Nintendo takes a dig at 'disposable' app store gaming

Nintendo generally takes the high road when it comes to cross-platform trash ta𒊎lk, so on the odd occasion when big-wigs like US boss Reggie Fils-Aime go off-script for a little digging at competitors, we can't he🍨lp but want to listen in.

During an interview for GameTrailers TV, Geoff Keighley compared Nintendo's 3DS price structure with that of Apple's app store; a comparison Fils-Aime was quick to defend, saying, “I actually think that one of the biggest risks today in our industry are these in✱expensive games that are candidly disposable from a consumer standpoint."

While he admitted that Angry Birds was one exception to his not-at-all-biased rule, Fils-Aime argued that the 𒆙countless other cheaply priced games for mobiles are causing a headache for developers of more substantial portable titles, adding, “Angry Birds is a great piece of experience but that is one compared to thousands of other pieces of content that, for one or two dollars, I think actually create a mentality for the consumer that a piece of gaming content should only be two dollars.”

Listen, we get it - you don't want good games to be devalued by crap games. We agree that Ocarina of Time 3D should be valued higher than the iPhone's "Princess Pony - Matching Memory Pairs Game," but seriously, Nintendo, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: Fighting Street on the Wii Virtual Console for $8? That game is worth no more than $2, whether or not it's a piece of gaming history. 99 cenꦬts sounds about right. Maybe.

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Feb 4, 2011

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