Is $20 worth it to download one game on top of available game saves? Seems so inadequate to me that don't see the point in having the 32 gig available since most people that want to download indicate they are getting an external drive or using one they have available. So clearly speculative, but I don't see how a small hard drive would cost Nintendo more than $30 at this point.Įither way, it looks like 8 gig should be enough for game saves. The last isupply PS3 cost said their hard drive cost $38 to produce and that report was in 2009, they've had a couple of price decreases and became profitable since then. There is almost no market for hard drives sub 500 gigs at the consumer level, but if Nintendo wanted to produce a hard drive in the 200-320 gig range and buy millions of them, they would get a heck of a deal. They can put a 320 gig hard drive in the wii-u for the cost of 32 gigs of flash memory and makes it happen.Ĭonsumer prices are a bad indication of the cost to Nintendo. The game is expected to release on Wii U launch day in all territories. Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition is an enhanced version of the tag-team fighting sequel, featuring the all-new power-up based Mushroom Battle mode and a slew of character outfits based on Nintendo franchises such as Mario and The Legend of Zelda. Put into context, the game will take up over half of the Premium Wii U's 32GB internal memory, while owners of the Basic Wii U, which holds just 8GB of internal memory, will need to plug in an external storage device if they want to complete the download. The digital version will also require 16.7 gigabytes of memory. Pricing details for the Western release are yet to be announced. In Japan, players who buy the digital version will make a small savings, as Namco Bandai Games revealed that the download will cost 6,280 yen, whereas the retail version is priced slightly higher at 6,980 yen. Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition will be sold on the Wii U eShop, as well as at retail, when it launches alongside the new console.