Lego City Undercover shows off another flaw of the Wii U

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The Nintendo Wii U, in both Basic Set and Deluxe Set edition, has always been lacking on storage space. The Basic Set has just 8GB of internal flash memory storage out of the box, but that's before the 5GB mandatory firmware update is installed. In comparison, the deluxe Wii U only has 25GB of available memory after downloading the system firmware. Doing so leaves Wii U owners with just a measly 3GB of memory to save and download new games on. That's not even enough room to download the systems signature title, NintendoLand. This is likely why the majority of Wii Us sold are the Deluxe edition. Nintendo is even running into problems with its digital distribution business even on that model, though. New games like Lego City Undercover can't be downloaded to the console at all.

While Nintendo has yet to comment officially on the restriction, the reason why Lego City Undercover can't be downloaded is that game clocks in at an impressive 22GB on the game disc.

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WageringPosted:

Jesus Nintendo. You're drunk, go home.

xIIJazzaPosted:

Jesus, 22GB for a game... What the

SynybunPosted:

Why so little memory space?

TagsPosted:

Wii U are sounding awful nowadays. Unlucky Nintendo.

WilezPosted:

The 4GB Xbox was an alternate, cheaper option for people that like to play games of a disc.
If your only playing off a disc then 4gb should be enough space for most of your saves.
Its only a fail if you was to want to play online on a game such as Battle field 3.
Updates on there are huge!

DLTPosted:

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Thatch The wii u was just a big mistake..


The system itself is just awful.


I don't understand how they think they could get away with only using 25GB for a system nowadays. All the other systems come with a minimum of 100GB, anything less than that is laughable.


No, the 360 is really only 4gig. But there are other versions with 250 gig


Yeah but on the 360 you don't really need to download anything, and if you buy the console with the intention to download a lot you don't buy the 4GB one. The only reason I would consider buying the 4GB console would be to stream films, no other reason would make me consider the 4GB over the 250GB.

OrigamoPosted:

22GB just for one game is ridiculous. Nintendo should have added a lot more capacity.

neboPosted:

DLT
Centurial
Thatch The wii u was just a big mistake..


The system itself is just awful.


I don't understand how they think they could get away with only using 25GB for a system nowadays. All the other systems come with a minimum of 100GB, anything less than that is laughable.


No, the 360 is really only 4gig. But there are other versions with 250 gig

DLTPosted:

Centurial
Thatch The wii u was just a big mistake..


The system itself is just awful.


I don't understand how they think they could get away with only using 25GB for a system nowadays. All the other systems come with a minimum of 100GB, anything less than that is laughable.

CentPosted:

Thatch The wii u was just a big mistake..


The system itself is just awful.


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