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Has anyone tried this yet? i dont own a wii u yet and have read conflicting reports on the matter
I'm sure if they haven't got the software for that there will (hopefully) be a community working on it.Hmm I wonder if there is any un-format option if I want to use my HDD for other purposes (and not for the WiiU ever again). Or would I just format it straight from the PC?
Hmm I wonder if there is any un-format option if I want to use my HDD for other purposes (and not for the WiiU ever again). Or would I just format it straight from the PC?
You do realize that the Wii U has an SD card slot... right?after all, there were commercials of you showing your vacation photos. That would be hard to pull off if you can't put the damn JPG's on them in the first place.
That's only for retail games you get at the eShop, SD cards can be used for anything except for that. And it's not Nintendo's fault why this isn't possible.they said (I read/heard, don't remember who said it) the SD card can't be used by the wiiU.
If the HDD still use MBR/GTP, it can't be encrypted, so the partition information could be altered once the console created it (resized, adding new partition after the WiiU partition? copied from one to another HDD?)
unless they are using drive without a partition table.
It's because of read and write speeds, the Wii U reads disks at 22.5 MB/s or 150x, which is incredibly fast. There's no way SD cards will reach that, class 10 is only 10MB/s. A harddrive however can reach the required speed with ease.
For reference the PS3's disk media are read at 9MB/s.
uh... Class 10 (or 10MB/s) refers to the write speed. SD read speeds can go upto 200x (~30MB/s). UHS (Ultra High Speed) cards can go even higher.It's mostly because of read and write speeds, the Wii U reads disks at 22.5 MB/s or 150x, which is incredibly fast. There's no way SD cards will reach that, class 10 is only 10MB/s. A harddrive can reach the required speed with ease.
For reference the PS3's disk media are read at 9MB/s.
True, thanks for pointing that out, though speed is still the reason why they can't support it. HDD are always faster and Nintendo can't guarantee SD card support as most cards won't read that fast. class 10 often reach read speeds at 20 or below , plus current card readers are limited to 20 MB/s. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sdhc-memory-card,2143-10.htmluh... Class 10 (or 10MB/s) refers to the write speed. SD read speeds can go upto 200x (~30MB/s).
EDIT: I should go on to say that the probable reason is that formatting the card with a proprietary format may have resulted in awkwardness when it comes to saving things like images to SD card to transfer to a computer (a la Wii's photo channel). Games loaded from the SD card would not be able to take advantage of the SD card slot for interoperable uses.
...You do realize that the Wii U has an SD card slot... right?
You raise a valid point, but the article you linked to is almost 4 years old. Though you are correct that USB hard drives have faster read and write speeds than most SD cards, you'll see in this more up-to-date article that many current cards average at over 23MB/s read (faster than the Wii U's BD-ROM drive). I agree that they would be wary of this as games run from slower SD cards may experience problems in comparison to those run form disc or USB.True, thanks for pointing that out, though speed is still the reason why they can't support it. HDD are always faster and Nintendo can't guarantee SD card support as most cards won't read that fast. class 10 often reach read speeds at 20 or below , plus current card readers are limited to 20 MB/s. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sdhc-memory-card,2143-10.html
Lol, I just did a quick google to find out what read speeds SD cards usually have.You raise a valid point, but the article you linked to is almost 4 years old.