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Soleron on 02 March 2014
Veknoid_Outcast said:
PS+ is a great service, but I don't think the formula would work for Nintendo. Nintendo's first-party software typically sells long after release at full or near-full price. So Nintendo would probably lose money if it offered its best-selling games for $50 a year, for example. The same is true for the Virtual Console games. Nintendo can charge high prices for its legacy games because they remain popular 15, 20, 30 years later. 

There won't be a 15 years later if they don't start moving Wii Us now. I'm not talking a subscription, I'm talking one off bundles of software that appears to be valuable but actually most people bought already before/wouldn't buy individually now/functions as a demo for upcoming Wii U sequels.



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Mr Khan on 02 March 2014

It's not a bad idea, the trick is just in how exactly it would be implemented.



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MegaDrive08 on 02 March 2014

There's no reason why you should have to pay to go online, it's a big rip off, it should be free your already paying for your Internet through your provider.



 

platformmaster918 on 02 March 2014
smbu2000 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
FatedReality said:
Why should they when they don't charge for online?


so they can ease in pay wall next gen like sony did

Haha, good one!

Anyway, I wouldn't mind having something like that as long as it is optional.

So like PS+ on PS3 (or PS4 if you just want SP games I mean hell I never play online I just sub for the games it gives me which are usually average to great).




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Dr.Grass on 02 March 2014
Cobretti2 said:
it won't magically move hardware. A lot of people still prefer physical games. So even freebies as digital wouldn't entice that many.

However it doesn't cost them anything so worth a shot. May prove me wrong.

If the games are preloaded on the HDD and the box is full of pictures saying 10+ free games then I think it would have an impact.



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Dr.Grass on 02 March 2014
Max King of the Wild said:
etking said:

I do not think PS+ provides any value if you add up the monthly fee, especially since you loose access once you stop paying. On the other hand, access to the complete Nintendo libary without any additional cost for USD 10 a moth would be nice to have.


I didnt think Ps+ had value for me either because i had a backlog of games already so why did i need more? but i was wrong. Let me tell you, I paid 40 dollars for a year at target and within the first day i had Gravity Rush, Street Fighter vs Tekken, Uncharted GA, Smart as, worms, wipeout, and now modnation on my vita. For ps4 on the first day i got Resogun and outlast. On my ps3 i got Payday 2. boarderlands 2, remember me, bioshock infinite, metro, brothers, and others i cant think of right now. A week later I can get Uncharted 3 (already got it though) soon to be Tomb Raider, dynex (or something like that) and little big planet karting. 

and i dont need to worry about it for another year. 


That's one hell of a deal.



FatedReality on 02 March 2014
Max King of the Wild said:
FatedReality said:
Why should they when they don't charge for online?


so they can ease in pay wall next gen like sony did


Thats the only reason why they would do that, but I doubt Nintendo will ever charge for online so there would be no point in having a PS + like service.



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Dr.Grass on 02 March 2014
Soleron said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
PS+ is a great service, but I don't think the formula would work for Nintendo. Nintendo's first-party software typically sells long after release at full or near-full price. So Nintendo would probably lose money if it offered its best-selling games for $50 a year, for example. The same is true for the Virtual Console games. Nintendo can charge high prices for its legacy games because they remain popular 15, 20, 30 years later. 

There won't be a 15 years later if they don't start moving Wii Us now. I'm not talking a subscription, I'm talking one off bundles of software that appears to be valuable but actually most people bought already before/wouldn't buy individually now/functions as a demo for upcoming Wii U sequels.

I actually agree with you. I would preload the HDD with Wii Sports and Wii Sports U and a bunch of NES,SNES,N64,GC and Wii games. It would be impossible to ignore, and it wouldn't cost them much extra at all.



Veknoid_Outcast on 02 March 2014
Soleron said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
PS+ is a great service, but I don't think the formula would work for Nintendo. Nintendo's first-party software typically sells long after release at full or near-full price. So Nintendo would probably lose money if it offered its best-selling games for $50 a year, for example. The same is true for the Virtual Console games. Nintendo can charge high prices for its legacy games because they remain popular 15, 20, 30 years later. 

There won't be a 15 years later if they don't start moving Wii Us now. I'm not talking a subscription, I'm talking one off bundles of software that appears to be valuable but actually most people bought already before/wouldn't buy individually now/functions as a demo for upcoming Wii U sequels.

If you're not talking about a PS+ subscription, why bring it up at all? 

In either case, I don't think it's a worthwhile idea. As I wrote, games like Super Mario Galaxy, Brawl, and Mario Kart Wii are still best-sellers. They sell themsevles; they don't need a bundle. Same goes for Virtual Console titles. Consumers will continue to buy games like Mario 64, Super Mario World, etc. without a bundle. I think the better solution for Nintendo would be to advertise the Wii U's backward compatability and its huge library of Virtual Console games.

An advertisement that sells the WiiU as the only system that supports Super Mario Bros., Mega Man 2, Street Fighter II, Super Metroid, Contra III, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wii Sports, and Super Mario 3D World would be an effective one.



TheFallen on 02 March 2014

People say your access is cut off once + expires , but most likely you will have either played all the gamess till your bored with them, finished them till completion , or have resubscribed already.