
B) The lack of a true, robust, and modern account system means I refuse to buy much digital content on Nintendo platforms anyway.
So basically I'll never hit the limit anyway.
But for those who actually DO hit the limit, it'll be nice if they up the limit.
The Vita started with a paltry 100 app limit, but was recently upgraded to 500.
@Starwolf_UK Too bad it'll never have that many games.
@Angelic_Lapras_King challenge accepted
@bboy2970 I have a dented Zelda XL. So ha!
Yet another reason for me to stay away from digital games. I buy all games retail whenever possible and I still have 122 games and apps. I'd be well over 200 if I bought my retail games as digital instead.
@Yosher @bboy2970 @Angelic_Lapras_King Yes! I'm not the only one with multiple 3dses. I was feeling quite guilty.
I have 316 apps on my 3DS XL. This claim is false!
@russellohh You have 300 games you didn't pay for... from Club Nintendo? So you did you magically obtain coins, or did you BUY games in order to do surveys to accumulate coins? And you are the exception, most people do not buy every Club Nintendo game of the month every month. I won't say you are the only one... but you are one of 10 or 11 people.
There is somebody who knows the real limit. There is a thread on the forums about it.
@bboy2970 WHY do you own so many 3DSs? There are stick covers you could buy for a 3DS instead of just buying all of those. Imagine all of the games you could have bought instead, lol. But I guess if you have money to burn (or credit cads to increase your debt)... I guess go for it.
@KnightRider666 are you positive those are all installed on the sd card and not the system itself? For example, I don't think DSiWare counts toward is limit or things like face raider or ar games.
@bboy2970 @Angelic_Lapras_King Oh, I forgot, you two problably live in USA, here in Brazil the 3ds and games are MUCH more expensive.
@XCWarrior I said I have 60 games from Club Nintendo, not 300. That's about 6,000 coins. I've registered about 12 systems and several hundred games over the decade or so that Clun Nintendo has been a thing. Every 10 Club Nintendo games you download and take the post-play survey for is another free game, so it works out.
@KnightRider666 How many are DSiWare? There is a limit of 40 of those in the system memory (rest can stored by not played from SD crd), I wonder if they don't count towards the 300. Also do built-in things like Face Raiders count? (I remember this being a big problem with the Vita 100 limit)
@XCWarrior well a lot of them aren't for playing and more for collecting. Buying more games is a fair point but I've already got every game I want so I'm good there.
I really only do download games (like Shovel Knight and Pushmo World) on my Wii U as I have no interest in indies on 3ds. Surprisingly the Wii U has a better selection of indies than 3ds.
I have over 200, so I will not be downloading anything that is a must-have from now on.
On another note, this is yet another way nintendo shoots themselves in the foot. Why would they even bother setting a limit? What's the purpose of doing this?
WAIT. sometimes you just need to WAIT before you start downloading again esp. after a system stransfer,update and or other things. ADD and Perfectionism are both serious mental problems 4 real ya'll.
Take off my dsiware and face raiders and I'm at 302.
@KnightRider666 ,yeah i agree (64gb SD card here & same # as U) !
@KightRider666 what about other preinstalled things such as activity log, streetpass mii plaza, mii maker, ds download play, mii maker, and 3DS sound? I don't think those count. And if you already aren't counting those then this is perplexing
@2Sang Memory allocations for icons. They all load at once so that is the space limit here. Possibly for the data management screen in system settings as much as the system menu (I'll get to that).
@KnightRider666 Considering page 20 of the system settings manual where the 300 limit is mentioned talk abouts the data management screen there are 2 things that don't appear on that screen but would appear on the system menu:
-DSiWare
-Bulit-in stuff (eShop, System settings, face raiders, mii plaza, 3ds sound, ar cards etc; these are can't be deleted and are internal)
@russellohh Makes more sense, but still most people don't have that kid of money. I've been platinum all but 1 year... but man some of their club nintendo offerings are very passable... and they repeat as well. But to each their own. But again, if there were tons of people like you, Nintendo would be back swimming in their gold coins again like they were in the Wii/DS days.
Okay, subtract those too. But I have a few dsiware games saved to my sd card b/c the internal memory wouldn't allow them to fit on my menu.
@XCWarrior I also memorize unused codes from Gamestop. If no one has registered Fire Emblem for Wii in the last 6 years, YOINK. I only do used games, and games older than a year. There are a few months where I didn't find anything I wanted, but there were enough months where I wanted more than one thing, so it evens out.
I'm still not buying the fact that you can only have 300 apps though. If nintendo truly did this, then they are dumber than I imagined...
@KnightRider666 System settings manual page 20. It is written right there. Why would Nintendo lie in their own manual. From a memory management perspective in programming it is a very important thing to do (it you could have more icons than memory to load them in you can into nasty segmentation faults and other bugs).
That explains why Reggie carries two 3DS XLs.
I'm sure this is the type of thing that could be resolved with an update to remove the 300 game/app limit. Having said that, I probably have somewhere from 75 to 100 games and apps and thats after acquiring them over the past 3 years, including all 20 of the ambassador games. It will take a long time to even reach that limit, and even if I do, I can just swap out the sd card with another sd card, I already have no problem switching out single game carts just to play a single game in the 3DS, why would having to switch sd cards that can hold up to 300 official games and apps be considered a negative thing?
300 is a ridiculous number anyway to have on one system I'm not even sure if I have that many games period (probably do but not by much). Currently I have 104 but a lot are demos (45), special movies/trailers (13) and out of service apps (3), so over half I wouldn't count as me owning can't imagine getting to 300.
@bboy2970 I guess Streetpass Plaza will never be a problem for you. ;P
@Yosher It's like I like to say. No matter how mad (And rich) you are collecting wise, there's always someone madder (And richer) then you. XD
Angelic_Lapras_King lol it's not like that. I like to keep streetpass how it was intended to be (with others) so I don't ever streetpass my own systems.
It's been 3 years since the launch of the 3DS eShop, I'm amazed the limit has only been discovered now. He'll just have to delete games he's finished now.
@KnightRider666 Either they are dumb or you may be ignorant of the reasons for a limit like this. It often helps to be less ignorant
The manual has stated as such since launch. This article should make it clear that it is 300 apps per SD card. Switch out SD cards if you get over 250-ish and you'll be fine. I also believe DSiWare apps are tabulated separately.
Gee, what is it with Nintendo and the number 300.
@WiiLovePeace He said he deleted some of the nearly 200 demos. Also the limit was in the system settings manual since and might have even been written in there before the eShop launched but nobody reads manuals
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/eshop/so_who_else_is_in_the_300_and_up_club
1% problems.
Does that include demos and videos too? I'm nowhere near it, and even if I was, knowing me, once I beat a game, I toss the game out of memory (and keep the save data "if" I feel like it). Interesting.
@bboy2970
Geez, with that many 3DS's you could be literally sitting on them.
I'm not getting anywhere near 300 anytime soon, but a new SD card –> problem solved.
Is this just a 3DS show off comment section? XD
Oh, and I guess this is another plus for buying physical.
The programmer side of me says:
Why have, what seems to be, an arbitrary limit of only 300 or a limit at all? Hard-coded limits tend to suck because no matter how big you make them, you tend to always reach them a lot sooner then you expected.
The gamer side of me says:
Holy crap! Some people are actually reaching this limit, on a single gaming system no less? Are they literally buying every single game that's released? How many do they play let alone finish? I don't think I've purchased 300 games over the course of my entire life for all the consoles I've owned combined and that's counting all the crap I used to buy during Steam sales (most of which I've hardly ever played). I certainly understand collectors buying physical copies just for collecting purposes but these are digital purchases.
I'm amazed at how many 3DSs some people here have!
I think the 3DS will likely be dead and I pray Nintendo has finally adapted an account based digital purchases system to carry the games over to the next system before I download 300 digital games but I still think the limit is pointless.
I know there is a max limit of 240 downloads per Wii SD Card which wasn't quite enough for my 140 WiiWare games, 100 VC games, 30+ WiiWare Demos, and 15+ Wii Channels.
Nintendo should have warned me to not buy so many games. I hate switching SD Cards up to the point that I really consider paying extra to get the NES and SNES games away from the SD Card (they don't fit onto anyway) and onto the Wii U.
Does anyone know about Wii U download limits? If it is limited by number of downloads again, rather than free space on my 3 TerraByte Wii U hard drive, then I might change my buying conditions and only buy games I'm 1000% sure I want and not taking chances.
I don't think I will ever reach that limit. My 3DSes to date have been, the flame red 3DS, blue 3DS, Purple 3DS, Blue 3DS XL, Blue 3DS XL with Mario Kart 7, Pink/White XL and Pokemon X& Y Red XL. The only ones I got rid of are the flame red & blue 3DSes. The purple 3DS, two Blue XLs and the pink XL are all broken but I still have them. Don't know why though. Although the Mario Kart 7 XL still has my Ambassador games on it so that's why I kept it. Also my son has a 2DS and my daughter has a red XL.
@Unca_Lz: Ignorant or not, this is a stupid idea. I may be among the small percentage of people who will have that much stuff, but why limit your download sales to customers? It's a wonder nintendo isn't number one. It's stupid limitations like this that hold them back as a company.
@KnightRider666 Except you missed my point. You don't know why they did this. You just assumed it was a decision that was made out of the blue. As others have mentioned, this may be a programming reason.
And hold back their sales? As you mentioned, you are in the minority, and this decision will not hurt them that much as a result.
I've hit this barrier a year ago, even mentioned it a few times, using a 128GB SDXC card & still have over 400,000 blocks. Dsiware don't count cauae I have what I can in a folder & another 100 locked on the SD. So now I have to delete trash in favor of the good. Sure I could switch out SD cards and re-download and swap if needed but I care not, I'm just more picky in what I download now sadly.
@KnightRider666 Prepare thyself to potentially be stupefied - Nintendo is capable of some pretty stupid things these days.
300 hundred games huh? Well I'm only close to like 50 games and I have had my 3ds since launch.
@Unca_Lz: Then REprogram it Nintendo!
@c1pher_c0mplet: I'm already used to it. They still haven't caught up with Sony with having cross-buy or purchases tied to accounts, not hardware.
If the 3ds can hold up to 300 games and apps then what is the limit for the Wii U?
Another case for Card games vs DL copies. ... I will never get a DL version of a game if I can help it.
I'm the one who posted this on Reddit. And I stated that this only refers to the 3DS software you downloaded with the eShop, not the pre-installed software, patches or DSiWare.
It's actually pretty easy to have more than 300 apps on a Japanese 3DS if you download every demo. There are around ~200 availabe and if you link your account with Club Nintendo you receive points for every demo you downloaded. Then some 3D videos, eShop games and retail games and you have more than 300 apps on your SD card. I have deleted some of the demos and now I can download again. Still I'm a little bit sad that my perfect collection is gone.
Now if you all 3DS suckers who have more than 5 units will also buy at least 5 WiiUs, Nintendo's WiiU sales will be up past 30 million and 3rd parties will be tempted to bring their games to the console. (I kid)
I'm not too worried, I'm probably only sitting at around 20 3DS downloads right now since I get most games physical.
Do demos count? Because if so I'm going to stop downloading demos for sure.
Considering I don't give 2 hoots about apps and wish I could get rid of the ones that come pre-installed on the thing, I don't think this will be a problem for me at all. I'll never have 290-odd games on my 3DS.
Still better than the Vita's 100 app limit though.
I don't think I will ever reach that limit. My 3DSes to date have been, the flame red 3DS, blue 3DS, Purple 3DS, Blue 3DS XL, Blue 3DS XL with Mario Kart 7, Pink/White XL and Pokemon X& Y Red XL. The only ones I got rid of are the flame red & blue 3DSes. The purple 3DS, two Blue XLs and the pink XL are all broken but I still have them. Don't know why though. Although the Mario Kart 7 XL still has my Ambassador games on it so that's why I kept it. Also my son has a 2DS and my daughter has a red XL.
That's great.
@XCWarrior I too own over 550 games after selling around 550 so I doubt I'll ever have that many. I would rather own physical copies of all my games so I can sell them in the future.
So this has happened to me a month ago. I contacted Nintendo and once I was able to articulate the issue they said no fix was coming. It's sad because obviously I am a power downloader who is ready and willing and able to spent more and have been stopped dead in my tracks. This seems to be an artificial limitation based on an expectancy no one could possibly love there 3ds that much. I hope now that this article has some FaceTime maybe Nintendo will look into the issue even of it effects a minority of users.
So this has happened to me a month ago. I contacted Nintendo and once I was able to articulate the issue they said no fix was coming. It's sad because obviously I am a power downloader who is ready and willing and able to spent more and have been stopped dead in my tracks. This seems to be an artificial limitation based on an expectancy no one could possibly love there 3ds that much. I hope now that this article has some FaceTime maybe Nintendo will look into the issue even of it effects a minority of users.
Wow. First off 300 games is ridiculous, delete some of the useless crap like Demos and Videos and you should be fine, and if you still have the problem i think it's insane that you buy that many games. I'm guessing it's laziness, too lazy to research what will appeal to you, i'm thinking this largely due to the whining on here about swapping SD cards. If you are too lazy to swap an SD card i doubt you're motivated enough to do even a little research. Complaining about having to swap SD cards at that point is the whitest whine if i've ever seen, it's just a ridiculous thing to be upset about. It's truly sad and shocking that people feel so entitled to convenience that they'll complain about having to swap essentially a 300 title game cartridge (or whatever the Wii's limit was), when they own a fricken system that requires you to swap cartridges in order to play many of it's games. Insane.
@Kevlar44 It's not that easy actually. When you remove your SD card and switch it with another, the structure of the 3DS menu and the icons will be changing even after using the old SD card. It seems that the layout is saved on the local memory of the system. I'm not completely sure about this but some games like Pokémon X/Y have a save lock that should prevend from copying the save file for cloning your Pokémon. So maybe after swapping the SD card some of the save files won't work anymore.
Who would download that many anyway? its a bunch of junk.
Wow. Don't even want to know how much money he spent...
@fishman100 Most of it are demos (around 200) and 3D trailers.
This got me thinking how much stuff I have downloaded on my 3dsxl. Short answer, not even close. Long answer...
32 3ds games (10 are retail games)
15 VC games (13 from ambassador program)
38 demos
6 DSI
17 videos
11 non game apps (Netflix, Pokedex 3d pro, etc)
119 total
I just wonder how much of that is paid games and not other free stuff.
Edit: Cool to know @Rayquaza3010. I have no clue how I missed your post, especially when it's directly before mines
@Drac_Mazoku I agree, I mean it's really not a huge issue. Given the accessibility of free wifi, and cheap sd cards, it's relatively easy to just re-download . I have noticed the slow down aswell. All that said for simplicity sake I wish it wasn't so. It's on my wish list, but by no means am I scorned or would ever consider a hate campaign. Nintendo has bigger fish to fry than this low impacting issue despite it personally hitting me.
@LDXD Vita limit is 500.
Lol, i have never ever been close to havin' 300 games on any console, nor have any of my friends. Actually i have never had even 30 games for any console. So this shouldn't be a problem to me
My 3DS came with a 4GB SD card, I just upgraded to a 32GB Class 10 card; I can't imaging having 300 downloaded games
@Nintendude789 Don't miss the irony that most people that will post after you will also miss your post (along with what you pointed out). Can't let facts get in the way.
300 is plenty for me. This isn't really a huge problem.
Kind of wondering if the Wii U has a limit. I'm almost out of pages.
Not really a concern, especially since you can save your data now thanks to the system update.
I mean, think about it, are you really going to be playing, like, 275 games at once? Are there even that many good games on the eShop?!
apparently no one reads manuals here...
Some of you people are real system hoarders. What on earth are you going to do with 7+ 3DS's? Those could have gone to other people. As for the article, it's funny that this should come up now as just yesterday I upgraded to a 32GB SD card from my previous 16 GB one. I don't think I would ever hit 300 individual downloads though.
can someone explain why they would even reach the app cap? Do people even play all those games? or is it for digital collection?
i am curious and a supporter of the gaming industries i just dont think i should shell out everything i have to get every title
@Nintendude789 "It does say that! Just like there is a 3,000 picture cap you can take on your SD Card regardless if you have more space."
It's funny how we all are responding to this...like it's so surprising...when it is in the 3DS/3DSXL manual. XD XD
I have 75 on my 3DS... and here I thought that was a lot! Apparently not. I don't think I'll ever have to worry about hitting that 300 limit.
@KnightRider666 Yes, they should spend an amount of time to reprogram something for a handful of people, when they had a reason for its inclusion in the first place
these days gamers dont really finish all their games anyways. gamers that actually play/beat all thier games, we are becoming a rare species. the poser gamers are the new gamers.
I've got good amount of apps, but most are demos that I would gladly delete if necessary. The only reason I have them is... well, what is there to say? They're demos. Parts of a game for free. Why delete them if it isn't needed?
@LDXD It used to be 100 but they upped it at some point.
@russellohh
I WISH Nintendo would put up a brand new 3DS game for CN every single month.
I'm just barely over 100 if you count the pre-installed stuff. I think I'll be okay.
I experienced this problem last year right around the time when Pokemon X & Y came out, I have even presented this problem of mine on the Boards & it was at 331 Games & Apps total including my Cartridge, I should have an Article or some kind of mention about me & this since I encountered this problem first, not him, me! I have over roughly 450 Games on my 3DS XL total including ones that I've had too delete, I wanted to send this response to you in private @galachef55, but as far as I know, there's no way too contact any of Nintendo Lifes Staff. I don't mean too come off as rude, but I actually feel saddened now that I wasn't blogged about this first.Nintendo has even told me that they won't fix the problem because it hasn't affected enough people, at least maybe now this can be fixed. Also, again, it's 331 'Boxes' on your Home Menu total, someone else told me that it's most likely a Firmware Problem. Ever since this has first happened too me, I wanted to be blogged about it first, but congrats too @Rayquaza3010 for getting mentioned first 10 months after I encountered the problem. Once again, I'm sorry for coming off as rude, I actually visit Nintendo Life daily myself & I'm a big fan of this Website. I hope that maybe I can get some sort of mention as well. Also, I have roughly 40,000 Blocks left on my 3DS XL's 32 Gig SD Card & none of them are Demo's, none.
Good for him for finding the limit, now Nintendo can release a new firmware update for a limit of 600 apps/games then.
This is it.
We're all gonna die.
Seriously,though, who'd have the money to download 300 games on their 3DS?
I do & I still do.
Apps, what apps there's no apps on 3DS. I don't have a problem with that cause I don't download that much.
Games & Apps as in Youtube or Colors 3D.
I think Vita had a 100 game/app limit up until a few months ago when an update increased it to 500. So this sounds about right.
I don't know how anybody could defend madness like this. Think of how much money the "rare downloads" program will be losing because of this limit.
Now @ogo79 has to settle for just 3 private islands. I'll have to reach out to the RDP legal team to get this injustice rectified!
Also, ya'll should mention @Robo-Knight in this article, he's the original 300 man. The real deal, I tell ya'!
^ I agree with the Robo-Knight mention.
That's stupid, putting a cap on how many things someone can install on their console. What do they gain from that?
Bit annoying there is a cap on downloads but I doubt I will ever get anywhere near that
Looks like I'm going to have to count my apps and games. I actually have bought way too many I may never get too. If I ever get to this point. I will probably stop buying games until Nintendo allows us to put them on our extra systems.
I fear the wii u will have the same issue...I only have 13 windows left! Otherwise I would download a lot more games! Guess I'll have to be more selective. For the record though 360,one,PS3 & 4 don't have this problem....just saying Nintendo
Well derp, I think it's crazy to think someone would have 300 games on their 3DS in the first place. Like honestly, half of the eshop is just shovelware.
@Nintendzoey I prefer hand-helds, as well.
@Tsurii897 Different, maybe, but when I bring my 3DS somewhere(which is every time I leave the house), I feel like I NEED to bring ALL of my games along with it.
@Noboty System's HAVE their limits, ya know.
And this is why people like cartridges
I'm pretty sure I'll never have to worry about this.
Wii limit is 250 in SD card and 42 in home menu.
I have about 80 games/apps/whatever, many of'em in folders... =(
@KnightRider666 PSV used to be 100 now 500. lol and yes it was mentioned in the instruction booklets, I knew about this day 1 I got my 3DS, NL once again slow. (they were slow on the Wii remote too!)
@ReigningSemtex its a cap on how many you can have on your home menu at once, excluding system softwarez, and DSiWare
@joey302 wii u works like 3ds and makes more, but no folders yet.
@8BitSamurai With rare downloads, do you mean things like the Ambassador certificate and early release of Super Mario bros. Deluxe?
@Tobias95
What I mean is, say a game like EarthBound. Why should it be $10 on the eShop if it's $140 for a cartridge? In fact, we "rare downloads" people propose that since Iwata has to go through all this work to bring the games directry to you, the prices should be raised above and beyond the cartridge value. I think a fair price would be $500 for EarthBound, but @ogo79 is more fond of the $1000 range.
@8BitSamurai Well, it might be fair since its not released in Europe, but a new from Nintendo usualy costs 100$ in Norway. With a few exceptions. But 500$ is ceartnly not for everyone, myself included. But, by all means, Nintendo could do this with future releases.
272 apps currently on my JP 3DS. I hope Nintendo can announce a new 3DS model soon so I can buy another one before the number reaches 300.
(Btw, 198 of them are demos... However, I assume since NOJ release more and more demos every week and they provide 5 club coins for each demo, there should be more and more Japanese 3DS players face such issue recently. Maybe NOJ will notice that and try to fix it through a firmware update, and NOA and NOE will benefit from that as well).
@Nintendude789
Indeed, on the Eurozone English manual's page 47, under the "Precautions for Download Software" heading:
"Up to 40 Nintendo DSiWare titles can be stored in the System Memory and up to 300 download software titles can be stored on an SD Card."
Wonder if it's related to the amount of spaces on the Home screen. Would it help to put everything in folders, you reckon?
Assuming there's an app limit, it's a number I'm never going to reach anyway, so it doesn't really concern me.
@Mega719 Exactly. But at least it wasn't a Pikachu crying.
@PS4 so if I run out of display windows the wii u automatically makes more windows??
Here's your proof, the rest is on my Flickr Account. https://www.flickr.com/photos/30369639@N07/14793415462/
I have well over 300 apps (368, without DSi games), so this article is wrong
@bboy2970
Why would you keep them sealed?
They're for playing on and you'll never make back as much money as you probably spent on them, even if one or two go up in value in 10 years.
Still, it's your money...
@2Sang Yeah, Why don't they have infinite space to crash the 3DS.
@NintendoMark Proof please.
...Are there even 300 things to download from the eShop?
Only 300, damn it!
Now I only have space left for another 295 downloadable games.
Damn you Nintendo. Damn you to hell!!!
WE DEMAND MORE GAMES!!1111
But plz dont forget our stability patches
Ty
Who the hell has 300 apps on their 3DS? Do they do nothing in life but play that machine, or are they just addicted to digital purchases?
@Memeboy3 the cloud would like to talk to you.
The picture cap is annoying. I have extra space on my 16GB SD card and im not even close to the 300-app cap, but I'm not allowed to save more pictures from Colors!, Animal Crossing, Pokémon etc. The games tell me there's no more space for pictures. I'm just gonna copy all of them to my PC and delete them from the card.
Ouch, I bought a 128GB flash card, it's good to know there's a limit. This will definitely alter my habit of "buying indie games on a whim". No more impulse buying for me. The 128GB card wasn't cheap, I'd rather fill that card up with AAA titles and stellar indie games. Anyone know if there's a cap on the Wii-U?
I have a Japanese 3DS and also find it very tempting to get all of the free software and demos at once on top of the digital sales, my 32GB SD card isn't enough with the behemoths Bravely Default, Inazuma Eleven 1-2-3 and Senran Kagura Burst to get to 300 but I definitely have well over 100 software spots taken up.
I imagined there was a cap and don't really think 300 spaces is a problem, but I hope the cap gets removed or rather increased to the point where it is near impossible to be full all the same.
@gregrout
@sleepinglion
Wii U Menu > Electronic Manual (Home Button) > Page 4, §5:
"Only 300 icons can be displayed on the Wii U Menu".
A limit of 300 games on Wii U! I for sure have to set new priorities now. I wanted to upgrade all my Wii VC games, but now FORGET IT!
So I guess that means rethinking on what to buy, and definately not getting The Letter!
@bezerker99 Because gaming means it's impossible to read.
Games like Zelda are basically books anyway.
And yeah, I read at least 30 minutes a day after gaming.
It would appear the 300 limit is gone, maybe with a system update or something, but the limit is now 315. I can confirm this as I have that much installed now.
oh no, this is bad..... 8 years ago i thought this wouldn't be a problem.. now it IS a problem as im really close to hiting the limit and i know that is close since the system is slowly erasing badges i placed (i think that counts them as titles)
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