Nintendo enters the free-to-play market with Steel Diver.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34709
Nintendo's first free-to-play game is going to be Steel Diver.
First talked about during Nintendo's E3 Analyst Briefing, Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and Steel Diver, revealed to IGN that Nintendo's first venture into the realm of free-to-play gaming would be Steel Diver. Not a direct port, this Steel Diver game will feature a new four player battle mode, and in his words, "It’s going to be very fun."
It is not yet known how Nintendo will profit from the game, whether it be micro-transactions, or membership, but the game will eventually be released in a packaged form, though no system has been announced. Even though no release date was given, Miyamoto says, "It's something that we're hoping to be able to show relatively soon."
Well, on the bright side, nobody will have to pay $40 for a Steel Diver game.
I sort of did, Amazon had a ton of $20 off short-term credits when you bought a 3DS at launch (I think it was, I recall getting $60 off my purchase). Given the games available at launch I ended up using an extra $20 credit on Steel Diver. I traded it back to Amazon for $15 later, so doesn't really count I guess.Well, on the bright side, nobody will have to pay $40 for a Steel Diver game.
People paid $40 for this? I paid $3 and think it was too much.
I haven't yet played Steel Diver, so I'm not really sure how it'll work with micro-transactions.Should be easy enough, it's a time/score attack game with multiple subs with different abilities. Make it F2P for say 1 or 2 subs and 5 levels. Sell 3 additional levels for $3, a different sub for $2, and various sub/weapon upgrades for $1 each (or maybe less). No idea if that's how they will do it, but it's a simple extension of the game.
So the F2P Nintendo game is 3DS only?
Well, I'm glad to see that Nintendo's jumping into the putrid Free-to-Play pool head-first with a game everyone will be dying to play.
