Just a correction with the PS3, you are only able to use the software DL'ed from your account on 2 PS3's.

Typical Nintendo stubborn BS, I dont think any fan minds at this point.

@gtarrant

My bad, it was 5 at one point. It seems they have since lowered it to 2. Updating post.

Hmmm... I think I am sticking with retail discs for another generation then. I just don't feel comfortable with games being linked to a system rather than an account.

I hate linking games to a single system too. I'm going to get mostly retail games for the Wii U in that case. Or mod my system so as to install them

Now, what hell...software cannot be stored on SD cards?!?!?! What the fuck is the point of buying one then. I mean, sure at the beginning the Wii was this way, but at least Nintendo gave us an update where games could be downloaded to the sd card and then just loaded into the Wii's memory when we wanted to play the game. Sure it took a few seconds or longer to load the game into the Wii's memory based on the size of the game.

But why has Nintendo been stating that people can buy sd cards up to 32gb(probably bigger, but Nintendo has not said anything about bigger cards). if I cannot download and store games on a sd card, thats fucked up. The Wii has it, the 3DS definitely has that capability(except for DSi downloaded software).Something isn't making any sense. What the hell is the purpose of the sd slot?!

I would appreciate if someone could answer my below questions! Thanks!

Now, I've been thinking about looking into an external hdd for my Wii U, but have not done any shopping around. So, how much do these external hdd cost? And where would be the best place to buy a hdd for a reasonable cost and what brand would be best or they all pretty much the same? I'm thinking about getting one with around 100-200 gb, cause I know for what I will use the hdd for, I will not need any more space than that. Of course if hdd is fairly cheap, I may get a bigger size one, esp. if the games I download from the eshop are fairly large files. I don't plan on downloading games I can buy at retail. I will always buy the physical copy.

You can get a 1.5 TB external HDD for around $80 at times these days. That should last.

This isn't such a big deal for me. SNOP (Standard Nintendo Operating Procedure).

I didn't think they'd make an account system for the Wii U, I figured it'd be like 3DS and it looks like I'm right. The SD card thing is a bit odd, though it's no big deal as USB hard drives are common and relatively cheap, and this certainly beats the Xbox 360's overpriced drives.

Digital rights management is a huge issue in gaming for me. This is absolutely not the way to do it. Limiting the software to a single system is a good way to ensure I will not be buying your games digitally. Dumb move Nintendo.

Don't give a shit about either.

I don't give a shit but it sucks for others.

That's kind of a shame. Hopefully they can at least let you tie your Club Nintendo account to everything this time, so if there's a problem, you can at least redownload games you've already bought. To me, that's a big advantage of digital distribution in the first place. If I lose a DVD, it's gone, but if my hard drive dies, then at least there's a record somewhere that I bought the game so I can get it back.

Edit: Also, couldn't we just use a USB stick that has an SD card attached to it?

That's bad news. That's REALLY bad news. Digital gaming is only going to get bigger as time passes by, and the games themselves will take up more space. This is just going to end up being a huge fucking headache for no legitimate reason. Other companies already have solutions to these issues, why is Nintendo so dead-set against adopting some ideas from others??

@Xbob42

shh! It goes against their philosophy.

This is not an issue to me. I wasn't planning on hopping around from Wii U to Wii U, anyway. Most of my stuff will be going on an external HDD.

@Xbob42 I may be lost, but why would size matter in this respect? You can still use a hard drive right? Or even multiple hard drives? Just not on other Wii Us? Unless I'm confused.

What is the big deal about this? So what if you can't go and share it on other consoles, just contact Nintendo and get your game back. Or they do what PogueSquadron said and let you tie it to your Club Nintendo account for easier access on other consoles.

Well, this pretty much throws a ratchet into my plan of possibly buying retail games digitally for Wii. I don't even think I'm going to bother with multi-platform indie games.

I guess this just means Valve is going to make more money off me.

@Zero You can, which is good, but not allowing it on SD cards is just dumb. Further, having to jump through hoops to get your game on another system (What if your Wii U breaks? What if for some reason you need to sell it for a while and buy a new one later?) is silly. All this stuff should be tied to a master account by default.

It's not the end of the world, but hoop-jumping for me is just ridiculous. I get annoyed enough already making a new EA account for every third game they release. I haaaaaate roundabout ways of doing things.

Physical > Digital

I don't know why people keep thinking (expecting?) digital utopia is right around the corner.