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orniletter said:

Today I have learned that Nintendo is the greediest company in the videogame industry.

Yes, Microsoft with games like Forza5 that cost their usual 60$, have a 50$ season pass and try to trick you into buying microtransactions on top of that are saints compared to the despicable Nintendo .

Down with Nintendo.

Now, If you´ll excuse me, I have to buy an XBox one, the entirety of the microtransaction loaden firstparty stuff and every single online and season pass for every Sony title.

Sometimes, you gotta do the right thing !

oh, and always online DRM / a check in every 3 minutes (original target) / 24 hours AND region locking your console is significantly better on the moral scale than simply region locking your console because there are so many games out in other regions that I would like to buy for my WiiU

I wouldn't say Nintendo is the greediest company in this industry. There are others that would even sell their souls for some more money. However, I would say that among the greediest they are the biggest one (the one that sells more, makes more revenues and profits). Therefore, I would say Nintendo is the gaming company that collects more dirty money (although they are not the dirtiest company).

Microsoft, with all the DLCs and micro-transactions that may exist in Forza 5, are still not so aggressive towards gamers. They offer you a next-gen title (Forza 5) for 56€ and you only buy extras if you want. For example, I never bought a DLC in my whole life. They also offer you a 7th gen title (Forza 4) for 22€. On the other hand, Nintendo doesn't offer you any 8th gen game. They decided to build a 7th gen console just a bit more powerful than PS3 and X360 (dispite all the billions they made from you with the Wii). And they offer you a 7th gen title (Mario 3D World) for 51€ and a 6th gen title (Mario Galaxy 2) for 36€.

You're mistaken, XOne is not region locked: http://www.vg247.com/2013/08/16/xbox-one-games-are-not-region-locked-microsoft-clarifies-import-stance/

Regarding the DRM, I think I don't need to add anything on top of what I've said already.

And fyi region locked is not just about games that you won't find in your region, it's also about paying more for what consumers in other regions pay less or having to wait for 1 year for a game that isn't in your country yet. With region lock you depend on the goodwill of the console maker and devs. If you are from a tiny little country they can do to you whatever they want. They can offer you only a list of 10 games for platform that has hundreds of titles launched among the world if they see fit. They can offer you each of those 10 games for 200€ (while they cost 50€ in the other regions) if they want to. Region lock means that you're in their hands and no matter what atrocities they do to you, you may not have the support of millions of fellows if they only do that with your tiny little country. There is a military maxim that says "divide and conquer". I find it sad that Nintendo is at war with gamers.