Just checked, it's available for me to re download.
In fact I just tried it... it's downloading as I type this. Check your "All Software" on the right hand side.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
I struggle with the idea of 'streaming' games - does it refer to a YouTube-like service, just for games instead of video? (ie. temporary/impermanent downloads rather than a 'hard' full download?) ..what'd be the thinking behind such a service?
@NaviAndMii It means that Nintendo runs the game and streams the video output to you (could be any device with a screen in theory), your button inputs are sent back to Nintendo. Basically it's a complicated system that has little use in gaming. As skywake already said, it's only practical when you're playing a game your device cannot run. Streaming NES games for example? That's a waste of resources.
The issue with a streaming service though is that Nintendo has to port, and pay people to do so, every game.
Which means they spend more momey to host each game.
Add in having to negotiate and pay a license fee to the relevant third parties on their games, on a game by game basis, itd be expensive.
And then you realise not everyone will play every game, so some releases would effectively be Nintendo sinking money just to have it on the service, and the fee for a streaming service would have to encompass all of those games, and it will only increase over time as Nintendo has to effectively pay these third party developers per "sale" regardless of it their game is played or not.
And why do I say it would be a subscription? Because thats how every other streaming service works, and people wont let Nintendo be different when it would make sense.
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Now Streaming: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
@YummyHappyPills I think the presence of games that hardly anyone plays (or wants to play) is the big advantage and lure of a Netflix style service.
They’re games that aren’t necessarily viable to re-release separately. But you sink the cost because every game is someone’s favourite so having as wide a range as possible gives the service scale.
Of course streaming is a terrible solution to any problem other than ‘how can I make a graphically intensive game from a generation ahead play on a device that shouldn’t be able to run it’.
A subscription service where you can download old games though is a great idea.
Game streaming reminds me of the XB1 mess in 2013. I still sometimes think about what would've happened if Sony fully unveiled the PS4 before Microsoft unveiled the XB1. Both companies focusing on "always online", maybe the Wii U would've ended up a massive success in that case.
@NaviAndMii dont listen to these guys trying to diss streaming games.... IT IS AMAZING! You can play PS3/PS4 games on PC and you dont need the hardware OR the software. All you need is an internet connection and a controller and the game loads and plays in 60 seconds. And even though you would think there would be crazy input lag, you really cant even tell.
Sonys service has 500 games.. If you have a PC you can do the 7 day free trial and see how awesome it is.
@Inertiacreep Yeah, I mean that Rainway streaming app thing seemed to be getting rather a lot of attention for allowing otherwise 'incompatible' games to run and be played on the Switch - and I think that others here have kind of pointed to the merits of such a system with those types of games...I just think that people here are pointing to the 'Classic Game Selection' that has been confirmed to be coming with Nintendo's paid online subscription service - it wouldn't seem to make much sense for NES games given the file sizes involved (less than an .mp3 file!) ..you may as well just let people download the full file in a matter of seconds and let them access the game anywhere, anytime without the 'always online' requirement - and given the additional architecture and costs involved, it'd perhaps be unnecessarily over-complicating things. For NES games (or similar), an iTunes-style system (like the current eShop) would surely be more practical than a Netflix-style system - for PS4/X1 games that can't be optimised to run on the Switch however, a Netflix/Rainway-style app would certainly have its merits
Streaming games is awful unless you have super-fast internet that never jitters. I played the original Uncharted through PS Now and... it wasn't a fantastic experience. Playable, but nothing I'd ever want to experience again.
I'd be thrilled with a subscription service where you can download games from a digital library, but I think we'll probably be stuck with a terrible service where we get a couple of classic games every month. A subscription-based VC service where I can download and play whatever games I want? I'd be all over that.
Currently Playing: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (NS2); Corpse Factory (PC)
@YummyHappyPills I’d agree up to a point. VC - in whatever format it takes - can and does strangle a bit of the life out of indie games.
However the same could also be said for free (illegal) emulation on other formats (PC in particular). You can emulate so many all time great games for free but people still buy new games.
In part because the people who want to play those old games are also the ones who also buy lots of similar but new ones.
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