Are subscriptions good for the industry?

[Alkibiádēs]

Bandorr said:

Alkibiádēs said:

If I care about a game I'll buy it myself, I don't want to play games I don't care about, even if it's free. And the selection of games on PS+ or Live isn't very good anyway.

Good for you. You don't have to play games you don't care about. And when the people look at the ONE nes/snes game that you are "allowed" to play once a month and say "that isn't very good" - they will be allowed that opinion as well.

That doesn't mean anyone is getting ripped off.  $60 with games I get to keep > $15-25(or whatever number they make up next) with no games I get to keep.

I think the Nintendo service will be a gigantic rip off. Ranging from everything related to the games (the amount, the keeping them, how very old they are) to the fact you may have to do voice chat through a phone.

That doesn't mean it IS a rip off though. It just means I find the service not worth the value assigned.

Nintendo will add online functionality to these games, so only making them available for a month makes sense otherwise you'd find no one to play these games with online. This will most likely be like community events. Perhaps similar to NES Remix. 

Nintendo actually adds something to their old games by adding online functionality, none of the other console companies do this. Therefor it's justified to charge a price for it. 

Besides, a month is more than enough time to finish a game anyway. I don't replay most games, only the really good ones.