Microtransactions coming soon to Nintendo Wii

Microtransactions aren't allowed until we get a hard drive.

Is 500 Wii Points really a microtransaction?

That's the cost of a Nes game, which is quite the ripoff in cost cases anyway. There really needs to be some variable pricing. 500 shouldn't be the lowest exchange.

Also, we should be able to return Virtual Console games, that we've finished or were disappointed with (Comiczone), to the virtual store and get some credits back. Say you trade in a Mega Drive game (800 points) you'd get 300 points back. It would really take the sting out of those bad impulse purchases.

Agreed about the need for a harddrive, or at least USB media support. I've got a 40GB drive in an enclosure sitting here waiting for the Wii to be updated for support.

I personally like microtransactions as long as they are truly new material instead of something that was kept out of the game so that it could be charged for later. New maps? Great. Maps that were kept out of the game so that I had to fork over $10-$15 to get them later, bad.

I'm a little suspicious of any material that makes it to the market within a few weeks of the game's release. Even considering production and delivery time, that's too close to say that the developers didn't intentionally keep the stuff out of the game.

The suspicion that developers may hold back resources to purposely sell individually later, I agree is a problem, but given the easy profits available in a time of tight budgets for non-blockbuster games, this is simply going to be another facet of gaming we'll have to get used to.

It'll be interesting to see how microtransactions will appeal to the Wii audiance, or at least watch how it'll be marketed on a system touted as the casual gaming console. Hardcore gamers have remained the ones who end up buying the extra maps and so on more than the majority of players (if they buy anything at all after the game), and given the number of casual players to hardcore on the Wii, I wonder if microtransactions won't be as popular as they are on other consoles such as the 360 because of the difference in demographics and purchasing habits between the two.

unless it is something amazing, I will not pay more than 200 points for any addon for anything.

All they need to do is throw in external HD support via USB. I've got a 120gb WD Passport that I use all the time with my PS3, and I'd very much like to use it with my Wii as well.

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For a company that managed to come back and dominate th handheld and console markets simultaneously in terms of sales and profits, it astounds me that they can be so ass-backwards about the idea of online distribution of original content.

In other words, Nintendo clearly doesn't know dick about downloadable content.

Ahhhhh, I love the smell of capitalism in the morning.

Bugger, not on the Wii plz.

If the developer Genki is related to this band in any way, I'm sure the title will be solid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhFiZ_GyCxE

What they should really work on is getting the Wii some real online gameplay support and drop the friend codes. ;p

GH III DLC plz k thx?

its sad to see nintendo go this route

All i hear is "coming soon." WiiWare "coming soon." Guitar Hero DLC "coming soon." Microtransactions "coming soon." Hardcore Wii Pr0n "cumming soon."

Fucking DO IT ALREADY!

Everybody wanted their consoles to connect to the net, well welcome to a world of BS. A world where companies make half assed games just to be patched some where down the line. A world where a game is not nearly finished is sold to you at FULL PRICE and then the actual content little by little.

I mean isn't that the same thing we do with consoles? We buy a machine that can play games, that comes with no games, we then by their 50-64 dollar game, the game then charges us for content lacking in said game we bought, and the cycle of bitch slap continues.

But lets look at the up side now I can frag people online...I could do that with the PC. Oh wait but now I can talk to them..... hmmm yea PC. But no I can now dl Indie games for a low cost. Well Consoles got the PC beat there because they are usually free to down load on your PC. There is one thing the PC can't give you that consoles have totally got them beat with..... ACHIEVEMENT POINTS! WOOT

I have yet to see how the console online option has made gaming better, maybe if I never knew or played my PC this would make sense. But at this point everytime I see microtransactions, friend codes, and crap like that all I can think is console gamers got suckered big time. It feels like the internet option on console gaming is just another way to milk the gaming populous while just giving them the bare bones abilities that you can get on your computer.

I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but come on nintendo! YOUR SERVICE WILL FAIL WITHOUT A HDD!

I completely agree, where the hell is that hard drive Nintendo??????

It's a pipe-dream without more memory, obviously. Wii doesn't need a full-scale HDD, but a 2-4 GB Proprietary thumb drive (or open thumb drive support) would fit the bill nicely

HDD levels of memory aren't needed, because the console was not designed with HDD in mind, they would never be able to roll out such large-scale memory consuming projects without alienating the vast majority of the Wii userbase

FINALLY! Some horse armour for Epona.

Oh... here I thought Nintendo would be consistent with their online strategy: DLC will get you raped, so no to it.

And Microtransactions? I dont see how adding them hurts. If you dont want em, don't buy em. If you do want em, they are there!

my guess is that Nintendo is planning HardDrive support, but is developing some kind of update that will keep it safe from hacking and piracy. I mean, they cant expect us to survive on 500MB right?

k,if nintendo could make it so that my Ipod works as external HD for the wii id be very happy.

how about letting us download simon belmont and megaman in smash brothers brawl nintendo?

I'll buy some for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.