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It appears that Nintendo is following other companies in making the internet pay-to-play. Fortunatly, this service is NOT mandatory. However, it appears that some games will only be able to use the pay-to-play internet.
Hopefully it isn't too expensive.
During a Game Developers Conference session called "Planning the Wii Menu" today, Nintendo's Takashi Aoyama announced a new Pay to Play program. This will be a new version of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (NWFC). Aoyama explained that NWFC will remain a free service, but forthcoming experiences will require users to pay a fee to enjoy. These services will fall under the new NWFC: Pay to Play program. Games that utilize the new service will feature a logo similar to the one used for NWFC but is orange and reads Pay to Play at the bottom.
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"We want it to be accessible to everyone"! They say that then decide to charge for online gaming. Hypocritical much?
Technically the service is already Pay To Play. Plus you have absolutely no idea what falls under the category or how much value it's worth. You have no basis for criticism and what criticism you have is directed at negative assumptions. Maybe it's more than worth paying it? Did you consider that another tier of online play would introduce significantly better titles and opportunities and allow them to bring out better material and offers?
Congratulations for reading it out of context, because you don't f*ing KNOW the context yet!
This is rather...lame. I expect the internet service for these particular games to be GREAT, paying-to-play and all. As if they didn't make up their money from the controllers...or sold enough Wii's for profit. Hopefully it's not expensive.
Odd that most gamers didn't even pay a second of consideration to that, even the PS2 failed to provide free MMO gaming because Square didn't feel compelled to pay for gamers experience, nor did SOE with EQ.
Nintendo has been getting money back and forth with not only the Wii but the NDS as well. Is this some sort of strategy to pay off any third party online services?
All we know so far is that it will be a better service, it will have downloadable content and it will be optional. That isn't really enough to judge an entire service.
And no, games that have been confirmed to use NWFC (such as Brawl) will not be pay-to-play. Nintendo confirmed years ago that if a third-party wanted a PTP system, they can do that. Also, chances are low that Nintendo will use it for Mario Kart Wii, or any of Nintendo's games that aim at mainstream audiences.
No thanks.
> None of you know how it will work
> The introduction of a tier system doesn't even lead many of you to think "I wonder what cool stuff they can come out with?"
> XBL has existed as a pay service for years and is incredibly worth it
> You don't know what will be introduced with it
> You don't know how much it will cost
Summary: None of you know crap about this service. Not a single friggin thing, and yet you bring out the flamethrowers with an extra tank of gas to make sure you dowse it twice.
If you think NWF sucks, then maybe that's why they're introducing a pay service? How much can you really expect from something that's free? Maybe it will offer stuff that Wii owners have wanted for a long time, like voice chat or a more unified game meeting hub? Do I have any clue if that's what it will be about? No, but atleast I'm being optimistic.
Now that I think about it, this new service is really nothing but good.
PSN? Home? I wasn't aware you had to pay for the PSN or Home, yet they're both good. Oh wait, you DONT have to pay for them!
Besides, read the article. Only some this will happen to, But i still say Nintendo lost at life.
This will most likely only be used for MMOs and downloadable content.
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/02/nintendo-will-b.html
Some may be jumping to conclusions but that's all we can do right now, just make assumptions, it's what we do with sequels, any upcoming changes...this being no different. But no, our 'negative' opinions aren't wanted, in fact, we should all praise Nintendo for implementing these services.
Meh, getting back on-point, I'll just stick with what I said before, if this P2P Internet service seems worth it, and not very expensive, it's a good move, otherwise...it would be greed.
"You know they'll do this for Brawl...huge money-making opportunities, Mario Kart as well. "
Right, yet Brawl is already confirmed to not be a P2P game, talk about being silly, you even ignore yourself with "Some may be jumping to conclusions"
You can always do this one thing, called actually checking before you post, instead of going "OH GOD THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS TO BRAWL AND EVERY GAME AFTER, NINTENDO SUCKS SO BAD GAAAAWWDDD"
I'd be happy to see Nintendo bring DLC and MMO gaming to the platform, if I have a title where the other ports are getting paid DLC offerings then I feel a bit robbed because of a lack of a pricing system allowing me to buy content for my game. It's a way of letting people have free online play and then allowing for paid experiences as well by companies that have asked for P2P models for content or additional game modes. Nintendo can't force 3rd parties to make free online games, and thinking they'd front the money to cover costs by 3rd parties is just absurd.
I have to laugh at the end of your statement, really. "Otherwise...it would be greed." lol. You do realize you're talking about corporations here right? That the implementation will work just as much for 3rd parties as it will first parties if they wish to do so? That the point of them producing games is to make money, that charging you for games is them trying to produce profit for themselves not for the greater good, greed is all there is in the industry, EA should have taught you that one long ago.
It's just that they are selling Wiis and DS' left and right, I don't see a point in implementing a P2P system with that much profit coming in. Nintendo wasn't too huge with 'online' to begin with. The Wii seems to target more family and friends direct.
I was thinking they'd add a better online service for Brawl. If you haven't heard, the game isn't running great online, maybe because of the many trying to get games on there, the traffic, who knows, but it's certainly lagging and such.
I said some may be jumping to conclusions, yes that includes myself, I know what I said, thank you very much...read the rest of the sentence, I said that's all we can do right now, assume, jump to conclusions with news like this.
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