They keep making the same game with minor changes and selling it for retail price!
I'm just kidding, though. I really wanted to talk about Nintendo's firm stance on DLC.
According to Reggie:
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“When we sell a game, we want the consumer to feel that they’ve had a complete experience. We’re unwilling to sell a piece of a game upfront and, if you will, force a consumer to buy more later. That’s what [Nintendo representatives] don’t want to do, and I completely agree. I think the consumer wants to get, for their money, a complete experience, and then we have opportunities to provide more on top of that.”
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On one hand, a lot of DLC is bullshit. So hooray for Nintendo? On the other hand, from a philosophical standpoint, there is good and bad DLC.
Good DLC is usually new campaigns to a game. But wait? New campaigns? You mean like Super Mario Galaxy 2? And Zelda sequels? Or Metroid Prime 2?
That's pretty high and mighty from Nintendo. But the real take home message I got is that "we currently lack the online infrastructure that everyone else has to support DLC. We are a couple generations behind online gaming, so sorry."
No online infrastructure, we're sorry.
Makes you wonder if Nintendo will ever be able to pull off online stuff with this attitude.