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Nintendo VP speaks: past-gen, Nintendo-created titles free!
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| G1_integra |
NOA vice president George Harrison talks 'bout a Revolution confirmed that past-gen, Nintendo-created titles will indeed be downloadable for free.
link here:
http://gamesradar.msn.co...1&subsectionid=1587
This is very cool, image with the revolution you will be able to download and play all the great Nintendo titles for free. And third party developers may charge a free to play their titles.
Where can I pre-order! |
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| zokissima |
| Sounds like a lot of PR hype. Nintento had to have SOMETHING to say after all the bs hype that the Sony and Microsoft guys pushed. With the current new gen systems, just as with every previous gen, there are all sorts of very interesting ideas and concepts being thrown out there, but for the most part, they'll remain unrealized. |
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| Sunsnail |
| I dunno about that... it was already out there like all the hype about xbox 360 and ps3. The difference is this has been confirmed by the vice president, and all the hype about the other two consoles have not been confirmed by anyone |
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| zokissima |
| It is a cool idea, but things have been 'confirmed' before. All I'm saying is, I wouldn't hold my breath for it. It seems unlikely that Nintendo will just offer this service for free. |
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| jrbuddha |
yeah...the VP is a big fat liar!
:rolleyes: |
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| limin_li |
| Imagine that playing 007 Golden Eye on the Revolution. I just hope they mod the game itself so it's online multi-playable. I would die!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Yan |
| How about a working link? |
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| jrbuddha |
found this on gamespot:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/0...ws_6126595.html
this quote:
| quote: | GS: Do you plan on having like a per-download pricing model along the lines of the microtransactions that will be used in the next-gen Xbox marketplace?
GH: Well, we can use it in a variety of ways. We've used some of the older games already as little bonuses, either as bonus gifts or hidden in levels of games. Certainly for the first-party titles we'll be making some of those available. We haven't really talked about whether we would sell them. The third parties can make their own decision whether they want to sell them, or maybe they will add it on as sort of a free benefit when you buy a current version of the game.
GS: To continue with what's so revolutionary about the Revolution...
GH: Well, I think certainly being wireless out of the box is revolutionary. People sort of picked on us for not jumping in prematurely into online or Internet gaming, but we just looked at it, the way it was evolving, and just felt that it was not time to jump in. But certainly with the next console it would be, with a couple of important changes like eliminating the access fee so there's not really a monthly subscription, and making use of first-party games, downloadable for free. That to us will be really revolutionary. Right now the estimates are anywhere between six and maybe 10 or 12 percent of console owners are playing online. You know, if you really have people embrace it and enjoy it, we think that should be well over 50 percent. I think I heard Nintendo president Mr. Satoru Iwata, and Nintendo vice president of sales and marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime, say this morning as much as 90 percent is the goal for DS online, which is a great goal, rather than keeping it a niche aspect of gaming, to make it a broad-based application.
GS: So do you have any plans on maybe making just one standard for an online service or is it going to be two-tiered like they're doing with Xbox Live?
GH: Right now we're not looking to have a two-tiered service. So for first-party games it would be free, and for third party, I think they just have to determine it for their own game. Not any kind of general access fee again, but for their own game, it's fine if they want to charge them that kind of a price for that. |
doesn't really clarify anything...guess it could be interpreted that the classic games are free, but thats not how I'm reading it. |
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| Porky |
one of the first games i would get my grubby mitts on is
KID ICARUS for NES! |
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