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burninmylight on 09 July 2014
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Dulfite said:
VanceIX said:

I just want digital games linked to an account and not a console ;_;

I know that's what you, me, and most people want but think about it from Nintendo's perspective. Their games more than any other companies games people will buy MULTIPLE times in their lifetime.

*Oh, this game is new I'll buy it. Oh, 7 years later they are releasing it with enhanced music on this new console, I'll buy it now too! Oh, they are rereleasing it 8 years later with an added dungeon that's all new?! I'll buy it now too!*

They make money off of people rebuying their games. If they do the link to account thing, they will lose money in the long run. I predict Steam is going to fall hard in the next 5-10 years because most quality games will have been purchased by Steam clients already and they won't desire to rebuy it because they have it forever.
Trunkin said:
Could it be they're finally linking downloaded content to the account instead of the hardware!? Please, God, let it be...!

Nintendo has been linking your purchases to your account; it's just been linking them to your console as well. I notice that many people refuse to buy any digital content on Nintendo consoles for fear that losing their consoles mean losing their purchases for good (this is not directed at anyone specifically, but I see it at every site that I visit). This is far from true; if you lose your console or decide you want to transfer your content from one to another, you have to contact Nintendo directly and speak to an agent for the Wii U. For the 3DS, there's an app available on the system. It's a cumbersome process, but it can be done, and I have read several success stories of people who were able to recover their digital purchases from stolen consoles.

Would I like for it to be as easy and intuitive as it is on PS3 and 360? Yeah, I would. But still, I don't like the idea of anyone having the false notion that games are only tied to the hardware, and a stolen/broken Wii U or 3DS means you lose everything for good. Nintendo has logs of your digital purchases, and it knows how pissed you'd be if you had to lose them forever.