Nintendo: No hard drive planned, gamers 'like' Friend Codes
- October 29, 2007 10:12 AM PST
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In an interview published on Friday, Nintendo's public relations manager dished on limited disc space pending Wii's downloadable game service in addition to the oft criticized Friend Code system.
"A lot of the games for WiiWare that have been submitted so far are smaller in size, so they're not gonna take up a ton of your drive," Eric Walter told Gamasutra on Friday amid concerns of limited Wii disc space.
"We really don't want people storing every single game they buy on their drive. When you buy a game, it's yours forever, so you can delete it, and go back and get it at any time you want."
Regarding the possibility of circumventing pesky Friend Codes during online play, Walter said his company is "discussing that" before adding, "in the feedback we've gotten, people don't mind the friend codes -- they like them."
While noting that I take minor issue with Xbox Live's friend system, saying people don't mind using Friend Codes is just silly. Why use a cryptic 16-digit number when a memorable alias would do?
