FFXIV on Nintendo WII U

[Quanta]

Wow really?.....


It was already said that the system would be as strong if not alittle stronger then the PS3 and 360 (did you not see Ninja Gaiden 3?)

It's impossible to make that judgment without the specs for the system, which they've been quiet about thusfar. As you can probably tell from the tone of my post, I'm not too hopeful. Considering that their plans for storage are SD and USB (which are god-awfully slow compared to the SATA drives that the other two consoles are using), I'm even less hopeful.

In addition to that, they haven't said a word about online support, something which is obviously a big deal to many people.

Why does it need to play DVDs? I am buying a game system not a DVD palyer, I have a 360 and a PS3 that can play DVDs..... I dont need a third one.

I don't actually care about DVD playback. I was just poking fun.

No hardcore games........ did you watch E3?

Where'd I say there'd be no hardcore games? I implied that their best attempt is going to be something shitty, and support for the console will eventually be dropped in favor of the other two consoles, which have already proven themselves at better supporting a hardcore base than Nintendo has.

[Onidemon]

It's impossible to make that judgment without the specs for the system, which they've been quiet about thusfar. As you can probably tell from the tone of my post, I'm not too hopeful. Considering that their plans for storage are SD and USB (which are god-awfully slow compared to the SATA drives that the other two consoles are using), I'm even less hopeful.

USB 2.0 will give transfer speeds of about 35MB/s. So I doubt the games will be slowed down to a lot let alone a visible level, same for SD cards.. they're about the speed of a laptop drive.

[Quanta]

USB 2.0 will give transfer speeds of about 35MB/s. So I doubt the games will be slowed down to a lot let alone a visible level, same for SD cards.. they're about the speed of a laptop drive.

35MB/s is nothing, especially when you compare it to the 192MB/s that a SATA 1.0 drive (which the other two systems are using, if I'm not mistaken) is capable of--that's, what, 5.5 times as fast? What makes the speed issue such a huge concern for me is that, assuming Nintendo offers serious online and DLC support, the Wii U is likely to be the worst console for both because the low read/write speeds of the supported storage formats are going to translate into longer loading times, and it'll get even worse if large amounts of patch data are involved.

[Onidemon]

35MB/s is nothing, especially when you compare it to the 192MB/s that a SATA 1.0 drive (which the other two systems are using, if I'm not mistaken) is capable of--that's, what, 5.5 times as fast? What makes the speed issue such a huge concern for me is that, assuming Nintendo offers serious online and DLC support, the Wii U is likely to be the worst console for both because the low read/write speeds of the supported storage formats are going to translate into longer loading times, and it'll get even worse if large amounts of patch data are involved.

Honestly playing from a USB drive and SD makes no difference trust me. The 192MB speed of sata means nothing at all. I used to play WOW from a WD USB drive and i didn't see any difference from when i was playing at home directly from my SATA hdd.... none at all. As per the download content... you forget the your internet speed will never download at 32MB/sec so the difference in speed between usb hdd and SATA in that scenario does not matter.

[Quanta]

Honestly playing from a USB drive and SD makes no difference trust me. The 192MB speed of sata means nothing at all. I used to play WOW from a WD USB drive and i didn't see any difference from when i was playing at home directly from my SATA hdd.... none at all. As per the download content... you forget the your internet speed will never download at 32MB/sec so the difference in speed between usb hdd and SATA in that scenario does not matter.

You misunderstood me with the DLC. My concern isn't that it'll be slower downloading DLC, it's that heavy DLC content (or huge games that demand at least a partial install, like FFXIV) will be slower than SATA or the game disc, which will have a negative impact on performance when you're trying to load new objects, textures, and sound into memory.