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Do the both of you have a better solution?



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Viper1 said:
Do the both of you have a better solution?

For the past, certainly not. But for the future, WiiU games need to be bound to an account and not to hardware in order to ensure non-retardedness.



Viper1 said:

Robzo, you've not read the whole thread, have you?

HappyDolphin summed up my opinion.  The transfer method is a ridiculous long-cut

My method is simply what Apple does with itunes (and they are even more lenient).  Tie it to an online account and only authorize it for one device, and let the user deauthorize at theie discretion.  Apple lets you activate 5 accounts.  Nintendo should activate only for one account.



I heard that the games will be linked to a user account and not the hardware itself. I was equally as frustrated when I wanted to buy a black Wii and couldn't transfer my downloaded games from my white unit.



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happydolphin said:
Viper1 said:
Do the both of you have a better solution?

For the past, certainly not. But for the future, WiiU games need to be bound to an account and not to hardware in order to ensure non-retardedness.


You do realize I already noted the Wii U will have user accounts, don't you?  But I was asking if you had a better solution to the DSi > 3DS transfer which you called retarded.

robzo100 said:

Viper1 said:

Robzo, you've not read the whole thread, have you?

HappyDolphin summed up my opinion.  The transfer method is a ridiculous long-cut

My method is simply what Apple does with itunes (and they are even more lenient).  Tie it to an online account and only authorize it for one device, and let the user deauthorize at theie discretion.  Apple lets you activate 5 accounts.  Nintendo should activate only for one account.

This is exactly why I aksed if you've read the whole thread.   The Wii U will have individual user accounts.  We've known this for months.



The rEVOLution is not being televised

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Viper1 said:
happydolphin said:
Viper1 said:
Do the both of you have a better solution?

For the past, certainly not. But for the future, WiiU games need to be bound to an account and not to hardware in order to ensure non-retardedness.


You do realize I already noted the Wii U will have user accounts, don't you?  But I was asking if you had a better solution to the DSi > 3DS transfer which you called retarded.

robzo100 said:

Viper1 said:

Robzo, you've not read the whole thread, have you?

HappyDolphin summed up my opinion.  The transfer method is a ridiculous long-cut

My method is simply what Apple does with itunes (and they are even more lenient).  Tie it to an online account and only authorize it for one device, and let the user deauthorize at theie discretion.  Apple lets you activate 5 accounts.  Nintendo should activate only for one account.

This is exactly why I aksed if you've read the whole thread.   The Wii U will have individual user accounts.  We've known this for months.

Conceded. But to be fair, we are not sure if the account system will be implemented for the WiiU. We're all hoping so, but if the incompetence demonstrated with the 3DS is any indicator, I have a hard time getting my hopes up.

But I'll concede this one to you. Now give me a proper response in my gen 6 thread



What do you mean we aren't sure it will have user accounts? Are you suggesting they flat out lied in January when they announced that Wii U will have individual user accounts and each Wii U can have multiple accounts?

As for your Gen 6 thread, I think we've jogged around that track enough times now.



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Viper1 said:
What do you mean we aren't sure it will have user accounts? Are you suggesting they flat out lied in January when they announced that Wii U will have individual user accounts and each Wii U can have multiple accounts?

As for your Gen 6 thread, I think we've jogged around that track enough times now.

Haha, fair enough. No, I didn't express it right. I was talking about the DL games being tied to a user account. I know user accounts will be there, I just don't have much hope the DL games will be bound to the user account that's what I meant.



happydolphin said:
Viper1 said:
What do you mean we aren't sure it will have user accounts? Are you suggesting they flat out lied in January when they announced that Wii U will have individual user accounts and each Wii U can have multiple accounts?

As for your Gen 6 thread, I think we've jogged around that track enough times now.

Haha, fair enough. No, I didn't express it right. I was talking about the DL games being tied to a user account. I know user accounts will be there, I just don't have much hope the DL games will be bound to the user account that's what I meant.

But then why have an account at all?

My concern would simply be that Nintendo's idea of an "account" differs from what we would traditionally call an "account."



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