1upgamer mentioned the price which can only be found in the article...
"The Wii U GamePad can be used as a television remote control, but if you want to use that same function for Nintendo TVii, Nintendo is charging a ¥100 ($1.22) flat fee."
I DID read the article. And I still think its STUPID to charge a $1.22 how do you think I came to the conclusion it is STUPID. This function should have been a perk to sell the system.
Nippon Television is government owned and if you have a device that receives a TV transmission, you are legally obligated to purchase NHK1, NHK2, and NHK-E channels.
They're respectively like CBS, NBC, and PBS, but you are forced to pay for them.
This ￥100 flat fee (NOT PER CHANNEL) must circumvent the necessity for people to draw up a new contract for their Nintendo TVii.
I assume this is just because the mega media company over there... can't remember the name... charges every one some stupid extortionistic fee just for allowing one to watch TV.
The funny thing is I read the article just after I posted. Then I thought to my self... I should probably change that post. Then I realized I was too lazy to. lol
The article makes no sense whatsoever. Perhaps the author needs to put down his glaucoma 'medicine' and work on forming something that makes sense...even to those who are not medicated.
not for nothing but dismissing the medicinal qualities of cannabis is extremely ignorant. if you were diagnosed with a disease wouldnt you want the full compliment of medicines that could make you more life more bearable avaiable to you and your doctor?
educate yourself and others before you post such nonsense. Medicinal marijuana has changed and saved many lives.
on topic: youre right though, the article and the headline are at odds with each other. strange choice by kotaku
educate yourself. im not going to do the work for you. if you see one first hand account about someone who was going to die from chemo without medicinal MJ youd change your mind.
if you actively choose to be ignorant, youre already hopeless. and if you dont have a heart, your already hopeless.
or you could just use the free option it come with and they say that.
but any thing they can say to put it in a bad light.even if they leave stuff out.
and my four friends and me who have wii u love it.and everyone who I talk to through the miiverse loves it. the only people who hate it are people who don't own it and maybe played a in store demo.
who cares about this? its $1.22. either pay it or dont! if you need the money just sit on a street corner with a empty coffee cup and you will make it about 15 min!
This may be irrelevant, but you can't use the Wii U for channel surfing on most televisions in the US. Most US families have Comcast, which uses its own box to surf. You even have to use THEIR remote. The Wii U cannot bypass that.
The function is useless unless you have a crappy cable provider.
I love how people bitch and moan about the quality of games journalism, but when an article turns up with a horrifically sensationalist headline (like this one), everyone suddenly excuses the bad journalism because it lets them launch into some fanboyism (on both sides).
You mean nintendo made an app that integrates netflix, hulu, amazon digital, and your cable service options into a touch screen app and nintendo wants maybe around 2 bucks for it? My goodness, those monsters. /s
lol, i know I mean is this the first time people have used these console extra functions that are non gaming related or something?
some Applications cost money, its not a requirement but you cannot sit there and say, that should be free when you may not know the full reason its not free.companies have to pay licence fee's some things An it may not be free Because of it. The fact it is an option instead of not a requirement is a good thing. That beats a hidden fee anytime.
obviously, if you bother to read the article, you will see that this only in Japan.
the article was obviously (also) translated from the Japanese text using (probably) Google Translate or something similar, coz it has "...gamers can watch the pictures as they fly through the air...". if Wii U does that, that would truly be next-gen. pictures flying through the air.
anyway, it has already been mentioned that in the US, TVii is free. of course, this does not mean you don't pay for the services you get when using Netflix, Hulu, etc.
> obviously, if you bother to read the article, you will see that this only in Japan.
What about the one who wrote the article? I know we can blame people for not reading but this would happen a lot less if authors such as the ones from Kotaku tried a bit less at troll-baiting with their headlines.
my point exactly... and the article, if you can call it that: quoting a description, and literally copying an electronically-translated set of text without even bothering to fix the context of the content, is just well, like you said troll-baiting.
Nintendo this should just be free!
Stupid Trolls.
"The Wii U GamePad can be used as a television remote control, but if you want to use that same function for Nintendo TVii, Nintendo is charging a ¥100 ($1.22) flat fee."
show the functionality, then pay for it.
if you spent 300+ on a wii u, you shouldnt complain about 1.22 for an app.
unless this was promised to be a free faeture.
I hate those hidden faeture!??
j/k
That is all I need if for!
Nippon Television is government owned and if you have a device that receives a TV transmission, you are legally obligated to purchase NHK1, NHK2, and NHK-E channels.
They're respectively like CBS, NBC, and PBS, but you are forced to pay for them.
This ￥100 flat fee (NOT PER CHANNEL) must circumvent the necessity for people to draw up a new contract for their Nintendo TVii.
Anyway, at least it's a flat rate.
I wonder if $on¥ will do something similar?
@ Pillsbury1
I'm not under a spell.
Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony fanboys are.
It was the Green Ranger. Not the Red
Okay, I admit it, I lol'd.
Kotaku..sheesh!
educate yourself and others before you post such nonsense. Medicinal marijuana has changed and saved many lives.
on topic: youre right though, the article and the headline are at odds with each other. strange choice by kotaku
if you actively choose to be ignorant, youre already hopeless. and if you dont have a heart, your already hopeless.
Epic fail on Kotaku's part.
"goes and reads the article"
"see's that it is kotaku"
well that explains a lot
This could easily have been free though, but it's such a small sum it's really no biggie.
Also, you'd be surprised at some of the ridiculous shit Japanese have to pay for.
By the way, what's your favorite Xenosaga game?
see kotaku.com+
click on it.
select "WTF?!" for story quality
select "No" for "Do you like this website"
That is all.
but any thing they can say to put it in a bad light.even if they leave stuff out.
and my four friends and me who have wii u love it.and everyone who I talk to through the miiverse loves it. the only people who hate it are people who don't own it and maybe played a in store demo.
It's less expensive than the DLC for New Super Mario Bros. I mean come on (to everyone who's complaining about the one time fee).
The function is useless unless you have a crappy cable provider.
I mean, Comcast is absolutely terrible, but DirecTV is just...
Bad journalism extends beyond Doritos photos.
I mean is this the first time people have used these console extra functions that are non gaming related or something?
some Applications cost money, its not a requirement but you cannot sit there and say, that should be free when you may not know the full reason its not free.companies have to pay licence fee's some things An it may not be free Because of it. The fact it is an option instead of not a requirement is a good thing. That beats a hidden fee anytime.
the article was obviously (also) translated from the Japanese text using (probably) Google Translate or something similar, coz it has "...gamers can watch the pictures as they fly through the air...". if Wii U does that, that would truly be next-gen. pictures flying through the air.
anyway, it has already been mentioned that in the US, TVii is free. of course, this does not mean you don't pay for the services you get when using Netflix, Hulu, etc.
What about the one who wrote the article?
I know we can blame people for not reading but this would happen a lot less if authors such as the ones from Kotaku tried a bit less at troll-baiting with their headlines.
/s