@ejamer
Again, alot of it has to do with the fact that I buy most of my games on their release dates. I buy pretty much any game I am even a little interested in, when they are on sale in the eShop, too. So buying on launch with a combination of deals on eShop only games when they are available balances out the cost, for the most part, while still having difital versions. Also, since the Deluxe Digital Promo exists along with Club Nintendo, I've gotten like $75 back. Depending on the game, that's like 1.5-2 full retail games that I've gotten for free. Since I spend so much on the eShop, that 10% back, combined with eShop deals and in-store deals on eShop cards doesn't really cost me all that much more than buying retail. It just really depends on how much you initally want to spend, and how you go about that spending that effects how much it costs in the long run. If you get ZombiU for like $20, then that's awesome, but I bought it on launch or full price before there were even any reviews, so my decison was made long before that $20 deal was even a thought in anyone's mind. It's the same deal with Wii U getting a price cut. Even though I bought it on launch for full price and bought games that people are now getting free(ZombiU bundle, NSMB.U, Mario Kart 8 w/ Wii remote+ is a good deal), I technically got my money's worth by just buying a ton of games and playing it all the time, because I had my console for a long period of time that wouldn't have existed without buying the console on launch.
So ya, if you are buying you stuff at retail for way cheaper, then that is awesome, but the way I spend my money makes it about the same in the long run. I'm the the U.S., BTW.
I got Resident Evil Revelations for $15, on sale + Deluxe Digital $5 off code. That's like 75% off, and that deal didn't exist in stores, and I still got Deluxe points. That's one example, an I do that for a ton of the eShop only games.
@Arronishere
I've seen the prices for digital in the U.K., and I totally agree that they are outrageous. I honestly probably would buy physical if I was in U.K. You got to admit that 9.99 pounds is still pretty cheap, though We don't have that good of deals in the U.S., but at the same time the deals we do have don't really make digital and retail prices, all depending on how you buy. Games over there go for like 45 pounds or something, if I'm not mistaken, but the digital copy is 60 pounds. I totally get why someone wouldn't buy digital in the U.K, unless it was a really good deal, or if it's eShop only.
They do have a unified account. DRM is no worst than Xbox or Steam, not sure how/if PlayStation is different. Not a huge hassle anymore to recover digital games, may not be as easy as just sign in but they have made things easier. I am surprised by how many people think Nintendo doesn't have a unified account system.
Until you're able to log in to a new/replacement system with your NNID and download all prior purchases that were made on different hardware (e.g. a Wii U or 3DS that broke or was stolen), they don't have a unified account system. I'd take it one step further and also say that buying a VC game on a 3DS should give you the Wii U version for free and vice versa. If they allow all that, then they'd have a true unified account system.
They do have a unified account. DRM is no worst than Xbox or Steam, not sure how/if PlayStation is different. Not a huge hassle anymore to recover digital games, may not be as easy as just sign in but they have made things easier. I am surprised by how many people think Nintendo doesn't have a unified account system.
Until you're able to log in to a new/replacement system with your NNID and download all prior purchases that were made on different hardware (e.g. a Wii U or 3DS that broke or was stolen), they don't have a unified account system. I'd take it one step further and also say that buying a VC game on a 3DS should give you the Wii U version for free and vice versa. If they allow all that, then they'd have a true unified account system.
Those are not what make an account unified.
According to you, not the rest of us.
That's not what makes an account unified.
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Digital. I don't like having all those cases wasting shelf space and making me look like a hoarder. I've even gone full digital for books.
That said... I only buy retail on Nintendo consoles. For obvious reasons.
What are those obvious reasons that you only go retail on Nintendo?
No unified digital account. DRM policies. Huge hassle to recover digital goods, with no guarantees (like the guy who lost $400+ worth of games).
Yup my 3ds broke end of last year (im getting a new one tomorrow) but it sucks that I wont be able to get back the games I had on it (AC new leaf, pushmo, various virtual console games)
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They do have a unified account. DRM is no worst than Xbox or Steam, not sure how/if PlayStation is different. Not a huge hassle anymore to recover digital games, may not be as easy as just sign in but they have made things easier. I am surprised by how many people think Nintendo doesn't have a unified account system.
Until you're able to log in to a new/replacement system with your NNID and download all prior purchases that were made on different hardware (e.g. a Wii U or 3DS that broke or was stolen), they don't have a unified account system. I'd take it one step further and also say that buying a VC game on a 3DS should give you the Wii U version for free and vice versa. If they allow all that, then they'd have a true unified account system.
Those are not what make an account unified.
According to you, not the rest of us.
Those are separate features. Cross-Purchasing is a separate feature that only Sony really offers at the moment (I don't count Apple as their cross-purchases are mainly iPad/iPhone which are the same thing only iPads are bigger). Being able to sign your account in on multiple systems is also a separate feature, not sure why this matters to so many. I have only ever owned 1 of each system at a time. I don't know why 1 person would own several Wii Us, PS4s, or Xbox Ones.
A unified account just means all your purchase data is tied to one account between multiple systems (the Wii U and 3DS)
Digital. I don't like having all those cases wasting shelf space and making me look like a hoarder. I've even gone full digital for books.
That said... I only buy retail on Nintendo consoles. For obvious reasons.
What are those obvious reasons that you only go retail on Nintendo?
No unified digital account. DRM policies. Huge hassle to recover digital goods, with no guarantees (like the guy who lost $400+ worth of games).
Yup my 3ds broke end of last year (im getting a new one tomorrow) but it sucks that I wont be able to get back the games I had on it (AC new leaf, pushmo, various virtual console games)
Yup my 3ds broke end of last year (im getting a new one tomorrow) but it sucks that I wont be able to get back the games I had on it (AC new leaf, pushmo, various virtual console games)
...and that's when you contact Nintendo so you can get your games back? You did give that a shot...right?
Formally called brewsky before becoming the lovable, adorable Yoshi.
Now playing:
Final Fantasy XIV (PC) | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch) | Celeste (Switch)
Digital. I don't like having all those cases wasting shelf space and making me look like a hoarder. I've even gone full digital for books.
That said... I only buy retail on Nintendo consoles. For obvious reasons.
What are those obvious reasons that you only go retail on Nintendo?
No unified digital account. DRM policies. Huge hassle to recover digital goods, with no guarantees (like the guy who lost $400+ worth of games).
Yup my 3ds broke end of last year (im getting a new one tomorrow) but it sucks that I wont be able to get back the games I had on it (AC new leaf, pushmo, various virtual console games)
What was Nintendo's reason for not letting you recover your games? Have you even contacted them
People keep saying the Xbox One doesn't have Backwards Compatibility.
I don't think they know what Backwards Compatibility means...
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Yup my 3ds broke end of last year (im getting a new one tomorrow) but it sucks that I wont be able to get back the games I had on it (AC new leaf, pushmo, various virtual console games)
Why can you not get those games back? Just need to contact Nintendo.
Fun fact: If you need to contact Nintendo to get your games back, it isn't a modern account system a la Steam, PSN, XBL.
Fun fact: No one cares.
Formally called brewsky before becoming the lovable, adorable Yoshi.
Now playing:
Final Fantasy XIV (PC) | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch) | Celeste (Switch)
Yup my 3ds broke end of last year (im getting a new one tomorrow) but it sucks that I wont be able to get back the games I had on it (AC new leaf, pushmo, various virtual console games)
Did you call Nintendo? You have 2 options. Send it in to Nintendo to be repaired, or buy another one and call Nintendo to get your games transfered.
If you give them the serial number of the broken 3DS over the phone, and the new one, they will transfer your account to the new one. The NNID also helps.
They ARE taking steps towwards just being able to log in with your NNID and call it a day, but until then, you have to go through steps like these. It's reletively painless, but most people don't generally know, which is why people tend to get frustrated that it isn't easier than that.
Fun fact: If you need to contact Nintendo to get your games back, it isn't a modern account system a la Steam, PSN, XBL.
Not modern doesn't mean bad. Heck Blizzard wants me to send in a copy of my ID to prove I own my account. Nintendo is more modern than Blizzard.
Archaic and outdated, anti-user systems that game companies evolved from years and years ago doesn't equate to bad now?
At least with Nintendo I don't have to worry about people hacking into my account and doing not so nice things to it.
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But so can everyone else. However, everyone else can be hacked on the individual level. In order to hack Nintendo, they have to be hacked as a whole, which is more difficult than just determining someone else's password.
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