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Nintendo limits eShop time as temporary fix for broken servers

Nintendo issued a statement Friday regarding online connection problems users are having with the eShop, saying they're are limiting access time in different regions to improve server performance.

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Snookies124520d ago

Argh Nintendo... I know this isn't your fault per se, but you guys REALLY have to step up your online services in just about every way...

Reeze4519d ago

Can you explain? I'm actually curious.

I've found that their online multiplayer is actually great, but of course, there are very few people on AC and CoD. That's not necessarily their fault.

The only things I can think of at the moment are party chat, achievements, and more online integration.

Other than that, it's great. I'm really enjoying Miiverse and video chatting with friends.

Snookies124519d ago

The fact that you will lose all of your digitally bought games if you ever lose your system... Their Eshop is a mess on the 3DS at least. Speaking of the Eshop, why don't we have SNES and GBA games on the 3DS yet? They have limits on how many times you can play a demo. Like you said, no party chat or achievements.

They have a LOT of areas to improve on. I love Nintendo and their games, but it's ridiculous how behind they are on the online front.

Reeze4519d ago

@Snookies

I can agree with you on a lot of that. If my Wii U was broken, I would have to contact Nintendo and who knows what they'd give me in compensation. Nothing? An eShop card?

Also, the 3DS eShop WORKS well, but I personally find it too hard to navigate. Same with Miiverse on 3DS; these things don't seem to work as well as they do on the Wii U.

However, on the Wii U, I see them trying to improve. They're bringing lots of new features and services, and I commend them for that. But, as you said, there are still areas that need improvement.

Benjaminkno4520d ago

I can get on now. I'm glad it didn't last through the weekend, that would have been terrible for everyone.

It's good that so many people bought a WiiU. I'm sure the network will be back to normal by the end of the weekend.

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory4520d ago

Just for 3DS folks. I can access the Wii U eShop just fine.

Chrono4520d ago

How about you improve the service instead?

RosweeSon4520d ago

Just managed to get on the uk EShop 3DS, got my mario 3 so I'm happy, guess we have to wait until next week for mario tennis on gameboy color, can't have it all ;)

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7741d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer66d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi65d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure65d ago (Edited 65d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer66d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot66d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box65d ago (Edited 65d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno66d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay66d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno64d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK65d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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