The Premium console includes a service with a points reward scheme.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31667
Nintendo has revealed a special online service that will be exclusive to the newly-announced Premium Wii U.
Under the banner of Nintendo Network Premium, this initiative will allow customers shopping for digital downloads to gain reward points for their purchases.
For each game you buy from the Wii U's online store, you will receive the equivalent of 10% of the game's price in Premium Points. These points can then be converted into a currency known as Nintendo Points, which can be used to fund further game purchases. Users can exchange points for prepaid credit in increments of 500 points. Nintendo Network Premium will only be accessible to those who buy the Wii U Premium bundle, which will be sold in Japan for 31,500 yen and the service will be available until the end of December 2014.
This news is one of several announcements to come out of the recent Nintendo Direct Japan. Check back later for more Wii U news.
Not nearly as cool as if they just take 10% right off the top.
I also don't understand why this can't just be a membership you purchase, rather than something that just comes with the Premium model. Still, we'll see soon enough.
So if I buy 100 games, I essentially could buy 1000 cheaper games with the points I earned? If I buy a game for $50 I get $5 to spend. So if I buy 100 games..$500 dollars worth I could essentially keep getting points in some crazy exponential fashion?
You have to pay, to be allowed the chance to pay, to get a small discount, which would take you... spending lots of money in the digital store (which has way higher margins for them btw), for it to ever break even on the upfront amount you paid in the first go.
and having the service tied to the hardware. ugg. what is it about japan that makes them go full retard like this?
There is only an imbalance in the UK because stores usually don't sell games at the MSRP. Even in the UK, the eShop version was the same price as the retail versions MSRP.
There is only an imbalance in the UK because stores usually don't sell games at the MSRP. Even in the UK, the eShop version was the same price as the retail versions MSRP.
So in states the two versions were the same price?
There is only an imbalance in the UK because stores usually don't sell games at the MSRP. Even in the UK, the eShop version was the same price as the retail versions MSRP.
So in states the two versions were the same price?
Yeah, I paid $40 for my digital copy of NSMB2, same as I'd have paid if I'd walked into a store and bought a physical copy.
This seems pretty cool to me, and since I'll definitely be picking up the deluxe model day one I look forward to taking advantage of it. Still seems more complicated than it needs to be, but hey, that's Nintendo for you.
