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yvanjean on 31 October 2013

Let's no forget that Nintendo is probably making more profit on the digital sales, no manufacturing cost, no shipping, no margin paid to re-sellers. I would like to see how many Digital sales of Wind waker HD.

I now own three digital games on my WiiU: Super Luigi U; Pikmin 3 & Wind waker HD.

With Nintendo starting to have digital sales and discount on top of the deluxe digital promotion there going to be no reason to buy a physical copy.



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outlawauron on 01 November 2013
impertinence said:
Digital download of games is a heaven sent, unless you somehow plan to resell your games I see absolutely no upside to buying a physical copy. No discs to swap, no discs to scratch, no sales tax, immediate delivery and for a month or so still 5% bonus money back to use on indie games.

Fuck you physical game disc.

Not in this thread. Still don't understand why Nintendo does this.



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Teriol on 02 November 2013

i have in digital:
Darksiders 2
Assasins creed 3
Pikmin 3
Rayman Legends
Deus Ex DC
Assasins Creed 4
In phisical i have:
Ninja gaiden 3
zombie U
nintendo land
Mass Efect 3
COD BLOPS 2
and i have a lot of indie games and virtual console games (digital) i have a3TB HDD.
Digital is the future.



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impertinence on 04 November 2013
outlawauron said:
impertinence said:
Digital download of games is a heaven sent, unless you somehow plan to resell your games I see absolutely no upside to buying a physical copy. No discs to swap, no discs to scratch, no sales tax, immediate delivery and for a month or so still 5% bonus money back to use on indie games.

Fuck you physical game disc.

Not in this thread. Still don't understand why Nintendo does this.

Your post is confusing, but let me take a stab at it:

Digital goods are non-taxable in many states, does that provide anything of value related to your post?



_crazy_man_ on 04 November 2013

I've already gone fully digital with my 3DS

Sticking with retail for Wii U tho (still embracing digital somewhat, WW HD, NSLU, Injustice DLC, 4 eShop titles, +20 VC titles)



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JohannStrauss on 04 November 2013
osed125 said:
cbarroso09 said:
osed125 said:

At least in Latin America, almost everyone I know buys games digitally (3DS, Wii U, PS3, PC, whatever). Might not be huge numbers but they are something. Add the the numbers in the U.S, Canada and Europe and you have big percentages.  


those are already added. eshop for latinamerica is not available. everyone have a US or Canadian account because of that.

Reason why eshop is not available for those countries? too many useless different coins. 

Mexico and Brazil (I think) have their own eshop. I know people who buy from the Mexico eshop. 

But I know what you mean, I use the Canada eshop for instance.

I heard rumors about the Wii U being released on Brazil on December.



outlawauron on 04 November 2013
impertinence said:
outlawauron said:
impertinence said:
Digital download of games is a heaven sent, unless you somehow plan to resell your games I see absolutely no upside to buying a physical copy. No discs to swap, no discs to scratch, no sales tax, immediate delivery and for a month or so still 5% bonus money back to use on indie games.

Fuck you physical game disc.

Not in this thread. Still don't understand why Nintendo does this.

Your post is confusing, but let me take a stab at it:

Digital goods are non-taxable in many states, does that provide anything of value related to your post?

Nintendo charges sales tax on every digital purchase. They're are the only game company to do this on digital goods.



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And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

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Viper1 on 04 November 2013
outlawauron said:
impertinence said:

Your post is confusing, but let me take a stab at it:

Digital goods are non-taxable in many states, does that provide anything of value related to your post?

Nintendo charges sales tax on every digital purchase. They're are the only game company to do this on digital goods.

I believe that only applies to Washington state as by law taxes are only collected in the same physical state of purchase as the physical corporate location.  So taxes are not collected in the remaining 49 states.  Though I've heard of some states that have passed online sales tax laws which may apply.

I know ther is no tax on the eShop in Florida.



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outlawauron on 04 November 2013
Viper1 said:
outlawauron said:
impertinence said:

Your post is confusing, but let me take a stab at it:

Digital goods are non-taxable in many states, does that provide anything of value related to your post?

Nintendo charges sales tax on every digital purchase. They're are the only game company to do this on digital goods.

I believe that only applies to Washington state as by law taxes are only collected in the same physical state of purchase as the physical corporate location.  So taxes are not collected in the remaining 49 states.  Though I've heard of some states that have passed online sales tax laws which may apply.

I know ther is no tax on the eShop in Florida.

Well, I know there is eShop tax in Louisiana. I do not pay tax on any PSN, XBL, Steam, or Amazon purchases.  Nintendo is the lone exception.



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impertinence on 04 November 2013
outlawauron said:
impertinence said:
outlawauron said:
impertinence said:
Digital download of games is a heaven sent, unless you somehow plan to resell your games I see absolutely no upside to buying a physical copy. No discs to swap, no discs to scratch, no sales tax, immediate delivery and for a month or so still 5% bonus money back to use on indie games.

Fuck you physical game disc.

Not in this thread. Still don't understand why Nintendo does this.

Your post is confusing, but let me take a stab at it:

Digital goods are non-taxable in many states, does that provide anything of value related to your post?

Nintendo charges sales tax on every digital purchase. They're are the only game company to do this on digital goods.

Not every digital purchase. They have never charged a single cent of sales tax on any digital download I've bought from them.