So, let me get this straight:
- Nintendo will charge you 20 dollars/euros per year for access to online features
- Probably the biggest selling point in this offer is the available library of NES titles (with added online functions)
- There will be more titles added to the service every month
- You will still have access to every title previously released
- You will need to be online to access those titles
- Super Nintendo titles are kind of confirmed, though it makes sense for Nintendo avoid talking about it until they're done with NES.
So, isn't this the kind of Netflix service we have been asking from Nintendo ever since we started discussing about how the VC will evolve? Yes, the service looks unappealing right now, especially for people (like me) that don't really care about NES titles. But:
- It's really cheap: In 6 months from now there's probably going to be around 50 NES titles available. Now think of what we had to pay last gen for NES games... plus we're talking about a full online service, not only the "Nesflix"
- Super Nintendo is coming: Nintendo will run out of NES games sooner rather than later. At that point there is a sure bet that Super Nes is going to join the service. Though it's too early to talk about other systems, I would imagine that we will be talking about them further down the road - if not too late in the system's late.
- Having "vintage" titles in a handheld is always awesome: There's something about playing these games in a handheld that makes it more satisfying than playing on TV. Maybe it's the smaller screen but it feels good to play 8-bit/ 16-bit games in the loo.
So it seems to me that Nintendo is essentially soft launching its "Nintendflix" service. It remains to be seen when Super Nintendo will launch (I would assume in a year from now, with an official announcement at next E3's Direct) and if Nintendo will experiment with different pricing tiers. I can't imagine they keep the 20 dollars per year when they add new systems to the mix...
What say you ERA?
- EDIT -
To the people that have started making direct comparisons to Netflix, of course we're not talking about the same thing, but the format to which Virtual Console should evolve to - from buying titles separately for an absurd amount of money (never forget the 5 dollars for a single NES game) to paying a monthly/yearly sub to constantly access a large pool of games.
- Nintendo will charge you 20 dollars/euros per year for access to online features
- Probably the biggest selling point in this offer is the available library of NES titles (with added online functions)
- There will be more titles added to the service every month
- You will still have access to every title previously released
- You will need to be online to access those titles
- Super Nintendo titles are kind of confirmed, though it makes sense for Nintendo avoid talking about it until they're done with NES.
So, isn't this the kind of Netflix service we have been asking from Nintendo ever since we started discussing about how the VC will evolve? Yes, the service looks unappealing right now, especially for people (like me) that don't really care about NES titles. But:
- It's really cheap: In 6 months from now there's probably going to be around 50 NES titles available. Now think of what we had to pay last gen for NES games... plus we're talking about a full online service, not only the "Nesflix"
- Super Nintendo is coming: Nintendo will run out of NES games sooner rather than later. At that point there is a sure bet that Super Nes is going to join the service. Though it's too early to talk about other systems, I would imagine that we will be talking about them further down the road - if not too late in the system's late.
- Having "vintage" titles in a handheld is always awesome: There's something about playing these games in a handheld that makes it more satisfying than playing on TV. Maybe it's the smaller screen but it feels good to play 8-bit/ 16-bit games in the loo.
So it seems to me that Nintendo is essentially soft launching its "Nintendflix" service. It remains to be seen when Super Nintendo will launch (I would assume in a year from now, with an official announcement at next E3's Direct) and if Nintendo will experiment with different pricing tiers. I can't imagine they keep the 20 dollars per year when they add new systems to the mix...
What say you ERA?
- EDIT -
To the people that have started making direct comparisons to Netflix, of course we're not talking about the same thing, but the format to which Virtual Console should evolve to - from buying titles separately for an absurd amount of money (never forget the 5 dollars for a single NES game) to paying a monthly/yearly sub to constantly access a large pool of games.
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