Iwata speaks about Nintendo's future plans for the eShop.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/27316
During a recent Q&A, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that Nintendo is currently preparing a paid item transaction system (DLC), for both the 3DS and the Wii U. He also added that Nintendo will likely not be using this themselves, because they believe doing so would not be good for building a strong relationship with their customers.
Iwata is not completely opposed to paid content in general. He was, however, more negative on the concept of having a game that is free to play, but charges users for item purchases. He feels that that sort of game would damage the premium value of Nintendo's content.
... Nintendo will likely not be using this themselves, because they believe doing so would not be good for building a strong relationship with their customers.
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He was, however, more negative on the concept of having a game that is free to play, but charges users for item purchases. He feels that that sort of game would damage the premium value of Nintendo's content.
Quote... Nintendo will likely not be using this themselves, because they believe doing so would not be good for building a strong relationship with their customers.
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He was, however, more negative on the concept of having a game that is free to play, but charges users for item purchases. He feels that that sort of game would damage the premium value of Nintendo's content.
Between this and the self-imposed pay-cuts, my respect for Iwata's philosophies are at an all-time high.
Sounds good to me! I never expected Nintendo to have paid DLC any way. Actually I never expect anything from Nintendo to have DLC at all. It would be nice though, there were times during my Brawl years that I wished they could update certain things in the game that people were exploiting.
I know some people don't like the idea of more characters and added stages to pay for but I am all for it. As long as I don't buy Smash 4 then go home the same night and pay 5 dollars for a few new characters. Give me 6 months to a year after I enjoyed the most out of the games then I would really consider buying DLC.
I have no idea what Iwata has against the F2P+MTX business model (not specifically for Nintendo, but in general). There's a bunch of games out there that are making a killing with it.
Given the right kind of game, DLC could be a good fit. Brawl is the right kind of game. So is Mario Kart.
I have no idea what Iwata has against the F2P+MTX business model (not specifically for Nintendo, but in general). There's a bunch of games out there that are making a killing with it.
I'm flyin' to Kyoto and choking a bitch.
All I know is that if I have to pay money to unlock Keldeo/Meloetta/Genesect, I'm flyin' to Kyoto and choking a bitch.
I don't know if I would call that any worse than releasing 2-3 versions of the exact same game.All I know is that if I have to pay money to unlock Keldeo/Meloetta/Genesect, I'm flyin' to Kyoto and choking a bitch.
Which is exactly what would happen if Pokemon was in the hands of just about any other game company.
I don't know if I would call that any worse than releasing 2-3 versions of the exact same game.All I know is that if I have to pay money to unlock Keldeo/Meloetta/Genesect, I'm flyin' to Kyoto and choking a bitch.
Which is exactly what would happen if Pokemon was in the hands of just about any other game company.
All I know is that if I have to pay money to unlock swimsuit Malon/Peach/Daisy/Samus/Zelda in Smash Bros Next, I'm flyin' to Tokyo and choking a bitch.
In that case, DLC would actually be a good fit for Pokémon. Instead of releasing that special version for full price, they could offer all of the added features as DLC for a modest fee.I don't know if I would call that any worse than releasing 2-3 versions of the exact same game.All I know is that if I have to pay money to unlock Keldeo/Meloetta/Genesect, I'm flyin' to Kyoto and choking a bitch.
Which is exactly what would happen if Pokemon was in the hands of just about any other game company.
But Nintendo doesn't do that to get people to pay more money (though some people do that because of it), they do it to encourage multiplayer. Well, the third version is pretty clearly intended to get people to double-dip, but the two initial versions aren't.
