Topic: Nintendo Movement by Shokio, what do you think?

Keeping the DRM policy probably would have been harder for Microsoft, then consumers. They'd be tracking copies of used games directly from GS, and probably would have met demand based on used gane sales. That kind of management isn't easy. I already had an idea of what benefits the DRM policy could bring, when they announced it, so I wasn't that against it, but I do ultimately think it was the better choice for consumers and Microsoft.

It would have been too hard for Microsoft to up keep that sort of system, and consumers to abide by it.

I just realized how potentially harmful this thing could be. This could very well push Nintendo even more toward casuals, seeing as this is just making the fanbase seem like a bunch of whiny, impossible-to-please idiots. Way to go, "Redirect" Nintendo even more toward that infection.

I honestly doubt it. Fanbases always create movements and something like this shouldn't be new to Nintendo

@Unca_Lz: Eh, who knows. I'm simply thinking that Nintendo will start to see that they can't please fans and will just focus on a market that does something other than complaining. If I were Iwata, I honestly wouldn't mind throwing a big "F U" at them and then just ditching them. Just make sure to skillfully paint them out as a bunch of First-World, Impossible-to-Please Whiners and no one would mind at all.

Well keep in mind that a good number of these fans still buy Nintendo products, so turning your back on them literally would be more of a PR disaster.

With that said, I don't understand how Nintendo turned their back with the Wii. It was more casual-focused, but it still had core games in it like Metroid, Mario Galaxy, Zelda, and Kirby (yes Kirby. I like Kirby >:[ )

@Unca_Lz: True. There is no one real solution I guess, other than the end of fans and brand loyalty, but I doubt that could happen, sadly. It wouldn't be good for business.

They don't owe it to us, they offer a product and we either choose to pay for it or choose not to. However when I said that this was the one thing that these guys are demanding that I'm actually behind I meant it in a different way. I don't think they owe it to us, I think it's a good idea that would make sense for both us as consumers and Nintendo as sellers of their products. In other words as a consumer I can see how doing this would both make me happier and also get me to buy more content.

They're Nintendo, they're not gods. If people want to complain about this one thing that doesn't really make sense then cool. More power to them. Why not? I don't see how wasting time ranting about how they shouldn't complain about it is somehow the "higher" thing here.

@skywake What you said is exactly how I felt but I think failed to convey as I don't feel Nintendo owe us crossbuy just that as it increasingly becomes standard practice by companies Nintendo should consider adopting it to stay competitive, I know that I'd be buying more VC games if they were crossbuy.