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Nintendo Voice Chat: Should Nintendo Charge for Online?

Rise Koopalings and join host Jose Otero, Peer Schneider, Sam Claiborn, and Colin Moriarty, as they talk about one of the great franchises of the 8-bit era: Konami’sCastlevania. Since we had too much ground to cover for just one episode, we’ll be recording a follow up to this episode in a week.

diepdiep3846d ago

Why attach a video that has nothing to do with the title? Anyway, I listened to the actual voice chat, and I have one thing to say about charging online:

NO.

zeal0us3845d ago (Edited 3845d ago )

In its current condition it would be foolish for Nintendo to charge for online usage.

However if Nintendo's online service were ever to come on par with XBL, PSN and their third party support was to get better, not charging would be a strong point for them.

pixelsword3845d ago

I agree, and I applaud Nintendo for not charging online.

iamnsuperman3845d ago

It would kill the Wii U if they did. The online service isn't their just yet to start charging for it and nor is the console sales. Just maybe tbe next generation but not this one

guitarded773845d ago

I'm gonna take it up a notch and say "HELL NO".

I like having the Wii U, but aside from using Miiverse and occasionally Nintendo TVii, it's just not worth it to pay for online. I do most of my online gaming on PSN, PC and Live, and my Nintendo gaming is more for single player exclusives.

rainslacker3845d ago (Edited 3845d ago )

I really don't get it. It's not actually a good thing that Sony charges to play online now. The fact it's bad is offset by the fact that PS+ is an amazing value to begin with, but it's still sucks for many.

Will it improve the service? Maybe. But I've seen PSN improve dramatically over this entire generation. Day 1 was drastically different than it is today.

These are the kinds of things we should be saying no to, not accepting as the norm. The fact so many people accepted it as the norm this gen from MS is why Sony fans have to pay now.

In case people haven't noticed, voicing our discontent in harmony does seem to have an effect on what these companies are offering us.

But damn Sony for making PS+ so attractive I would have it regardless of this requirement. How can I rail against something I already have paid in full for 2 years?

GaoomDerek3845d ago

If it takes paying for better online service with Nintendo, I guess so.

The_Villager3845d ago

This article and podcast was stolen from IGN.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno9d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.

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Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."