35 replies to this topic

[Occult Satanist]

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS HOW CAN THE FIRST UPDATE FOR THE Wii U take up 4GB OMG

[Caius Casshern Sins]

Well lets see, it inculdes MiiVerse, the eshop, internet browser, and the rest of the OS as well

[x-SourApple-x]

Well yes. The 8GB version is for people that want to use their own HDD.

[Bleu]

It's for a reason that was stated above in a post. If you have the deluxe version, I see no problem with this.

[BrosBeforeGardenTools]

I think people are confusing OS with day 1 update. The OS is 4GB. The day 1 update will take an amount of space we don't know.

[Nintendo]

My post, which explains this and is right next to the one you just created:
http://thewiiu.com/topic/6825-how-much-space-your-wii-u-actually-has/

[Kiki Neko-Chan]

I think people are confusing OS with day 1 update. The OS is 4GB. The day 1 update will take an amount of space we don't know.

Exactly what I said!

[unleashedknight]

WHAT THE HELL DOES IT MATTER, you werent gonna download games with that much memory anyways? Just get a USB flashdrive for like 5, 10, 20 bucks... BOOM, problem solved

[Stormage09]

what is this! the data actually takes the HDD gigs to be storaged? this is outrageous! i though all the data was going to be storaged in the air we breathe

[bornsupercharged]

I bought the deluxe but I also have an external 2TB USB drive that I'll be using. I don't imagine I'll ever be able to fill it though (I've got all my emulators/roms on it as well).

[Stormage09]

yeah keep in mind that if you like a specific game you might buy dlcs for it, and all that plus, demos apps and wii u system udpates, and entire digital titles are going directly to the console HDD

in a near future you would like to purchase a 500GB external HDD for 50 or 60 bucks, the average cost of a game, is not that expensive for all the storage it offers

Edited by Stormage09, 15 November 2012 - 02:47 PM.

[Tricky Sonic]

I bought the deluxe but I also have an external 2TB USB drive that I'll be using. I don't imagine I'll ever be able to fill it though (I've got all my emulators/roms on it as well).

From what I understand is you can't partition it and the Wii U makes you format the drive the first time you connect it.

[Stormage09]

From what I understand is you can't partition it and the Wii U makes you format the drive the first time you connect it.

yeah thats ture, thats why u need to have a dedicated HDD only for the wii u

[TheUltimateWaddleDee]

I bought the deluxe but I also have an external 2TB USB drive that I'll be using. I don't imagine I'll ever be able to fill it though (I've got all my emulators/roms on it as well).

You're gonna want to move those to your computer because the Wii U is going to format them in order for it to work.

[YoshiGamer9]

What does the OS mean?!

[BGriffith]

I do wish we knew how big the update is though...I use 4G mobile broadband (cellular internet) and my data limit is 10gb a month which lasts me pretty much a whole month. I've been trying to limit my usage as much as possible this month since they announced their was a day one update for all the internet stuff, but I'm still a little over 50% used right now. Oh well, I'm prepaid anyways so I can't go over my limit it just asks to add more money to start my plan over which would be fine as the Wii U comes out pretty much with 1 week left in my month.

[The Lonely Koopa]

What does the OS mean?!

OS means operating system it manages everything on the wiiu and also provides its interface you know like window 7 / vista /8 / ubuntu all those are also OSes as well.

[BrosBeforeGardenTools]

Yoshinin - OS means Operating System. For example, I assume you use Windows on your computer. That's an OS.

[YoshiGamer9]

Yoshinin - OS means Operating System. For example, I assume you use Windows on your computer. That's an OS.

I use windows actually.

OS means operating system it manages everything on the wiiu and also provides its interface you know like window 7 / vista /8 / ubuntu all those are also OSes as well.

So is the update 4G or the OS?

[BGriffith]

I use windows actually.


So is the update 4G or the OS?

The OS takes up 4gb, we don't know how big the update is yet.