Topic: Third Parties Unable to Offer Free Software on 3DS eShop

[SilverQuilava]

Great. Something OTHER than Nintendo Video that I'm not going to have a use for.

[NWR_Neal]

If it IS going to be changed in the future, then strike up another one for the gloom'n'doom gaming media.

Rumors become perceptions and perceptions become peoples' reality.  Sad state of affairs.

'Cept this isn't a rumor. This is truth. Maybe it'll be changed, but this is currently Nintendo's policy.

[Ymeegod]

This only revents them from using eshop but you could still download demos to an SD card using the PC and play them on the 3DS.

But I hated MS for forcing developers for charging--it should be up to them to decide on what to charge.

[Tansunn]

That'd work?  I would have expected Nintendo to make it so downloaded software wouldn't run unless it was tied to the individual system, which wouldn't really be possible unless it was downloaded through the eShop. 

Cool points to them if they don't actually do it that way, though.

[KDR_11k]

but they shouldn't be priced at all. they are demos.

Even if they took the price of the demo out of the final release, it wouldn't matter, because I don't want to pay for a game demo.

Wasn't there a paid-for Phantasy Star Zero demo on the DSi?

[xcwarrior]

Nintendo keeps trying to make claims they are fixing online, then stuff like this slips. If it isn't true, they need to come out and say yet.

Or better yet, just start giving us demos. Nintendo, you are about to see a sales spike, take advantage of it for crying out loud! Otherwise fire some people for not having this stuff ready, and start with anti-RPG bum Reggie.

[oohhboy]

Bring back Perrin Kaplan! 

[Enner]

The market and the consumer will determine their worth. We have the power!

No we don't. Thanks to Nintendo's price controls.

We can by choosing to or not to buy them!
Er, isn't that how it's supposed to work?