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Nintendo's handling of purchased digital goods is a disaster. I just wish I had the will power to stop throwing money at them. I'm hoping I don't have similar
by myko 14y ago
Nintendo's handling of purchased digital goods is a disaster. I just wish I had the will power to stop throwing money at them.
I'm hoping I don't have similar issues transferring my (relatively meager) Virtual Console library to the Wii U - though it seems I'll have this same problem if a new Nintendo comes out in the future.
- samspot 14y agoI also initially purchased a lot of games on the Virtual Console before I realized how behind the times they are on digital goods. Since then I've been able to restrain myself from buying any more digital content from them. I really like the company in general, and would love to keep purchasing their products, but they are going to have to prove to me that I won't need to repurchase digital goods in the case of hardware failures or upgrades.
- strmpnk 14y agoI felt like I was in a similar position until I discovered that there are vibrant indie game scenes on many other platforms [0]. So now, when I get the urge to spend on games, I try to remember to support indie gaming first. I will mention that news of Nintendo's support for indie devs on the Wii U is an unexpected trend in the right direction. This probably puts them on part with the PS3 & Xbox 360: not great but better than nothing. While MSFT has XNA, the iOS and Android ecosystems are killing the outdated distribution & publishing models of the consoles. Hopefully this ends well for everyone. --- [0]: PC & Mac being the least encumbered, iOS and Android with similar developer access but distribution control. Also see kickstarter projects like FTL, which rocked my socks off.