An interview with Stephen Totilo reveals that Reggie Fils-Aime sees the Wii’s limited storage as a problem for more than just the "geeks and otaku."
MTV's Multiplayer blog had a chance to speak with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime about the problems caused by the limited storage capacity of the Wii, experienced by some gamers. Laurent Fischer of Nintendo of Europe made an unbecoming remark recently that only "geeks and otaku" are suffering this problem, minimizing the impact of the problem to a certain group.
According to Reggie Fils-Aime, this is quite the opposite of what Nintendo HQ really feels. The Wii user base "loves the virtual console" and "is enjoying WiiWare content" and as a result are running out of storage space. As Nintendo continues to roll out new channels such as the Mario Kart Channel, this storage space becomes more limited, making it "tougher and tougher" to "satisfy all of these consumers who are loving … the product … available on a download basis."
Reggie claims that "[they're] working on a range of solutions" but "have nothing to announce now." Though Reggie also said that it "is becoming much more of a mainstream problem" so there is a "sense of urgency to solve it."