I read an article the other day that made a very interesting point. Nintendo is a company that takes grand, sometimes over bearing parent-like, care of their consumers. We see this in their constant censorship of localized games, and saw it most recently in their removal of the spotpass feature of Swapnote. Now everyone says that Ninty is behind the times and all but it doesnt make sense that they wouldn't have been able to implement universal account system, as well as easy re-redemption of purchased goods if they were actively working on it. So my conclusion is that they aren't, but for good reason. With the nonstop articles about everyone's account info getting hacked on other services, as well as hackers then getting access to both personal and financial information, doesn't it make sense that Nintendo, who places high priority on security, would prefer to keep it 1 console per account? It prevents a hacker who acquired your log in information from being able to do any damage, because they wouldn't be able to access your Nintendo account, and from it any information that would put their consumers at risk. I don't disagree that something like this should be left to the consumer's choice, like it is for other companies, but Nintendo is preferring to nip the problem in the bud before it becomes an issue, like they always do. Just some food for thought
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