| TheLastStarFighter said: I'm expecting a Games with Gold/PlayStation + type program with free games or other online content. It will be much more obvious and easier to use, and linked to your NNetwork ID. |
Don't expect it. A subscription model isn't happening. Nintendo has already gone into some detail as to what this new program is, and it contradicts a paid for service. It will be more akin to the Digital Deluxe Program.
Instead of paying a yearly fee for scheduled deals, you're rewarded, as one of the conditions, for how many games you buy a year. The more games you buy in that yearly period, the higher your discount percentage is for, what I assume to be, all eshop games. The program will likely be applicable accross both the 3DS and Wii U, so it would be quite easy to rack up discounts if you regularly buy games between the two.
There would probably be a discount ceiling of about 33% percent, after which the price wouldn't drop any lower. So full retail $60 game could reach prices as low as $40. This works for Nintendo though, because in order to get those discounts, you'll have to have already spent a lot of money on their products to reach that discount. One you hit the 33% ceiling, you're much more likely to buy a lot of more software, meaning more games have more mind share, meaning those games are more likely to be discovered and purchased by others, getting them another step closer to the next discount, etc.
Nintendo also talked about recommendations. You might get points towards discounts or free games through recommendations. They talked about gifting game demos of games you own to friends. There's plenty they are much more likely to do, based off what they've been saying, that are not paid subscriptions.
