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Samus Aran on 17 December 2014
osed125 said:

I don't like the rewards frankly, I remember one time they 'gave away' Dillon's Rolling Western and that was awesome, they should put more types of games like that.

I'm personally not interested at all in any NES or SNES games, and I haven't seen anything interesting for the N64 either (and these are a pain since they need to be played on the Wii U's Wii mode). At least put some GBA games....

Or do more actions like the Mario Kart 8 action. Except change it to: if you register 4 Nintendo games you get one free game of choice!



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Samus Aran on 17 December 2014
Veknoid_Outcast said:
Samus Aran said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

 So what ur saying is... They should give u free stuff for buying a game u would have bought anyway? No one buys games for Club Nintendo, all club Nintendo is, is a bonus for buying the games that u would enjoy anyway... It seems pretty entitled to me

 

Yes, if I spend €1000 on Nintendo products, I expect a better treatment then those who only buy 3 games for a whole generation. 

Isn't the enjoyment you get from the games sufficient?

No, I had to rebuy Mario Kart Wii for €40 last year because my previous copy didn't work anymore. Nintendo treats its customers like shit by never dropping the price for any of their products. My friend had to buy Mario Kart DS for €30 for crying out load! 

There's a reason why almost no one likes Nintendo in Europe. 



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 17 December 2014
Samus Aran said:
EricFabian said:

I don't get it. You don't have to pay to join NC. Is FREE and you get others things for FREE. You just need to buy Nintendo stuffs. 

It's called marketing 101. I'd buy a lot more Nintendo products if Nintendo rewarded my loyality. Instead we get some mediocre program. Don't bother doing something if it's going to be mediocre. Only bother doing something if you know it will be good. 

You buy the game and their products cause u want to play their games... Not cause club Nintendo forces you to... I never thought to myself, gee, you know why I want to buy mk8, its cause I want that mk8 t-shirt from club Nintendo... Nintendo isn't charging u anything and Nintendo didn't need to have this service anyway, its a bonus for buying their games that doesn't come with a yearly fee. If you don't like it, well guess what, you didn't buy your game cause of it and people aren't "loyal" to Nintendo cause of their club nintendo awards



                  

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mcronesixteen on 17 December 2014

I really wish any game you bought you get coins for..



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Samus Aran on 17 December 2014

I hope none of you guys took advantage of the Mario Kart 8 action.



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Samus Aran on 17 December 2014
mZuzek said:
Samus Aran said:

No, I had to rebuy Mario Kart Wii for €40 last year because my previous copy didn't work anymore. Nintendo treats its customers like shit by never dropping the price for any of their products. My friend had to buy Mario Kart DS for €30 for crying out load! 

There's a reason why almost no one likes Nintendo in Europe. 

It's not their fault Mario Kart Wii is still selling very well. When you try to get a 2008 game, chances are it will be cheap, and the reason for it is because no one buys it anymore, but that's not the case with Mario Kart Wii (even if the reason is because people's copies stopped working).

Because of actions like this Nintendo is dead last in the console race. I'm not claiming this is the only reason mind you. 

Ps: there are plenty of Nintendo games that I don't want to buy for €50-60, but would pick up if they sold for less. Nintendo is losing out on sales. And trust me, those full priced games aren't selling well according to Vgchartz. ;) 



umegames on 17 December 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I don't get what the issue is with Club Nintendo... Its a free bonus for buying games on Nintendo platform with no yearly fee... Whats so bad about it?

What do people expect from a free service that gives u more free stuff anyway? I am legit curious :/


exactly. I do however wish they would stop offering Wii downloads and just double up on Wii-u content. aside from that, I happy with the FREE service.



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archer9234 on 17 December 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Samus Aran said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I don't get what the issue is with Club Nintendo... Its a free bonus for buying games on Nintendo platform with no yearly fee... Whats so bad about it?

What do people expect from a free service that gives u more free stuff anyway? I am legit curious :/

I'm in Europe and can't do anything with all my points from games. I've bought a lot and can't even get something decent off it. Nintendo should reward loyal customers who buy lot's of games with an occasional free game... They really do suck in this department. 

If I spend €1000 on Nintendo products I could maybe get a Mario pen or something from Club Nintendo. That's why it sucks. I don't even bother registering my games anymore. 

So what ur saying is... They should give u free stuff for buying a game u would have bought anyway? No one buys games for Club Nintendo, all club Nintendo is, is a bonus for buying the games that u would enjoy anyway... It seems pretty entitled to me

Actually people would of if they released that Wii SNES controller here, for example.



Samus Aran on 17 December 2014

There are many games I'm on the fence about that I'll never buy because:
a) Nintendo almost never lowers prices
b) Their Club Nintendo program sucks

I'm definitely not alone in that regard. So now I only buy games I know I will like. And in the end that means both Nintendo and me loses out. 



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 17 December 2014
mZuzek said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

You buy the game and their products cause u want to play their games... Not cause club Nintendo forces you to... I never thought to myself, gee, you know why I want to buy mk8, its cause I want that mk8 t-shirt from club Nintendo... Nintendo isn't charging u anything and Nintendo didn't need to have this service anyway, its a bonus for buying their games that doesn't come with a yearly fee. If you don't like it, well guess what, you didn't buy your game cause of it and people aren't "loyal" to Nintendo cause of their club nintendo awards

Well, there's a point here... one of the big reasons why I got Mario Kart 8 was because I was getting 2 games with it, so in this case Club Nintendo did play a big part in making my decision.

Well... If they didn't... Wouldn't you still buy it cause I am pretty sure most people would



                  

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