Nintendo and DLC

[A Black Falcon]

So, as we all know, Nintendo has now started releasing DLC for its games. I like having addons to games, but paid DLC isn't great. So far Nintendo's been quite nice about it, and even has had quite a bit of free DLC, surprisingly enough, but they'll probably eventually start monetizing it... and from there, it's a short slippery-slope down to on-disc DLC, which is the worst kind by far. I hope that doesn't happen, and again having addons to games is great, it's better than the old days of console games being just a single product and that's it, but paid DLC is often bad for the consumer, and it's an issue for preservation as well, of course -- unless/until you crack the system, that DLC's much harder to preserve than something with a disc is. And if you have account issues maybe you could lose it, etc. I had no problem with free downloads for PC games, but console DLC is so much more controlled, it makes me more worried from a preservation, and pricing, standpoint.

I know, there are plusses and minuses to all this stuff. All we can do right now is hope that Nintendo continues to be so reasonable with their DLC policies, and continues to improve their online network. I mean, with the Wii or DSi, your downloaded games were locked to the system you downloaded them on! That's pretty obviously horrible. Nintendo has improved on that, but I don't know if it's enough yet.


On a DLC note though, free Hyrule Warriors and Mario Kart 8 DLCs are announced and/or released. Link's in MK8 now, and True Midna was just announced for Hyrule Warriors: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMH...UKmKGDgYTg I'm definitely happy to hear that, True Midna is awesome and was the character I most wanted to see in that game!