Nintendo 'can't promise all Wii U online services will be free'

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Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata told shareholders: "We cannot promise that Nintendo will always provide you with online services free of charge no matter how deep the experiences are that it may provide.
"But at least we are not thinking of asking our consumers to pay money to just casually get access to our ordinary online services."

Last week Iwata ruled out an Xbox Live-esque subscription model for Wii U, stating that it wasn't appropriate for Nintendo's audience.

"We have a wide variety of consumers, from the ones who enthusiastically play video games to those playing more casually, who are not always interested in them but try to play a game only when it has become a public topic or play it just during certain periods, like a year-end season and summer vacation," he said.

"We therefore believe that services which ask our consumers to obtain paid memberships are not always the best."

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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/356516/nintendo-cant-promise-all-wii-u-online-services-will-be-free/

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HerpPosted:

thats so stupid

MawderzPosted:

Cruise
SovietRussia
Frog
SovietRussia
Frog It's one of their best unique selling points! They can't scrap it...


Its the same reason i'm thinking about skiping the next MS console.


What would you game on instead...?


Probably the ps4. Im honestly tired of microsoft. I owned a ps1 and a ps2 and had no problems until I switched over to the xbox 360


PS2 Was a good console, Xbox is getting boring!
ps2 was a great console!

SovietRussiaPosted:

Frog
SovietRussia
Frog It's one of their best unique selling points! They can't scrap it...


Its the same reason i'm thinking about skiping the next MS console.


What would you game on instead...?


Probably the ps4. Im honestly tired of microsoft. I owned a ps1 and a ps2 and had no problems until I switched over to the xbox 360

FrogPosted:

SovietRussia
Frog It's one of their best unique selling points! They can't scrap it...


Its the same reason i'm thinking about skiping the next MS console.


What would you game on instead...?

SovietRussiaPosted:

Frog It's one of their best unique selling points! They can't scrap it...


Its the same reason i'm thinking about skiping the next MS console.

SeanR917Posted:

Smurfs That sounds pretty stupid.


To Be Fair I Do Quite Agree With You There Bro,

SmurfsPosted:

That sounds pretty stupid.

FrogPosted:

It's one of their best unique selling points! They can't scrap it...

EmazedPosted:

MoDOT Why would they make you pay it is not as good as Xbox.


Yeah it's not as good as Xbox, my opinion is they shouldn't pay for online services.

AlbericiPosted:

Why would they make you pay it is not as good as Xbox.