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Nintendo's Used Game Policy: Make Games People Won't Sell

Despite the debut of new consoles and a next-generation of games, one of the biggest talking points going into and coming out of E3 2013 concerned Microsoft and Sony's digital rights management, and how each company would be restricting or influencing used game sales, borrowing, lending and more. With Nintendo featuring no restrictions along those lines for Wii U or 3DS, I asked the publisher's global president, Satoru Iwata, for his thoughts on the topic. His solution is remarkably simple.

Godmars2904595d ago (Edited 4595d ago )

(o3o),,,

Know they go into more specific detail that the title, but still...

btw, someone needs to slap Cliffy B with this phrase up side the head with this.

until he doesn't get up...

Etseix4594d ago

Well at leasat GoW was a huge success

On topic:

Isn't the wii itself, the most re-selled game console ever?

Almost everyone i know got to had one, traded it back in , in less than a month /:

nick3094595d ago

I feel the reason 3d party devs ditched wii u is because it dosent support drm

ChozenWoan4595d ago

I think it has more to due with the limited specs of the machine. Devs have been making games of WiiU's level for the past 8-10 years. Developers and Gamers are ready for the next leap in gaming and WiiU just doesn't fill that role so they are supporting the PS4, Xbone, and PC instead.

Nintendo's best bet would be to tap into the indie market fast, strong, and hard since those are the primary developers who would not feel overly constrained by WiiU's specs.

PopRocks3594595d ago (Edited 4595d ago )

Considering how terribly the Xbox One has fared among gamers on the internet, it's a good opportunity for Wii U to jump in and steal some thunder.

I think the Wii U's future is pretty uncertain, so I don't think it should be written off this early into the generation just yet, particularly when it comes to third party support. If the install base grows, so will support for it.

PS4 is pretty much a guaranteed success at this point, so we'll see what happens.

Theyellowflash304594d ago

Nintendo will grow the install base with their first party software, then 3rd parties will be back on. Especially with the Xbox One's price tag.

You're crazy if you think the Xbox One will outsell the Wii U this holiday season.

GenericNameHere4594d ago (Edited 4594d ago )

First-Party Nintendo games are still freakig expensive as heck. I just went to GameStop Monday night, and I still saw Brawl for $40. That's ridiculous.

...But not for Metroid: Other M. I got that game for $8 early last year. For a game that came out in 2010/11, that's probably the cheapest 1st-party Nintendo game I've ever seen in the GameStop near me.

3-4-54594d ago

All Nintendo games have high re-sale value.

Not too long ago I traded in NSMB DS (released in 2006), and I got $18 in store credit.

That is a ton for a 7 year old game.

No_Limit4594d ago (Edited 4594d ago )

How about making games that people can actually buy first, Nintendo? Where is my Mario 64 update and my Metroid?

Brucis4594d ago

Retro stated they'd like to go back to Metroid after the new DK game, but that'd be at, like, 2015. As for games that you can buy MH3U is available and Pikmin 3 comes out in a month. There's more games than that, but those are just the ones off the top of my head.

3-4-54594d ago

we really need Mario 64-2.....

It needs to happen.

TopDudeMan4594d ago

I would say that's the right attitude that devs who complain about used game sales are missing..

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