I'm somewhat new to this and I have seen the game DS downloads and the size of these seem pretty small from 10 mb's and up. Is this correct? The Wii games are gig's in size. How can the DS games be so small? Thanks for any clarity on this
For me, DS ROM sizes are smaller since DS = handheld and Wii = console. They have different graphics and all those specifications. And, last time I checked, console ISOs or ROMSs are naturally big (Ranging in 500+ MB to 1 GB) I still would like to hear the accurate answer from you console owners.
Console games are bigger than handhelds. Though that's not always the case as there are some PSP ones that are 1.5+ gb (DJ Max was one of these, if I'm not mistaken.) So yeah, the DS files are one of the smaller ones. Less data = smaller size = less awesome graphics. Though that's not always the case. Recently I've noticed that games like Golden Sun and Pokemon are breaking the 200 mb size.
It depends on how much data is used in a game. The only nes games could be 200kb at the most (or more-been ages since i checked mine). The bigger games are on the ps3, around 40gb for god of war 3...50gb for metal gear solid 4. The more stuff=bigger data size, hence why ds are so small (yet in comparison to the past, MASSIVE)
yeah, I guess I can see the differences in size(in terms of handheld vs console) and of the graphics will make a pretty big difference in file size as well, but you can almost put 10 -15 games on one DS Card (if you choose the correct games). That seems a bit crazy! It takes sometimes hours to DL Wii games and less then a minute or 2 for many of these ROM games. I was just surprised at the difference and thought maybe some of the games were bogus or something. But I guess not. Thanks!
ROM cartridges have much lower data capacities than optical storage disks. The chips themselves are expensive to make and cost increases exponentially with capacity.
Also - wii games are deliberately filled out to be 4.32gb no matter what size the actual program is - if you use some of the iso shrink software, you'll find that a lot of them can be shrunk to quite a lot less - smallest I've come across is about 250mb if I remember correctly.
