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Nintendo considering paid subscription model for online gaming

May 07, 2010 in News comments 8

Would you pay to play the Wii or the DS online? Would you pay for online extras? That's what Nintendo is considering as they wrestle with the best way to move forward with online gaming.

The Nintendo Wii and the various incarnations of the DS have offered gamers the opportunity to play games online for free since they were released. Granted, the online options are not nearly as robust as the offerings from the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 but they are still there and gamers have been taking games from Mario Kart to Monster Hunter Tri online to play with others for free. That may change though according to Nintendo's Entertainment and Analysis head, Shigeru Miyamoto.
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    Relient K May 7, 10
    nobody would ever pay for the internet they got going now. maybe if they made it more like Live, i might consider
  • 2
    Gotenks* May 7, 10
    If they were to improve their online by A LOT then paying for it would make sense. But if it were to stay the same as it is now, then it would be a waste of money. The online for the Wii is not good at all. The online for DS is better but they still would need to put more time and effort into their online if they were to make you pay for it.
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    Akira_EX May 7, 10
    But is it correct to assume that their internet situation would not change?

    It's too late to introduce a full for-pay scheme into the Wii infrastructure; it has to start next gen, where companies have the ability to make improvements.
  • 0
    Gamesta100 May 7, 10
    I refuse to pay to play video games online.I don't care how good the online experience is.
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    Seproth May 7, 10
    How bout you start with demos...then come up with something a little better than friend codes. Once you manage that, go ahead and get more games worth playing online. Mario Kart and Brawl are ok, Monster Hunter is great, if you happen to be a fan.

    We can talk price after and only after you can match (at least) PSN.
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    reaver11 May 7, 10
    Ninetendo? Paid online service? If they had more of an online community, sure. Well, maybe. But they'd have to improve it quite a bit. As innovative as the Wii is/was, its still a ways behind the other two in terms of extra features.
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    Ded Valve May 8, 10
    Considering the fact that Mario kart is practically the only online game that doesn't lag like shit despite having a perfect connection and the god awful friend codes that you probably need 2 one for the wii then one for the game I'm going to have to go with no.

    But we all know that if they do release a paid subscription, it'll make money. Despite all the cons with nintendo wi-fi it still has the name "nintendo" and that name alone is enough to be an instant success.
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    Dio May 9, 10
    Ha! Pay for the crap they give us now? Definitely not.

    If however, they were to create an online experience comparable to Xbox Live, and accompany this service with major Zelda and Mario MMORPGs, then I'd pay for it in a heartbeat.

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