[Wii] Internet in an uproar! Will I have to pay to play Brawl online?

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The presentation moved onto the topic of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service in general, where Aoyama revealed a "Pay & Play" offshoot of the Wi-Fi Connection label. While the standard online service will remain free, Nintendo and other developers can now create fee-based portions of games. Aoyama used the term "additional content and services," likely suggesting that in-game items could be sold online as many massively-multiplayer PC games currently do. We imagine Pay & Play will be used for more than that, though, as Aoyama himself said that Nintendo hopes to "inspire new ideas that utilize our unique interfaces."

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Details are vague, but this can hardly be construed as more than an infrastructure for DLC and monthly subscriptions to MMO's.

Or a little more far-fetched, paying extra for the "grown-up version," eliminating friend codes and adding voice chat. Unless that would also come with dedicated servers, personally I'd rather stick to the free version.

The common reaction to this, however, is "FUCK N¥NTENDO I WILL NOT PAY FOR FRIEND CODES." Understandable, if that were the case, but this is massive jumping to conclusions. AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK IN TIME AND CHARGE FOR JAPANESE ONLINE BRAWL, EVEN.

Specifically, I would bet this is for a Phantasy Star Online. Maybe Animal Crossing, as that could generate HUEG PROFITS from the Wii's vast casual crowd. Any other guesses?

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Well yeah, I'd sure as hell hope Animal Crossing won't be, but the financial incentives might be too much for them to pass up.

Originally Posted by Chaotic

However, if DLC is available, Nintendo is going to have to do something about their small flash memory inside the console. 512 MB isn't enough to hold anything no matter which way you look at it.

The same could already be said of VC and WiiWare games. Nintendo's solution being "Go buy an SD card."

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Actually, I just read something new on that subject that no one else reported on (from the same GDC session).

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Incidentally, internal storage concerns will soon be addressed by a new compression scheme, whereby software will be compressed when not being used, then blown up just before execution. Aoyama expects this to eliminate any further space issues.

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It probably won't really "eliminate any futher space issues," but this should help. But it'll probably mean long start up times. =/

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