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the_dengle on 29 August 2015
spemanig said:

Amiibo have been out for less than a year. I have little doubt that Nintendo will see the missed potencial of a cheaper alternative, and I'm 100% sure they've seen the countless articles about how much of a paywall they are. I'm sure we will see that alternative in the next few years, and it will be exacly because people like me complained. I never said that no one buys Amiibo for the content. I said most don't, because most don't.

I'm also 100% sure that the next AssCreed won't be a broken mess, just like the next Battlefield wasn't a broken mess, because puslishers don't make a ton of money on releasing broken games. Unity lost Ubisoft millions. Battlefield lost EA millions. MCC lost Microsoft a shit ton of money. Releasing broken games is absolutely not an intelligent financial decision. So yes, I have the ultimate and utmost authority as a consumer, and so do you.

Let's not mix exclusive first party content with Abiibo content. It's not the same thing at all.

Ubisoft lost millions on Unity? Do you have a source supporting that claim?

I haven't been given a reason to care whether Yacht Club charges $10 or $100 for co-op mode, but I'm all ears.



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Gourmet on 29 August 2015

I like the idea of amiibo being licensed like this and this it will probably bring more games to nintendo platforms. Games like chibi robo would sell a lot more because of it and being able to make an amiibo will probably impact the decision of many third parties to port over their games.
But locking co-op mode behind it is just stupid. I really hope they find better ways to use amiibo or else I'll probably end up buying that chinese device that stores amiibo data.