Nintendo has experimented many new things with their move to the digital market, some good, some bad. Nintendo heard our pleas to remove friend codes and they listened, same goes for when they changed the pricing off Eshop titles from points to actual currency. Now i think it's time to see if we can also change the data storage from blocks to Mb/Gb.
Some won't find this as an issue, however for people like me with a very small internet cap it's quite necessary to know how much we will be chewing up. Now that the Eshop has grown to the extent of featuring full retail games it would help the consumer to know just how much data needs to be chewed up.
All i plan to use the Eshop for is to buy any Indie titles that catch my attention, however i think it would only benefit Nintendo just to make this change, it's not a big change but it would make a big difference.
Switching from blocks to Mb
Started by AndyG, Nov 29 2012 04:40 PM
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 04:40 PM
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 04:42 PM
Doesn't it already use MB? The system storage menu does.
(I've not downloaded something from the E-Shop though, so it may give you info in terms of blocks. I'm just not sure.)
(I've not downloaded something from the E-Shop though, so it may give you info in terms of blocks. I'm just not sure.)
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 04:54 PM
Wasn't 1 block 8MB on the Wii ?
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 04:55 PM
A change like that seems unlikely for Nintendo, they seem set on using the more user friendly 'block' system. There seems to be some conflicting arguments on the size of individual blocks, from what I gather 8 blocks = 1mb so if that's correct you can work out the size of a game on your own without Nintendo changing their system.
8 blocks = 1mb
I think it's the other way around.Wasn't 1 block 8MB on the Wii ?
8 blocks = 1mb
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 05:06 PM
A change like that seems unlikely for Nintendo, they seem set on using the more user friendly 'block' system. There seems to be some conflicting arguments on the size of individual blocks, from what I gather 8 blocks = 1mb so if that's correct you can work out the size of a game on your own without Nintendo changing their system.
I think it's the other way around.
8 blocks = 1mb
Correct, 1 Block = 128KB
128KBx8 = 1024KB = 1MB :-)
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 09:52 PM
Sorry, i looked everywhere to find a chart or something that tells me what one block was.
I guess i know now :3
I guess i know now :3
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 11:44 PM
I purchased NSMBU on the eShop. The pages doesn't tell you about the size until you purchase the actual title which is totally stupid, imo.
Anyway, New Super Mario Bros. U is 1.73GB approximatively to download. They don't use blocks anymore and that is very well welcomed. At least, for the Wii U. It still does for every other Nintendo console and or portable device before it... Ugh.
Anyway, New Super Mario Bros. U is 1.73GB approximatively to download. They don't use blocks anymore and that is very well welcomed. At least, for the Wii U. It still does for every other Nintendo console and or portable device before it... Ugh.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 01:03 AM
It don't bother me, but still............
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