Nintendo plans to charge for Online Games

[Hatake Kakashi]

I'm seeing it around on other forums and apparently it was annouced at the GDC by a rep that Nintedo are going to start charging people to play some online games

"Games which will be "pay-to-play" will have it printed on the case in a red circle, as opposed to the blue "WiFi" symbol.
On the plus side, upcoming games such as Mario Kart and Brawl will NOT be pay to play and will not have these rules embedded into them after it's release."

Sorry I don't have a site that actually confirms this so hopefully this is just and will stay a rumour. If this is actually true, what a bad move by nintendo

[Neil]

That's just stupid, Sony charging maybe, Microsoft charging for online play yea, they both make sense but for the Wii? I mean that's just Nintendo trying to milk as much money out of people as they can, Wii games should be free to play online and the only sacrifice is a little exercise

[GommeInc]

That's a bit crap really. Not really something I expect from Nintendo, they're normally into the whole pay for the games and console, and nothing else.

[GhostFace-]

how dumb. free online was an advantage wii had over 360:rolleyes:

[Neil]

how dumb. free online was an advantage wii had over 360:rolleyes:

Na the Wii being unique is the advantage, paying for online is a good thing really
But the Wii charging for games seems useless really, what will it do to benefit anyone?

[Hatake Kakashi]

I can't find any confirmation on it. Probs just bogus. Nintendo charging for online would be the worse move yet. It's console sells good and gives gamers a unique playing style, so why ruin it with pay-to-play rubbish. :/

[Jordan3606]

LOL, until Nintendo get a decent online service I doubt anybody would pay anyway, Sony maybe charging for PSN would be understandable but Nintendo need to catch up with the PS3 and 360 in terms of net connectivity for it to be actually worth playing for. Though it is only for individual games, but still, should be free tbh.

If this is true, PS3 is the only one offering a free, and wholesome online service Go sony.

[Andeeh]

Thats stupid

i hope it dont appen.

[pacific]

Haha, part of the reason people like Nintendo is because of Mario and that and free online play. I guess not no more

[PaulMacC]

I seen this a while ago, perhaps a good move as they could integrate voice chat features.

Haha, part of the reason people like Nintendo is because of Mario and that and free online play. I guess not no more

Oh right I guess why thats why the Wii is always out of stock and kicking the 360's butt.