It has been on my mind for some time that many people on forums think Nintendo is lagging in the multiplayer arena just for not forcing people to pay for their on line experience. For me however this is a good thing, the Nintendo ecosystem feels like the PC, in that it is free and thus feels more liberating and easier to get into than say XB Live or PS Plus.
That being said I was thinking and theorising sometimes about payment plans on top of this free online service. Something that would make me do the plunge into a paid system without limiting those that just wish to play online:
A VC subscription
.
For a tenner or two a month, you are allowed to download any title from the Nintendo Virtual Console. It would open up a huge library of classic games on the Wii U and provide for a legal alternative to the rampant pirated emulation that the Ouya seems to offer (I emulate myself as well, but I hate it when a company advertises with it to make cash out of the hard work of others, so a legal alternative would be fantastic).
As long as your subscription is paid that is how long you'll have access to the games you downloaded, the ones you paid for earlier will remain yours even outside of your subscription. It would than give Nintendo a steady income of the emulation and classic gaming crowd and provide us gamers a nice way of playing all the old games legally and as intended as Nintendo also does the quality control over their old titles.
For Nintendo it also has the bonus that it will open up a HUGE library of titles for the Wii U to advertise with, a library that many of their older fans who are no longer into gaming might appreciate and just buy a Wii U for. Imagine even if this is extended to the 3DS! Old 3D titles like Outrun 3D for the Master System or the 3D system of the NES would be available for them in full 3D.
Sorry if it is a stupid idea, I just thought it would be so great to just turn on your Wii U, download say... Super Mario Bros 3. and play it again without the hassle of third party controllers for your PC and their s***ty D-pads.
That being said I was thinking and theorising sometimes about payment plans on top of this free online service. Something that would make me do the plunge into a paid system without limiting those that just wish to play online:
A VC subscription
.For a tenner or two a month, you are allowed to download any title from the Nintendo Virtual Console. It would open up a huge library of classic games on the Wii U and provide for a legal alternative to the rampant pirated emulation that the Ouya seems to offer (I emulate myself as well, but I hate it when a company advertises with it to make cash out of the hard work of others, so a legal alternative would be fantastic
).As long as your subscription is paid that is how long you'll have access to the games you downloaded, the ones you paid for earlier will remain yours even outside of your subscription. It would than give Nintendo a steady income of the emulation and classic gaming crowd and provide us gamers a nice way of playing all the old games legally and as intended as Nintendo also does the quality control over their old titles.
For Nintendo it also has the bonus that it will open up a HUGE library of titles for the Wii U to advertise with, a library that many of their older fans who are no longer into gaming might appreciate and just buy a Wii U for. Imagine even if this is extended to the 3DS! Old 3D titles like Outrun 3D for the Master System or the 3D system of the NES would be available for them in full 3D
. Sorry if it is a stupid idea, I just thought it would be so great to just turn on your Wii U, download say... Super Mario Bros 3. and play it again without the hassle of third party controllers for your PC and their s***ty D-pads.
