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Dravenet7 on 16 January 2017

My only personal qualm with the Switch was the online. This news certainly lessesns the blow a bit, but paying fr online is still no less abyssmal.

 

spurgeonryan said:

Just because a game is digital should not mean I have to buy it every gen. I bought it! I own it!

Anything you buy digital you lease, not own.



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Wyrdness on 16 January 2017
NATO said:
Wyrdness said:

Online subscription

  • The free game a month is exactly like PS+. As long as you download within that free month it’s yours to keep as long as you’re subscribed.
  • The free download a month is chosen by Nintendo because if they offered all VC games with online the player base would be split and you’d never find enough people for a match. Whereas with this method, everyone who’s downloading the game is part of the same player pool.

http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/13/14266290/nintendo-switch-monthly-games-not-free

Read the linked article this is from a developer who is on the platform, each month you can download a game for free but you can only do it in that month after which the choice of game changes, you keep the game as long as you keep the subscription active.



Ljink96 on 16 January 2017

Again, I'm not too concerned about the quality of the switch. I'm more concerned with the price than anything. I understand they don't want to sell at a loss but man...



wombat123 on 16 January 2017

Looking at the costs for the Wii U gamepad, it's no wonder Miyamoto was banned from taking part in any hardware decisions if the rumors of him being the one that pushed for the gamepad are true. It also explains why he was so hardheaded in trying to shoehorn gamepad functionality in Star Fox Zero even though it was obviously not working.



NATO on 16 January 2017
Wyrdness said:
NATO said:

http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/13/14266290/nintendo-switch-monthly-games-not-free

Read the linked article this is from a developer who is on the platform, each month you can download a game for free but you can only do it in that month after which the choice of game changes, you keep the game as long as you keep the subscription active.

So take an indie devs word for it on internal nintendo policy (being a dev for the console doesnt give her any better of an idea about it than the average joe), or take a journalist word for it who was told directly by nintendo staff?

I'll take the latter.



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JEMC on 16 January 2017

If she's only a developer, how does she know the costs of the Wii U console and Gamepad? I doubt Nintendo shares that info with anyone outside the company.

Also, charging again for VC games doesn't help with those claiming how greedy is Nintendo, and I understand them.



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lionpetercarmoo on 16 January 2017
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
celador said:

The free game a month isn't like PS Plus, because you get four games on that programme, or if you just have a PS4, two games. Hopefully she is correct though regarding keeping them as long as you have a subscription, but that is against what has been said elsewhere.

Similarly hope she is correct about the price drops. Price is the biggest issue I have right now, especially for accessories. The Pro controller is not impressive enough to warrant being $70, for example.

Well I never said Nintendo was being humble, just that you obviously keep the game, unlike everyone at VGChartz was saying and freaking out about.

Pretty sure He wasnt talking to you.



Wyrdness on 16 January 2017
NATO said:
Wyrdness said:

Read the linked article this is from a developer who is on the platform, each month you can download a game for free but you can only do it in that month after which the choice of game changes, you keep the game as long as you keep the subscription active.

So take an indie devs word for it on internal nintendo policy (being a dev for the console doesnt give her any better of an idea about it than the average joe), or take a journalist word for it who was told directly by nintendo staff?

I'll take the latter.

Being a developer on it gives her far better incite than the average joe on the platform because she'll have to know how the games she develops are handled on the platform, a Nintendo staff can be anyone plus reps have had a history of giving out wrong information .



Dravenet7 on 16 January 2017
spurgeonryan said:

That is dumb. I pay the same price as retail, yet only lease it?

Pretty much, though license may have been correct not lease



NATO on 16 January 2017
Wyrdness said:
NATO said:

So take an indie devs word for it on internal nintendo policy (being a dev for the console doesnt give her any better of an idea about it than the average joe), or take a journalist word for it who was told directly by nintendo staff?

I'll take the latter.

Being a developer on it gives her far better incite than the average joe on the platform because she'll have to know how the games she develops are handled on the platform, a Nintendo staff can be anyone plus reps have had a history of giving out wrong information .

Let me say it again and be nice and clear about it.

Developer or not, Nintendo's internal policy on virtual console pricing, licensing and management, isn't something she would have any better knowledge of then the average joe.

Unless of course you believe that working for a company that holds a license to develop for the console means Nintendo go around giving extensive breakdowns on policies and pricing that has nothing to do with the licensee.

And why would she know "facts" about the duration and licensing type, yet only have "theories" about pricing and licensing across consoles? - Fact of the matter is, developer or not she is guessing.

Taking her word as fact holds no weight.