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Wait, what? Everyone is mad at Nintendo for having a paid online service? Microsoft and Sony can do it, and tons of people constantly blow money Steam sales for games they will never have time to play, but Nintendo can't get a slice of that pie? That's just very odd to me. Granted, I'm not totally on board with that aspect, but it certainly doesn't shock me at all, and I have no idea why that of all things is upsetting people.
Yeah, I'm mad when Sony and Microsoft do it as well. Steam manages without. They don't make you pay for online because they need it, they do it because they can get away with it. Nintendo are no different, and all it's doing is decreasing the value proposition on a console that is already £60-£80 too expensive.
I still don't get it. I see the same people crying and moaning over this that have had a paid subscription for MULTIPLE online MMORPGs for years. Also, the console is $50 over what the original Wii cost. It's been 11 years since that console was out. Hell, the Wii U cost $400 when it came out. I say $300 is fair. Not good, but fair.

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Well, smurf. This place just got depressing as hell. Am I the only person who enjoyed what I saw? Fantastic trailers, teases for what will probably be great games, decent third party support, several pleasant surprises (new IP from Square + Dragon Quest + I Am Setsuna all point to good support from Square, for example, not to mention Konami actually doing something right with Bomberman).

I thought it was great, overall.

I guess I won't have anyone to talk to about the games here, though.
While my original post isn't glowing, keep in mind that I do want one. I am just not committed to launch day because the way I want to reserve mine probably won't pan out. Also, I am used to these negative reactions towards Nintendo by this point. If this was any other company that makes game consoles conference hyping up their latest stuff, the backlash wouldn't be as bad. Nintendo always gets dumped on. Other companies only really get dumped on if they ROYALLY screw up (see the 2005 Sony E3 deal), but every major Nintendo announcement is treated like they just said they are launching the Virtual Boy again.