Nintendo Online

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Whilst I haven’t seen an official confirmation of this, it would seem that Nintendo’s pending online subscription service is going to weigh in at between £14 and £21 per year. This is pretty remarkable, given that Sony and Microsoft charge £39.99 for their annual subscription services. If the £21 a year price is accurate, that’s just over 40p per week. Whilst questions exist about the quality and nature of the service (Nintendo plan to ‘loan’ users games on the virtual console, rather than give them away), the price is certainly good.

Will this mean a more reliable, stable service when playing games like Mario Kart online? On the Wii it was more or less a good service, but the sophistication of the consoles and games using the service has increased, as has demand. If Nintendo are going to invest their money in making sure the infrastructure is in place to make the system reliable and quick, then great. If it proves to be unreliable, people will question what they are paying for. We shall see.

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