Apparently third-party developers are unable to offer free software on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Developers can offer software at a minimum price but are unable to give away things for free. The limitation explains why third-party developers are unable to offer free demos similar to the ones found on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. If they wish to offer a demo then it will be priced at 200 yen ($2)
Well that sucks.
I wish the minimum was less as well. I mean, I only have £1 on the eShop, and that’s not enough for anything. If any developer was going to release a game under a quid, they’d have my money immediately, whether or not it was any good…
lol XD
That also means there won’t be any ‘apps’ like Twitter or Facebook.
Well it could be specific to games, but those apps seem unlikely on a 3DS anyway…
Just immagine the possibilies here :'(
yeah I agree, besides, why would we want twitter or fb on the 3DS.. it’s not an iPod, and never will be thank god
This totally wrong. There is already a Netflix app. Why not others?
actually you can get them from nintendo off of spot pass instead of the eshop personally this sucks but yeah you can get free stuff from spotpass.also its not out of the question either the answer is don’t know
Thats pretty lame…..
Nintendo being so 80’s once again.
Wait, digital distribution existed in the 80’s? That’s news to me. ;)
yeah and motion sensors and 3D games.. wow I wish I was alive in the 80’s…. NOT
Hey now I miss my hair bands and 80s cartoons that sucked so much they are remaking them. :-P
Nintendo have really fucked up the eshop. It hasn’t really improved on anything.
Damn Nintendo. Why’re you so restrictive? Let third-partys do whatever they want!
But Pokedex is free?
and Nintendo video too
That’s not third party.
Not third-party software.
You forgot to mention that the Wii offers free Demos on the Wii Shop Channel.
Only for SELECTED WiiWare games, no retail game demos what so ever, not ot mention the fact they they aren’t permanent and there is a tiny range…
$2 for a demo? That’s about half as a real game on the e-shop
I thought Nintendo were supposed to be looking into demos etc?
Well, publishers could sell demos of retail games, but “selling demos” … ._.
Sorry, but:
Would be cool to sell 2€ demos of retail games and give out 2€ discount when you buy the game. Now just find a way to minimize the effort..
well that’s lame. maybe they can give people who buy the demo a discount equal to or greater then the cost of the demo if they buy the full game. even then, it sounds like a hassle.
I’m not really one for demos, to be honest.
Here’s an idea, fix it.
You should be running most countries my friend.
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Then just let the third party devs pay to publish free stuff.
wtf nintendo… its like industry standard to offer demos…
That only show how much the third party developers dislike Nintendo. If they offer demos for the DS in the Nintendo Channel at Wii, and there’s demos of WiiWare games at the Wii Shop Channel, I see no reason not to offer free demos for the 3DS.
Oh well… Nintendo will outstand even without that content. Nintendo franchises are just enough to sell well. Not for nothing its software is the most selled in the world. Mario, Pokemon and Zelda respectively.
Learn to read, they dont dislike Nintendo, it is NINTENDO stopping THEM from offering the demos.
How about 1 cent you greedy fucks
Big mistake, I’m even disappointed with this
guys its just speculation the article said apparently that isnt fact
No, it said that the developers can’t offer anything for less than $2 because of the way the eShop is structured for third-party developers.
So that’s why we got screwed and can’t get Flipnote (and us adopters can’t even submit entries for that Zelda competition :()
So Nintendo can offer all the free stuff they want, but thir party devs can’t? That sucks. If I remember correctly, the Wiiware offer free demos, doesn’t it.
Well that explains why we aren’t at least getting the Prototype version of Legends 3 either. (Although knowing Capcom, they’ll probably come out and say it had nothing to do with this)
Cashcom will definitely say something that…then direct you to a site where you have to like their demos on Facebook and so on.
Why would Capcom ever release a prototype of a game anyways?
That’s just baseless speculation and needless hope-raising.
Uh, the Prototype was planned for release since before the actual game was. It was supposed to be a demo to gauge interest in Legends 3 so they could decide whether the game itself was worth releasing.
That being said, I think they had announced that they’d be charging for the Prototype before the eShop even launched, so I doubt this was what stopped them.
Another shit move from Nintendo. How to knacker up the 3DS eShop a little bit more!!!
What’s Nintendo’s problem with being a control freak? It’s an archaic philosophy that will be their end, unless they learn to expand past their own property.
No I wouldn’t call Nintendo a control freak when Microsoft apparently puts 3rd Parties on a much tighter leash than Nintendo does from my experience at least.
Does that mean we wont be able to get my much wanted BBC Iplayer and Youtube for free?
Actually, if I had to PAY just to get YouTube or better yet Flash so I can sit about on JTV and a multiple (or even individual) IM app–things that should have honestly already be on there or on there by now…hell, I’ll do it.
it’ll be worth more than the Nintendo apps such as the Calculator, the diary, notebook or whatever they have in apps for like $1.99 and stuff.
Get rid of those goddamn japaneses, please. Nintendo must a change of directors, really. Those old-minded-men aren’t doing well.
Those “old-minded” men will be the biggest force stopping Nintendo games from ending up on Apple IOS devices. While I agree that this eShop debacle should be fixed, the people in charge are very important for the future of Nintendo.
Nice job with the racism there. It really adds to your argument.
And while were at it, let’s get rid of that goddamn black man running our country, please. That old minded man isn’t doing well.***
***I hope my obvious sarcasm was obvious. I in no way hate black people! I love people of various races, cultures, and beliefs. And I am not an anti democratic/ pro republican/ Obama hater!
I’d have a better time believing your comment if you had a penguin as your photo.
Dude those ‘Japanese’ are the ones who created all of those awsome games. They may be closed minded to 3rd party content but please have some respect for them.
i’d never pay for a third party demo
Why are some of you blaming Nintendo for the charged demos? Shouldn’t you be blaming third-party developers since it’s their games? But why are you complaining now when XBox Live and PSN have been doing this for the last 5-6 years? You guys are crazy…
You don’t pay for demos on XBL and PSN.
Oops, why did I put PSN? I meant XBox Live. You have to pay some demos on Live.
You dont pay for demos on XBLive either. All games released on live have a trial demo. You get to try out a snippet of the game, and then pay for the full game if you enjoyed it.
In this case it hurts eShop in the long run cause with out trying a game not as many people are going to buy cause seeing someone else play it is totally different then how you play it.
I meant to say was seeing someone else play and dislike it, while you play it and happen to like it. Thats the good of demos, its helps a game sell.
That’s funny… I remembered my brother paying a demo on XBL. Or maybe my memory is failing me, and that it’s something else… But, whatever, demos should not be paid. They’re just stripped-down versions of the full game.
According to the source, the unnamed New Love Plus demo is a tool to transfer saves and not actually a demo. The only problem here is Capcom’s Nazo Waku Yakata, which must be paid ¥200/$2 to play the first chapter of the full game. And with only one really having a price tag, it’s kinda hard to say if they’ll do it on every demo or not. Also, it’s only in Japan, somehow. Let’s just hope NoA doesn’t do this and instead set the demos for free.
but….on psn and live demos are always free. i think the main issue is that it sounds like nintendo is forcing devs to charge money for everything, including demos. aren’t demos supposed to be free? isn’t that the point of demos? to try something for free before you buy it?
It does suck that they’re charging for something that should be free, but according to the article, only third-parties’ demos are the only ones that have a price. But why third-parties, though?
Because NINTEDO is RESTRICTING them from adding free content to the eShop. For once it’s not actually the 3rd parties’ fault.
Let’s not just jump the gun here, dude. Like I said to Quentin B. (@Krimsun), the unnamed New Love Plus demo is a tool to transfer saves and not actually a demo, and that the only problem here is Capcom’s Nazo Waku Yakata, which must be paid ¥200/$2 to play the first chapter of the full game. And with only one really having a price tag, it’s kinda hard to say if they’ll do it on every demo or not. Also, it’s only in Japan, somehow. Not that I’m defending Nintendo but it’s logical to think that it might be only this game that will have a price on. We’ll just have to wait and see.
I’m relly starting to hate Nintendo, you won’t get any third party support like that.
really*
shame, i like demos… nintendo should fix that
The words “demo” and “pay” in the same sentence are OUT O REALITY ¬¬
Considering how the Netflix app is free…..
In regards to Netflix, I would assume Netflix Pays them to give the app. After all, another platform to attract would-be subscribers.
demos the reason some people buys games they are interested in nintendo needs to fix this i am not the type of person to look a trailers nintendo if u want your fans to support u then listen to what ur fans r telling u.
as all the raging states get the free demos coming and let 3rd party put their demos on there to dang it
I thought Nintendo said that demos on the 3DS are coming…as in, they aren’t allowed yet. So maybe this will be changed soon, and it’s just a current protection while they set up the demo section.
That could be true, perhaps the entire thing is being blown out of proportion.
Come on Nintendo. I think they need to start taking the threat from Apple more seriously. I’m not saying give in to apple, I’m saying be more friendly to third party developers and improve the eshop
I wonder what Nintendo’s reasoning is…
Come on Nintendo. I think they need to start taking the threat from Apple more seriously. I’m not saying give in to apple, I’m saying be more friendly to third party developers and improve the eshop
^^^^ THIS ^^^^
nintendo needs to make a 3DS VIDEO RECORD APP ASAP!
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Why only third party though? If Nintendo can give free demos away on their own games why would they take that away from 3rd party devs?
Yea Nintendo needs to fix this dumbness
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Ooooooooh Nintendo you retarded bustards…
WTF?
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WELL you had to pay for dissidia 2 demo
maybe you download demos from the internet app they have if they have one i dont no if they do. i dont have a 3ds T_T getting one soon only £130 ^_^
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Yeah Reggie Fils-aime said game demos are coming towards the end of the year so maybe there figuring out how there gonna release demos,and then release them. Good news , it’s getting close to the end of the yr =D, I love playing my Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS ftw!
all asuddin I like apple and microsoft better