It seems Nintendo really is ready to jump on board the DLC bandwagon, as boss man Satoru Iwata further talks up the firm's stance on releasing downloadable extras.
"Even if the game had the sales potential to other new consumers, they rarely actually bought it because the consumers who already had bought it would never talk about it again and the game would be considered an old one," he said, before exampling new levels for a Mario game as a possible DLC offering.
"Having said that, what if we could provide add-on content through the network? ... This is the idea of supplying new stages to Super Mario users who want to play the game more but have completed the game and lost interest in the existing stages. This will not only give us new profits but will lengthen the life of a product, in that it will never be out of fashion and can keep attracting public attention as long as many people play it."
This comes after Nintendo updated the 3DS to add DLC support, and the launch of its newly branded 'Nintendo Network'
with DLC support a key attribute.
All in favour, raise your hand.
Comments
10 comments so far...
03b2wgm on 30 Jan '12 said:
*raises hand*
mrlister on 30 Jan '12 said:
I'm amazed it's taken Nintendo this long to work out what this new-fangled DLC business is all about!
theideal on 31 Jan '12 said:
All levels, all coins, all gold flags with both Mario and Luigi over here and loved every second of it. So I would lap up any and all new content they sent my way.
SpandexArmstrong on 31 Jan '12 said:
Nintendo embracing current trends & technology is a scary thing, at least for the competition! Its strange, its almost as if Nintendo & Microsoft are trading places!
KippDynamite on 31 Jan '12 said:
"Iwata Innovates Decades-Old Business Strategy"
Still, better late than never, I guess.
Balladeer on 31 Jan '12 said:
Yes pleeeeeeeease!
shellster2 on 31 Jan '12 said:
has someone just switched the lights on at Nintendo?
me4pd on 31 Jan '12 said:
Don't forget to tick your self-evaluation 'Commercial awareness' competency!
XypherCode on 31 Jan '12 said:
Does Super Mario 3D Land support native DLC?
liveswired on 31 Jan '12 said:
3DS has been designed with always on connectivity in mind. All 3DS titles can support DLC and patches like any other platform.