Wii U will support free-to-play games, microtransactions

[MakiManPR]

Nintendo CEO, Sotaru Iwata, has just confirmed that the Wii U will support free-to-play games and microtransactions.

"And because of that, we have prepared a Digital Rights Management system. We have designed the system from a technical standpoint to allow developers to freely take advantage of things like free-to-play and microtransactions."

Iwata has also said that they wont offer their games as free-to-play but they might get free content(DLC)

"Currently, we are not actively looking at free to play for our first-party content and I don't think that's a direction that we should go in right now," he said. "But that doesn't mean for the future that there may not come a time where we have specific content that might be suited to that model.
"If there are some people who feel that Mario is something that should be available as a free-to-play type model, I would have to clearly say that I disagree. But in the future if we come up with a very interesting idea of a novel game with totally different value and structure that would potentially be very well suited to free-to-play, we might go in that direction.
"We are not considering making Nintendo-made games available for play on smartphones or tablet devices," Iwata added.

Which Free-to-Play games would you like to see on the Wii U?

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[Hyro-Sama]

Hmmm.... Nintendo may be stepping into the right direction if they offer their DLC content for free. It all depends on the quality of the DLC.

 

[Sylar1]

Seeing as how Ghost Recon Online is free on the PC, i assumed it would be that way on the Wii U. So i kind of assumed free to play games would be on it lol.

 

[machomuu]

That's interesting, it'll certainly have wide-appeal (or rather, varied appeal).

Though...I do have a question. Why do you have those pictures there? They aren't really related to the topic.

 

[MakiManPR]

That's interesting, it'll certainly have wide-appeal (or rather, varied appeal).

Though...I do have a question. Why do you have those pictures there? They aren't really related to the topic.

LOL fixed

 

[Rydian]

Sounds like nintendo wants a cut of 'dat iOS microtransaction pie.

Mmmm, smurfberries.

 

[rt141]

wait, what?
Are we talking about ios like things... or fiesta online, flyff, Dragon Nest or Vindictus kinda things?

 

[Fear Zoa]

This just in, Zynga is 100% on board with wiiU, expect all your favorite _vile games joined by new additions including miivile.

On a more serious note i'd love to see something like tribes ascend, or an mmo specifically made for the platform.

 

[Qtis]

Great possibilities and could prove to give out nice games for free. I could imagine quite a few cool games using microtransactions, but they do add up on the long run to cost more than a 50€ game. I'm kinda divided on this..


For example looking at how the Skylander-series uses RFID/NFC/Whatever to give people extra content, the catch is buying the figures (sure they're figures, but not everyone will want them). It's not that unheard of?

 

[KingVamp]

wait, what?
Are we talking about ios like things... or fiesta online, flyff, Dragon Nest or Vindictus kinda things?

Maybe all of the above?

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

I suspect this category will include Team Fortress 2.

 

[Satangel]

Good news, hopefully they keep supporting those games and maybe even implement trading

 

[yuyuyup]

I can't stand the idea of paying to make a game easier

 

[mrtofu]

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[shakirmoledina]

amazing, free to play on a console at this stage. very nice move. they just couldnt remove friend codes... must be a real issue

 

[chartube12]

I wonder if Nintendo would allow buy2play games like Guild Wars?

 

[Zerousen]

I believe Nexon has a partnership with Nintendo. MapleStory, Dragon Nest, Vindictus, DFO on the Wii U?

'To be honest, I think MapleStory should stick to being on the computer. DFO as well. I could probably see Dragon Nest working out on the Wii U, though, that'd be pretty cool.

 

[triassic911]

TF2 on the Wii U?

...one can hope.

 

[Gahars]

Alright, Nintendo, another step towards progress. Just don't trip on the way over.

 

[AlanJohn]

TF2 on the Wii U?

...one can hope.

I'm already imagining a WiiU tablet as an item for tf2, like a sapper. And you will be only to get it if you login into steam from a WiiU during the launch day.