Nintendo has announced that while Wii U’s standard online services will be free, there’s a possibility that Nintendo may ask users to pay for a deeper online experience. Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata says that Nintendo can’t promise that it will always provide a free online service in the future.
“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.”
“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.”
Can I pay in Nintendo club coins
No,cause I suck balls
and i am a homosexual bitch
nice to see you replied to yourself kid
LOOOOOOOOL!!!
If you’re talking about the replies, yes. If you’re talking about the OP and the others, no.
Don’t make jokes about being homosexual.
They’re probably referring to DQX. Which is unfortunate as i was hoping (and i still am hoping) that it was going to be free to play outside of Japan.
not really. It is gonna be a great game. DQ is a great franchise. Dont care about monthly fees if I know I am gonna get ALOT out of it.
I am so excited for the game. But there is no way (absolute no way) I am getting it for monthly charges.
Didn’t they announce something like everyday there’s going to be like a two hour period where anybody can play, even if they haven’t paid the monthly fee?
Sounds fair. I hope they go the Playstation Plus route of adding the nice but unneccassary features for a paid membership while giving great discounts/free downloads of dlc or download-only titles. Services like that are great if they can set out a plan for consistently changing rewards for being part of a paid membership.
TBH, I can’t see Nintendo giving out 15+ retail/PSN-like games for $4/mo. HOWEVER, I shall be optimistic. If it’s like Xbox Live though, I’m definitely not subscribing. :X
i hate the xbox adverts!
Yeah, I’d like my Xbox more if it weren’t for Gold and having to pay a subscription for things I can do for free on the computer.
Nintendo version of PSN Plus? Me gusta
i can’t wait for dreamcast2
“But at least we are not thinking of asking our consumers to pay money to just casually get access to our ordinary online services.””
Targetting MS? ;)
why nintendo didnt name the wiiu:dreamcast2?its very good name for a console like this
and what about xbox8? where did xbox 3 4 5 6 and 7 go? must be the BORING E3 conference that put me into hibernation mode ;)
best comment of the day! hahaha!
Thought it was gona be called the XboxUsher. Wait, thats not why he was on stage?
I think it’s time to *put sunglasses on* Usher Microsoft off the console race.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
He is right,nintendo should named it dreamcast2
Your mum should’vecalled Spazzy Mgee
and yours:unable wich meens you cant fuck
hahahahahahahha wtf are you saying fried chips boyyy!!!!!!!?????
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hey siegfried. good to see you change accounts. So can I but I wont because I am not a sad little basement dwelling kid.
then go and but yourself
make me? Silly boy. Go back to trollducation and learn how to troll like a real troll.
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ypurself….IMPOSSIBRUUUU
COMMON GUYS, I’M TOO FAT TOO FIT IN THIS SMALL COMMENTING SPACE. D:
Anyway, they also forgot Xbox 2… that is all.
Nintendo loves to make their opinions known about MS and Sony, but in very subtle ways. That’s what I love about them – they aren’t so simple as to resort to flat-out lying, like MS did about the Wii U a few articles back.
STFU U MICROSOFT FAG.DREAMCAST2 IS THE NEXT XBOX :)!
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If we get a Nintendo version of Playstation Plus they better give us some good features like FREE Gamecube games or an early access to Smash 4 demo
I woud pay £40 for stuff like that. I like PSN Plus, its a worth while investment, and on WiiU it would be even better. Even more so if they intergrated it with the 3DS, so you get content on both for one account
love you sexy
O_o
yeah you!
Erm, thanks, i wasnt aware you found pixels attractive
I am a graphic designer in real life. It’s second nature!
Man,you mustve lovedthe NES days.
I did indeed ;) I still love Nintendo today. Yes they make mistakes but I still love them for their great work.
This is to be expected.
leave fried duck in my heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah man leave HEAVEN TO FRIED FUCK!!!!!
Aeolus! wanted to say:
Leave luck to heaven.
Wii want good games and not only cassual Nintendo!
stop moaning u fag
Microsoft n sony r shiiiiiiiit!
You expect kids to play outside instead of gaming like the rest of us? You bastard!
you are the bastard and i cant wait sickr to ban you for good!
Say hello to IP address switching!
slurrrrrrrrrp
get lost microfail fag
I actually love Nintendo and I am NOT SIEGFRIED TROLL :) so try again!
what ever wierdo
lol judging on the internet? You’re so sweet!
u got owned analyst KID
You got it all wrong! What I meant to say is that there is nothing wrong with casual gaming. And unlike peterius or seigfuck, I actually know how to behave on this site.
are you talking to yourself again?
No. I’m actually telling you that there is nothing wrong with casual gaming. And I am am somebody DIFFERENT!
YOU ARE THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER FANBOY ON THIS SITE
FANBOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stfu and go moan to your mom fag..
a load of broken promises reminds me of SEGA
PROMISES? He said WE DO NOT PROMISE! READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE COMMENTING!
thanks sexy
also he said we dont not promise regarding the 8th gen…
Broken promises….dafuq are you reading because its not this article.
Hey dragon
drago from bakushit?
I said dragon. Notice the N at the end. Get it right angry german kid!
Was that even a sentence?
It was a question sexy…
you are gay^
I am a girl so yes I love men! :) Thank you for making me feel better about myself
O btw, how would you know I am gay? Are YOU gay? Insecure perhaps? So you wanna call someone gay to make yourself feel better?
bless your cotton socks Siegfried…
I feel uncomfortable….
UNCOMFY AROUND GIRLS? ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE A VIRGIN you are always on here!!!!!!!!!!!
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just like you always posting on here
FANBOY!
Wow so many trolls here
Winning!
I hope you realise it’s only one troll on many accounts?
Lol. Hey “Sieg Fried chips”, aren’t you “Peteruss”, the person from Greece?
nope! Why would I be a loser?
hahaha.come on anonymous stop being siegfried,I know ur little dirty game
*facepalm* I am not seigfried! How many times do I have to tell you. I love Nintrndo, do not troll, hate Xbox, plays all games whether they are hardcore or not. I’m just sick of people being mad at Nintendo for propising Nintendo Land. -_-
Sieg fried did mention he loves Nintendo. What’s your point?
I’m sorry for calling youa bastard. I’ve been on thisste waylonger than himandI justhte it when people expect too much from Nintendo.
you are forgiven! Let’s make out.
Do you realize that I’m a guy or that you are joking? No thanks! I’ll just hurry and make me a profile just to avoid this from happening again. I just don’t know how to change these avatars.
Here’s my very first account. And I told you from the start that I wasn’t Seigfried and I’m no longer anonymous. I already apologized for the misconception earlier. Now you believe me?
faggot
Such a mature reply…
You are the fucking loser, Seigfuck! That’s for accusing me for using an alternate account I was just correcting somebody on the thread about the fact that there is nothing wrong about casual gaming!
I am not siegfuck hahahahahahahah!
Yeah you are. Your country sucks.
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Goddammit nintendo dont be like Microsoft!!!
You can do better than microsoft
facepalm* IDIOT
they’re not microsoft they actually have real games
So it’s PSN essentially? Sounds fair.
I am not paying for online. I am like never online I am online like 5 times a year. I am not paying for that.
Wow that “Sieg Fried Chips” (A.K.A “Anonymous”) really needs to get a freaking life. He/she commented on every single comment almost. What a retard, Xbox fanboys troll this site too much because it’s so damn good!….. Wii U rules, Nintendo rules!… Peace out Wisconsin!!
*facepalm* That anonymous was me and it all started just because I insulted Aeolus for hating on casual games. And the “real” Sieg Fried Chips accused me of being an alternate account. That was just me arguing with him over the fact that I wasn’t him. He just called me that because I insulted Sieg Fried Chips for starting this would mess. Now that I actually made an account nobody will ever mistake me for him again. -_-‘
Crap. I forgot to log on before commenting. Sorry.
Actually Andy…. Fried chips praised the Nintendo wiiU. Read before commenting you faggot
Fair enough. If it’s like Xbox Live, then I have to complain at Nintendo. Like PSN is good, unless there is another outage.
Paid DLC, most likely, but this also sounds like the delicious opening line that indicates they might create their very own MMO-esque game in the future!
i think what theyre getting at is that they will allow some publishers to make there games have a monthly fee type deal, aka with mmos, so theyre keeping themselves safe by saying that they can’t guarantee that it’ll be 100% free because of those options.
So PS+ Basically. Cool.
Which is the BETTER choice personally.
I rather not be forced to pay-to-play but then again it does have it’s perks!
Still doubt they’ll charge for stuff…I think this has been said so if at some point they change their minds, they won’t be going back on their word. Although of course if they find themselves struggling to make profit they may feel like they have to have some paid services
Actually, this isn’t anything alarming at all. I mean, no videogame has a full free online service! Iwata might be talking not only about DQX, but other stuff that we need to pay to get it online, such as DLCs, the Netflix and Hulu (do we pay to use Hulu? Never tried before) services, etc. If we can still acess the internet and play most of the games online for free, I’m fine with that! And like someone said: it might be a good opportunity for MMO games to shine on the Wii U.
So I see that everybody in the comments talk about the PSN+. Since I don’t own a PS3, is there a special feature in PSN+? or is just a simple online shop?
You can do all essential online things for free but also get bonus content like the occasional free game and beta access.
i’m not paying for online
I’m not liking the sound of that. online better be free for games or else.
This is fine. PS+ seems to pull it off in a reasonable manner, and I can see it working here. It would be cool if full subscribers got some free games like the other said service. It can be assumed that online play will be free, so no worries here.
Please no paid subscriptions… Please. Seriously, please. I’m okay with one-off stuff, but the lack of subscriptions is one of the reasons I actually like Nintendo…