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Nintendo is looking to next generation disk for future possibilities.
According to the patent, Nintendo is working with InPhase Technologies to use their Holographic Data Storage, named one Popular Science's Best Of Whats New in 2007. It's all speculation for now though, it's doubtful that it will be used in this generation.
At least it is a much more suitable solution than telling gamers to deal with the lack of storage.
This storage tech may very well be the next stage media storage after Blu-ray. Their storage technology aims to store anywhere from 300 GB to 1.6 TB (yes, that's terabytes) of space. I did say overkill.It's all speculation for now though.
Will it be used as a storage solution for the Wii? Or will Nintendo finally compete in the next batch of consoles in terms of hardware performance? At any rate, this is very promising news, and I for one, am very excited to see where they're going to go with this.
Additional sources:
- Official Patent (appft1.uspto.gov)
- Nintendo Reviving Holographic Storage (eweek.com)
- Nintendo might solve storage issue with holograms (networkworld.com)
- Patent reveals Nintendo's exploration of holographic data... (aussie-nintendo.com)
- Nintendo Exploring Holographic Data Storage (shacknews.com)
Comments
It's all well and good that they're looking for storage solutions for future consoles, but when Wii-owners asked for more storage we were hoping that Nintendo would get the gist that we want more storage for the Wii, not for whatever console is down the track. >_>
The source is a bit flawed in their research of course
"Their storage technology aims to store anywhere from 300 GB to 1.6 TB (yes, that's terabytes) of space"
They already did the TB race in physical mediums, 1TB was achieved by one of the bodies and their competing body reached 1.6TB on disc. 300GB if I remember right is already out for use if one is willing to buy the recorder for it and the medium.
It would be quite impressive to say the least but I wish they'd focus on the here and now.
It's not like the Wii was designed as a dvd player / gaming machine, their focus has been on the console first so if they go holographic it still enables them high storage without dangling into being an all-in-one solution box.
Regardless of Nintendo investing into it, holographic storage has been growing over the years and has already yielded products to bring it into the marketplace.
Nintendo and MS are in no way part of the founding body of the Blu-Ray technology, to put it simply, why would they pay out money to their competitor for licensing fees no matter what based on that technology?
Everyone pays a technology or license fee in using mediums by other people, they don't simply just throw in a drive from Philips and go "ha, take that sony" they go and realize that they've funded drives based on Sony technology or incorporating Sony parts like the diode itself.
How to avoid this? Simple. Invest in an upcoming medium that isn't backed by your competition and help keep money out of their pocket as a result.
You can only simplify an idea so much before it fails to make sense, thinking Sony is just giving away license ability and technology to partners is being a bit out there to say the least.
This articale has nothing to with the wii it is about a future console. And the wii is going to be a short lived console, so all this is about is that Nintendo is thinking ahead and that they may become a more serious rival for Microsoft and Sony.
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