Th Wii, I can see, because the hardware in that really isn't what I would call powerful (or even close to that)
No, no, no, no, no. Not going to accept that one. The Pentium II in my basement can sling files around faster than the Wii can and that thing definitely isn't faster than a PowerPC. We're also talking USB 1.1 ports on the Pentium II, not a SD card reader that's connected to the bus.
My old 8088 could move 64KB files around faster than the Wii does, and that's really not much of an exaggeration.
the 360... Well, that's probably just bad coding on their part :/
I think the 360 is just over-DRM'd, honestly. Microsoft definitely knows how to make an OS. And I am exaggerating a bit with the 360. At least it can push around a few megs faster than the Wii can push around a few kilobytes. Still, it should be much faster than it is. Considering the memory stick I'm using is a very, very fast 16GB jobbie from OCZ (more than fast enough for ReadyBoost, and its requirements are pretty stringent), there shouldn't be as much of a delay.
FYI, I'm definitely not excusing the 360 for being sluggish on file transfers, not by a long shot. But the fact that the Wii transfers tiny amounts of unencrypted data as slowly as it does is just mind boggling. I've even tried the 133x SD card that I have with my camera, which can record large RAW files almost as fast as my camera can write them, and the Wii still drug its heels. It's definitely an issue with the hardware or software, not the SD card itself. That said, I haven't even turned on my Wii in months, so an update might have fixed it. I wouldn't hold my breath, though.
The memory stick that I used for my PS3 tonight was a Sandisk stick that came with the collector's edition of Forza Motorsport 3 (how fitting that my first usage for a USB flash drive that came with an Xbox 360 exclusive racing title was transferring over music that I intended to play inside of a PlayStation 3 exclusive racing title).
Do you really want me to resume my previous level of post whoring?
*shudder*