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scottie on 29 January 2012
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MasterVG71782 said:
scottie said:
Ugh, giving into DLC is bad for gamers. Now we'll just pay twice as much to get exactly the same content. And the Wii already had fully downloadable games via Wiiware (and I think the DSi did also). Both the Wii and DS phat already offered online play.

So this is just an announcement that the price of Wii U and 3DS games have increased :(

While WiiWare did allow games to be downloaded (similar to PSN or XBLA games), there was the immense pressure of trying to create a good one with the size limitation. That's not to say that there weren't quite a few gems on WiiWare, though, because there were.

Hopefully, with this new network, they can bring something close to what LIVE or PSN offers; also, I hope it's free of charge. They need to offer a higher limit for their games (or no limit like PSN; I think Live has a limit for Arcade games before they consider it a full retail game).

 

Ahh, hit the nail on the head. The actual news story should not be "Nintendo announces Nintendo Network". The actual announcement is an increase in the size limit of Wii U ware and 3DS ware games compared to Wiiware and DSiware. Renaming it is completely unimportant, and there was no huge (positive) change between Wiiware and the Nintendo Network.