Nintendo has contested a €149.1 million fine it was stung with in 2002 for price fixing, calling the penalty "unfair" and "shocking".
The fine was handed out by the European Union, when Nintendo and several distributors were found guilty of artificially raising the prices of its games and consoles between 1991-1998. No surprise if you were a core SNES or N64 fan from the early days.
The new Nintendo-focused emulator for the iPhone is now available with support for several classic systems.
Sued for what? It's just an emulator no ROMs are with it. ROMs are easy to get anyway, but with iPhone you can't just copy and paste like Android unless it's jail broken I think. Anyway Nintendo should be more concerned with their ROMs up to torrent for years for all of their concoles, but then again they can't do nothing about it, they never will and I love it. 🤣
Won't belong before Nintendo bangs on Apple's door to have the emu removed. Like I say you take down one six more take it's place. Problem is people are putting emu's on such stupid platforms. The good emus are the ones not on stupid platforms like a red target. The good emu's are word of mouth and keep a low profile.
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
It was worrisome to begin with.
It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.
I like the sound of that!! I will for sure never support these gaas games.
Sony must be shocked at gamer's reaction, making them cancel a few of these and hopefully go back to the good heavy hitters they had us used to..
now bring on that PSPro reveal and show us some SP 1st party awesomeness.
It's pretty ridiculous.
Imagine having a breadth of data at your disposal to see the statistically low success rate of these games, only to be laser focused on the exceptional case studies.
Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.
Helldivers 2 manages just fine…
Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.
Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.
Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.
Nameer from eXputer: "Some exceptions aside, I don't think the battle pass is a net positive for gaming with how they're implemented in most live service titles."
I like the way Helldivers 2 does battle passes. It allows you to make purchases on each level of the battle pass and gives you the option of choosing which item to unlock first. The more purchases you make using medals the further you progress. There is no timer and you can earn medals towards purchasing stuff via personal orders and Major orders.
I haven't played much live service games that have battle passes but I remember some games that have battle passes where you progress through it linearly using an exp system. What makes it really bad is that the battle pass will have like 50 or more levels with the cooler stuff being closer to the end. They also have an in-game shop that sells exp boosters so you can reach the end of the pass before it refreshes. Everyone ilse will have to grind their way through.
battle pass in fortnite is perfect; buy one and it buys the rest for every other season as it gives you more money than the first cost. so 8.50 and season ends with you getting 13.00, it pays for the next and you have some pocket change to save up for cash shop. All of which is optional
Unfair? Right. Not unfair at all. Wii is 250€ here where I live at cheapest, which equates to $375. Go Go them.
Then again, Sony and Microsoft do the same thing, so meh.
I think they consider it unfair because they got 'caught'! :)
Too bad Sony and MS didn't get fined too. Those PS3 and 360, plus the games, are overinflated over this side of the pond. Its curious how a price of 400 USD for a PS3 in the US is exactely 400 Euros over here...
It seems all of you are missing out on reading more than just the title of this article.
quoted from above and from the article.
"guilty of artificially raising the prices of its games and consoles between 1991-1998."
Perhaps it is just me that realizes that the Wii was not out at that time period and that they are getting fined for their price gouging on the N64 and SNES.
I'm not disagreeing with your statements, as I do agree all of these companies are price gouging based on their market, but you are just talking about what your upset about and it is kind of off topic imo.
Think about it though, where can you get the cheapest clothing? Swapmeets or Old Navy. Where can you get the most expensive clothing? Rodeo drive or any area labeled "uptown" in a city. What is the dif between "most" of the clothes? The area they are sold in. Understanding your target market allows you to set a price that people in that area are willing to pay. Simply a matter of market awareness just on a very large scale. Doesn't make it right, its just a lot more prevalent than most people care to admit.