Comments on: Nintendo to Charge Money for Some Online Games

By: Meow

Meow — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:29:40 +0000

By: The_Foot

The_Foot — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:35:09 +0000

I have never been opposed to paying for online service. I mean, they are at a great expense to keep servers running and keep games maintained, but this whole idea of charging on a game by game basis is absolutely stoopid, and yes I meant to put two ‘o’s in that. It’s as though Nintendo is trying to compete with the PS2 and original Xbox with this service, and I fear that if they don’t get their act together on the internet front soon, they are eventually going to go the way of Sega when Microsoft and Sony start getting their own solid first party franchises up and running. This is especially true in the American market, which to be honest produces a hell of a lot more revenue than the Japanese market. Sony is over there too of course, but they have had business in America since practically the dawn of the digital age, and Nintendo is still acting like the land of the rising sun is where the money is at. Nintendo may have far more ‘experience’ than either Sony or Microsoft in the area of videogames, but they just don’t seem to be learning from there mistakes like the other companies have done. To top it all off, Nintendo can’t afford a botched venture in the way that Sony or Microsoft, two gigantumous corporations that have their hands in every facet of technology can. For Nintendo, videogames are what hold them afloat, and once the novelty of the Wii has worn off and their under production has been rectified, they are going to have some serious worries in my opinion.

By: Kev_M

Kev_M — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:56:38 +0000

I actually dont like this, lets be honest, the online service of the Wii is hardly steller as it is, you cant possibly charge for it.

I dont mind paying my live subscription because its a decent interface, runs well (most of the time) and is dead simple to use with the friends lists etc.

The Wii channels however and the Wii Console numbers as ID is completely unfriendly to use.

By: Joelteon7

Joelteon7 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:37:58 +0000

To be fair though, XBox Live (Gold) is a pretty damn good service and for its price, it’s not overly expensive. Sure, it’s an expensve I and all other subscribers would rather not pay, but it’s there and it works.

However, this is NOT what I expected to hear from Nitnendo.
“Mummy, what’s the 4 digit pin for your cwedit card so that we can play Mawio?”

By: Zeta

Zeta — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:23:58 +0000

I’m not sure how this will turn out. One of the bigger selling points that Nintendo and Sony have had in the past is that their online play is free, as opposed to Microsoft’s Xbox Live. I’m not sure how people will react to suddenly having to pay to play online on some of Nintendo’s stuff. I have to personally say that I’m not too happy about this, as I didn’t buy a Wii to spend more money to play my games.