When I first joined the GBAtemp forums, I made a thread describing how nintendo can run a service like netflix with their games. Allow downloading of NDS games for a subscription per month. Of course, people thought I randomly thought this without thinking about it and I got flamed to high heaven because of it.
However, I created a thread months ago (pretty drunk) asking how much on average people spend on NDS games per year. Lets say the average person spends about $120 dollars on NDS games per year, then if someone was able to pay a subscription fee of $10 per month, everything spent towards Nintendo games would not be lost. However, you all still flammed me to high hell about suggesting it, yet this would be in Nintendo's best interest for now.
The suggestion I made was simple, Nintendo had only three packages coupled with buying a DS; each packages allowed a certain number DS (also virtual console downloads which will be available on the 3ds) per month with a basic subscription fee per month. On average per year, (this is also why I posted a thread asking how much on average people spend on NDS games per year), nintendo may receive more money per year with a subscription service per month then they make selling NDS games with people playing more games (which allowed more advertising).
The numbers worked simply, if people downloaded a certain game more then another certain game, nintendo would fund that developer more then the other developers; it's as if people have spent more money on developer one than developer two as if they had purchased games. Nintendo would save money because the majority of this would be done digitally.
Where is the catch, how does one download a certain number of games a week mean nintendo gets more money. The catch is the service. On average, they will pull in more revenue per person per year. People will play more games they never wanted to buy (almost like pirating) making a larger population of people who play nintendo games almost like free advertising. Pirating would not be as necessary since a subscription owner can download the games per month and be occupied for a low cost. There is no catch, the unbalance you see in mathematics is that people will download games they would have never bought yet Nintendo still makes money.
The last thing I leave here, because when I first joined GBAtemp forums, I got flammed more than anything else for suggesting this; I still expect the same from this post. Unintelligent people will never understand what the fuck I'm trying to say. As I finish my twelve pack of beer and ready to pass out; I say, have a good one.
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It would still be possible to buy physical media
