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Some Revolution Downloads Will Be Free

Posted by Zonk on from the hook,-line,-and-sinker dept.

GamesRadar has the details from an interview with Nintendo of America VP George Harrison, in which he passes on the very good news that certain past-gen Nintendo titles will be free for download onto the Revolution. The article seems to imply that primarily the games available for free download will be Nintendo created titles. From the article: "This is a clever move by Nintendo: regardless of the final power of Revolution and the frequency of new titles, Nintendo knows that its loyal fans will cry tears of joy over a free service that lets them download previous Nintendo classics straight out of the box."

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  1. been there done that by cassidyc · · Score: 2, Informative

    Xbox Live Arcade

  2. Why not read the original interview? by Swanktastic · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here at Gamespot

    Don't you love it when an interview conducted by a first-tier site is rewritten by a second-tier website a week later, then posted to Slashdot? I know I do.

  3. Re:oh yippie by koi88 · · Score: 5, Informative


    did they use a pc to show how much better their graphics are than pc's? probably.

    In case of the XBox 360, they used Macs. Which should be kind of embarassing for Microsoft...

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  4. BS by Khuffie · · Score: 3, Informative
    Why not link to the actual Gamespot article, that never says things in such a clearcut way as gamesradar does?

    Here's the quote:

    GS: Do you plan on having like a per-download pricing model along the lines of the microtransactions that will be used in the next-gen Xbox marketplace GH: Well, we can use it in a variety of ways. We've used some of the older games already as little bonuses, either as bonus gifts or hidden in levels of games. Certainly for the first-party titles we'll be making some of those available. We haven't really talked about whether we would sell them. The third parties can make their own decision whether they want to sell them, or maybe they will add it on as sort of a free benefit when you buy a current version of the game.