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Joelcool7 on 13 November 2011
zarx said:
I doubt that Nintendo would let other companies have their own store fronts as that would mean a lot of lost income for Nintendo. But in terms of support networks like Steamworks for PS3 definitely, so there won't be the restriction on the number and type of patches etc that MS currently impose, it would be interesting to see if Nintendo let EA sell DLC directly tho Valve (and Apple) seems to have blocked it when they tried it on steam games and I doubt Nintendo would be happy ether.

MMOs will also be interesting with the open online approach that Nintendo have been claiming, will Nintendo let publishers sell subscriptions to online games when the publlishers run the servers (at no cost to Nintendo) without giving Nintendo a cut?

Not necessarily, Nintendo could very easily impose the same amount of royaltees as they would on retail or downloadable software on their own store. What does it matter to Nintendo if a consumer buys the third party game on Steam or Origin or retail if Nintendo still makes their royaltees? Then if this actually boosts software sales and benefits hardware sales it could potentially mean higher profits off of every title found on Steam and Origin.

Not to mention Steam and Origin provide content Nintendo does not. If Nintendo collects royaltees on all these products I can't see a downside. Though I must say Nintendo's own downloadable content could not be over priced, meaning Nintendo would make Origin and Steam keep their software at a competitive price enabling Nintendo's software to continue selling.

I think the excperiance it would offer the consumer, one only found on PC. Would benefit Nintendo and the consumer in both Nintendo's profitability and the consumers personal experiance!



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SnesTea on 13 November 2011

Highly unlikely. As much as I love Steam, it's not going to be put on WiiU. Valve didn't even put The Orange Box on Wii, even though it was more than powerful enough to play those games.



seikialice88 on 13 November 2011
bobgamez said:

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Roma on 13 November 2011
morenoingrato said:
Roma said:
i agree people should be able to chose that way everyone is happy!

EA wouldn't.

Why would anyone pick their crap over the super amazing Steam?

Well from now until the Wii U is released it might get a lot better than it is now :P

 

I am hoping for Steam but if Nintendo chooses to use Steam over Origen EA might not support the Wii U that much :P



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zarx on 13 November 2011
Joelcool7 said:
zarx said:
I doubt that Nintendo would let other companies have their own store fronts as that would mean a lot of lost income for Nintendo. But in terms of support networks like Steamworks for PS3 definitely, so there won't be the restriction on the number and type of patches etc that MS currently impose, it would be interesting to see if Nintendo let EA sell DLC directly tho Valve (and Apple) seems to have blocked it when they tried it on steam games and I doubt Nintendo would be happy ether.

MMOs will also be interesting with the open online approach that Nintendo have been claiming, will Nintendo let publishers sell subscriptions to online games when the publlishers run the servers (at no cost to Nintendo) without giving Nintendo a cut?

Not necessarily, Nintendo could very easily impose the same amount of royaltees as they would on retail or downloadable software on their own store. What does it matter to Nintendo if a consumer buys the third party game on Steam or Origin or retail if Nintendo still makes their royaltees? Then if this actually boosts software sales and benefits hardware sales it could potentially mean higher profits off of every title found on Steam and Origin.

Not to mention Steam and Origin provide content Nintendo does not. If Nintendo collects royaltees on all these products I can't see a downside. Though I must say Nintendo's own downloadable content could not be over priced, meaning Nintendo would make Origin and Steam keep their software at a competitive price enabling Nintendo's software to continue selling.

I think the excperiance it would offer the consumer, one only found on PC. Would benefit Nintendo and the consumer in both Nintendo's profitability and the consumers personal experiance!


But they bet a bigger cut when they run the digital store, I really doubt they will let competing storefronts on the Wii U. And if they price fix the games and impose the same cut then there is no incentive for 3rd parties to run their own storefront unless they are going to fill it with ads or something. Nintendo are not going to do something that hurts their business and allowing competing storefronts would even if it's just by diverting customer attention away from other games because each store front would have an exclusive catalog, it would also be confusing for customers if they are looking for a game but they can't find it because they haven't gotten the Steam store app yet for example.

 



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PullusPardus on 13 November 2011

maybe like PSN / Steam , but as a primary online? , it would be weird logging on steam to play Mario kart



Play4Fun on 13 November 2011

This is just about digital distribution it seems. Not the whole online system.

Also, EA does have an edge over valve with all the franchises they have so that could be a reason for Nintendo to choose them.



sensebringer on 13 November 2011

Can someone explain to me the benefits of steam over origin? every forum I check says that they should chose Steam.



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menx64 on 14 November 2011
Joelcool7 said:

Steam is highly unlikely due to Valve's history with Nintendo or lack there of. However Nintendo stated when they announced WiiU that unlike PSN/Live that Nintendo would give developers and publishers virtual freedom online. They stated their won't be a huge network in the sense that Live and PSN are where the publisher is restricted by the limitations imposed by Sony and Microsoft.

This freedom is key to Nintendo's online strategy. EA already commented giving their huge thumbs up and other publishers have shown they are very happy that Nintendo will be giving them almost complete freedom to implement online any way they want. Word has it that EA is planning on linking their WiiU players and PC players in future online games. Similarities between PC/Mac online systems implemented by EA have been made suggesting that EA will be completely free to give WiiU users the experiance exactly as they want to.

So based on this it would make perfect sense that Origin could possibly come to WiiU. I mean Wii has NetFlix etc....etc.. and as long as EA paid the royalties and the service didn't cut into Nintendo's profitability I can't see them objecting to it on a large scale.

Most likely I think Origin might be included in Nintendo's online store. An Origin channel on your WiiU, in fact say Valve's Steam comes to WiiU, imagine going into the eShop and seeing a Steam, Origin and Nintendo store. Transforming eShop into a mall with many different resources.

Not to mention these stores and features could draw many gamers away from PC and consoles alike. If offered Origin/Steam a consumer would be more inclined to pick up a WiiU. I am guessing however if either service is on WiiU that Nintendo will request exclusive functionality to differentiate the WiiU Steam/Origin from the PC one.

 thats indeed a good idea. I think nintendo will get some royalties from origin/steam while still keeping their own eshop. And just one account per person for all the platforms. 



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