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Dolla Dolla on 22 February 2008

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/02/nintendo-to-beg.html

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service has always been entirely free of charge, but the company will soon introduce a pay-to-play service for some games, it announced at Game Developers Conference.

"Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay And Play" will let users subscribe on a game-by-game basis to certain titles. Nintendo project leader Takashi Aoyama announced the service at GDC, but did not say what upcoming games would require payment for the service, or how much they would cost.

To avoid customer confusion, Pay-And-Play games will have a red icon on the game's box that reads Pay And Play, in place of the traditional blue Wi-Fi Connection icon, which will only be used for games that are free to play.

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EHSTEVE on 22 February 2008

That sucks for people who have a wii... (depending on what games, though)

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pichu_pichu on 22 February 2008

old news

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superchunk on 22 February 2008

See soriku's post about DLC and this as well. STill on front page.

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The_vagabond7 on 22 February 2008

There's a topic with about 100 replies on this already. Sorry.

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MontanaHatchet on 22 February 2008

Hrmm...

HOW MUCH MONEY DOES NINTENDO NEED?!!

Frankly, they could just release a game entitled "Even More Brain Training", sell 10 million copies, and not have to do this.