way to just insult the hardcore fanbase that was pretty much your only backbone in the console war last generation. The fact is when they designed the Wii they had no fucking clue that there would be Wii Ware, and the whole "delete it to redownload or put it on an SD card" is not only inconvenient, it's fucking annoying.

If I bought everything that I wanted on wiiware and the virtual console then yes I'd be screwed. Fortunately, no make that unfortunately I don't have the cash to do that so I'm not running out of space just yet.

Ran out of space months ago.

What gives? "geeks and otaku" are idiots. There is no other explanation for their continued support of the wii, if somebody called me a "geek" I would jam a pencil on his eye, not buy more crappy Wii games and games I can emulate and store on my 500gb hdd for my computer.

What the hell is an Otaku doing with their Wii that requires a lot of memory? Was there a Naruto game for the Sega Master System or something?

This is absolutely ridiculous. I didn't think it was possible to be this out of touch with the consumer. Way to insult those who kept you afloat during the gamecube era. Fire that bitch!

Nintendo could really give a fuck less. They sleep on piles of money. All of them do. Its one of the perks you get. As soon as your hired you get a queen sized bed made out of money with a big "Welcome to the family" card. Its part of the orientation process for new employees. Look it up... I'm not lying.

I'm a geek and an otaku :D YAYAYYAYAYYAYAYYAAYAY

Yep, pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Since I don't play my Wii anymore...I'm good on the space.

They have zero clue. Nintendo has lost at least a hundred dollars from me since the beginning of the year. And who knows how much they will continue to lose?
I've spent at least that on Virtual Console titles, but once I filled up my memory card, it came down to this:
I'd be on the Shop Channel. I'd find a game that I would want to download. It would then tell me that I didn't have enough space. I'd log off and go back to the main menu. I'd go through 3 more sub-menus to get to my sytem memory. I'd spend 5-10 minutes trying to decide what game(s) I wanted the least. Another 1-10 minutes backing it up onto my SD card. Then I'd have to get back to the Shop Channel, and find the game again, and then purchase it. Which is inconvenient anyways as I have to input all of my credit card information every time!
So, twenty minutes later I finally have my purchase. Except that's too much work for me. I just opt not to buy. And they lose money in the process. I do not already have all of these games on my PC, yet still I'm willing to pay for the convenience of having them on my Wii. Except they make it completely inconvenient. So, I'll keep my money and they can keep their lame "geeks and otaku" jokes.
I can't be the only one in this boat. So they're potentially losing millions (not even counting the profits they'd make by selling the storage solution itself). So, the hell with them. I can get my computer to spit out NES games to my projector at 1080p anyways. So, the heck with Nintendo and their Virtual Console.

im a geek and i dont need extra storage.
ofcourse im also a poor piece of crap.

I'm Boycotting the Wii until Nintendo listens to us.

I had to start deleting shit back when Paper Mario was released...

He makes it sound like beig a geek or an otaku is a bad thing. Douch should know its geeks and otaku's who buy his products once the casuals have found something else to take their attention.

Yeah, I'm both, and I want more storage, but I'm sure I know people who aren't that want it to.

What a shitty thing to say.

Geeks being people who normally play computer games. Yeah as a game company you want to ignore those people as much as possible.

Laurent Fischer is obviously an asswipe.

I can't way to see them backpedal that statement.

Bunch of dumbasses

Is there an idiot dumb enough to still believe they have the core gamers' interests in mind at all?

HEY DALE, WAY TO MISLEAD EVERYONE! KUDOS.

It's not Nintendo who said this, its Nintendo of Europe. You know, the place that gets shafted on all releases because most people forget its there, much like Cananda. NoE, not NoA or Nintendo.

I bet we see a usb HD or SD storage by years end. Especially with the VC and WW downloads.

To me, it doesn't matter if it is NoE, NoA or NoJ.. So far besides some matlockery (in discovering an open job position with USB prequisite) so far noone at nintendo has talked about the storage situation except this "marketing director" person. I'm sorry, maybe I'm too grumpy today or something, but, I can't believe Nintendo wants/expects everyone to buy into WiiWare and the larger game sizes and sit around and swap game files all day long, or redownload stuff. What happens when my Internet is gone for awhile or I'm travelling with my Wii? I have a Flash Cart carrying case, but the cards still fall out and slide away from me. Grr. Nothing personal, but that PR guy sucks pokeballs!

Well seems like a lot of people in the industry in Europe need to think before they speak. Or maybe they shoud just shut the hell up and use all the time they spend talking out of their ass to make things actually happen over there.

What a dick. I mean, it's Nintendo of Europe, so who gives a shit? But still, that is a fucking moronic thing to say. I mean, it's somewhat true, but he says it as though we really don't matter. "Oh, those hardcore nerds are the only ones who want that. They're in the minority." Um, Mr. Laurent, it's the geeks and the otaku who have made Nintendo what it is today. Don't bite the hand that feeds you and, yes, we're the fucking hand that feeds your bloated, overpaid ass.

Nevermind the fact that last generation's Xbox had several gigabytes of storage space built in. It's a bloody joke that Nintendo is still thinking in megabytes. And the worst part? There will be no boycott. No outrage. Just fanboys and casuals sucking up whatever shit Nintendo throws on their plates. Oy.

Replace 'Geeks' with 'Gamers' and that would be mostly true.