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Joelcool7 said: [...] On 3DS and WiiU Nintendo wants to ensure that all software is profitable for them. They don't want to have to compete for your dollar on their own system. It wouldn't be a smart buisness decision to allow free software to be made availible from third parties. That includes free DLC or content transfers! |
I'm not talking about games, those should always cost at least the minimum price, but applications and extra contents should have the option of being free.*
You're giving Nintendo double standards, they themselves have released the FREE Pokédex to both introduce eShop software and some Pokémon advertising. Wouldn't you have liked to have seen last week a SEGA app that introduced 3DS consumers to Sonic's gaming history on his anniversary? The app in question could have showed all the Wii's VC and WiiWare, to the future GG VC and Sonic Generations.
Just as Nintendo can use the platform to promote their software, third parties should also have the oportunity to create awareness of their own games through the device itself.
*: Notice how Excitebike is being offered for free as a limited offer, they are devaluating the game value right there. A better procedure would have been giving users 10$ when they first logged on the eShop (just like they previously with the DSi). That gives the user the option/experience of buying Excitebike (not getting it for free), and also buying a VC game. A much bigger incentive to get people's 3DS online. Plus it could have been used as free advertisement of the online service by adding it on the 3DS's packaging, increasing the value of the system.
