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TalkBack / Re: Third Parties Unable to Offer Free Software on 3DS eShop
« on: August 15, 2011, 03:06:24 PM »Quote
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has spoken on several occasions about dangers of lowering the value of software, particularly naming mobile and social platforms. Games on such platforms are typically priced much lower than on Nintendo systems, even free, though quality often suffers.
But what if the quality of the software is low? I'd say Flashlight is worth MAYBE a quarter at most. It's definitely not worth $2. Seriously, go to the eShop and look at the screenshots for it. You have a menu and two solid-color blank screens. Because that's all it is. I don't need to spend $2 for blank screens. Hell, I could spend a few hours and program a homebrew version of Flashlight for my PSP if it was absolutely vital for me to have such functionality on a portable gaming device.
I'd like to know what Iwata thinks about overcharging for horseshit software.