Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo has just stated why their games don’t provide DLC:
“When we sell a game, we want the consumer to feel that they’ve had a complete experience. We’re unwilling to sell a piece of a game upfront and, if you will, force a consumer to buy more later. That’s what [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][Nintendo representatives] don’t want to do, and I completely agree. I think the consumer wants to get, for their money, a complete experience, and then we have opportunities to provide more on top of that.”
Nintendo seems to be one of the very few that understands the most of consumer in this field.
On the other hand Nintendo (and other gaming companies) is a primary sponsor of SOPA (H.R. 3261), the internet censorship bill in the USA…
Source: GamersXtreme
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It all comes down to lesser of 2 evils, I suppose.
they did actually but still no DLC is a good thing at some point
you are right!
to prevent “loaning” game to a friend, such restrictions were applied
wait, hasn’t Nintendo published a NDS game that forced you to rebuy the game if you wanted to restart from 0% ??