Good for those buying preowned if true, bad for those trading in! We're hearing that it is possible to re-download games that the previous owner purchased online, even through a different Nintendo Network ID. This would mean game downloads are tied to system, not NNID. Anyone else out there able to verify this? Thanks to Dim for the heads up!
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This isn't true. The titles you download are indeed tied to your account. It's just that anyone who creates an account on the same console can redownload them if necessary.
Gotta love how Nintendo still doesn't understand this whole "Internet" thing.
Clearly being innovative and fresh applies to their hardware and games, and not so much their software or business sides.
The system was wiped, the original account was deleted before repurchasing the console, yet the guy was able to redownload trine and nano assault for free (not play right away, redownload them). Purchases must be tied to both the system and the account.
This is very bad news for Nintendo.
Nintendo...I love you...but...you're entire f***ing company needs to get over itself.
It will be the same policy as Wii. Going to bite another generation in the ass. Had to mod my console to salvage my several hundred dollars worth of purchases when I was out of warranty.
Well I never intended to share my downloaded games with someone else, so it's ok for me that they are tied to the console.
There are also rumors (sony actually patented this) that sony tries to use NFC for ps4 to tie discs with the first console they are used on to stop the renting of games.
So I guess we should start getting used to be unable to share games with others.
This isn't about sharing games, and the Sony patent is to prevent used games to work on a console (rented games too, but primarily used games)
@OmicronTurtle
Well from what we know it is possible to transfer downloadable games from one console to another if there is a need for that (broken WiiU for example), so what other problem would this cause other than being unable to share the games with others?
I don't think that Nintendo wouldn't help you if you wanted to transfer your games to a new WiiU. It would certainly be more tiresome than other consoles but it is doable. Changing a console for a new one without the first one breaking or something ain't that common anyway.
When you sell your WiiU to another person you should just make sure that you also charge extra for the included games. But then again when you sell a console you usually also sell its games with it, so it is not such a big deal.
I know of several people who have purchased a Wii in the past and then a year or so later repurchased the console due to a new game coming out that they are interested in. If they were to buy a Wii U console now and resell it in a month or so, then repurchase when the new Zelda game comes out or whatever, they would be in a surprise when they will no longer be able to access any games that they had spent money on. Imagine paying $200+ on a bunch of digital games and then come back to the system further down the road to find that you foolishly gave up those games when you sold the console.
Anyway, I still think that Nintendo needs to remedy this somehow rather than doing everything in such a strange way. An account that keeps track of purchases would be ideal for this situation, rather than just locking the purchases to a sole console.
Isnt the Wii like this already? I dont see that big of an issue, if your system breaks and you send it to Nintendo to get repaired they replace your games.
I fail to see a reason to sell your system only to repurchase it later. Money issues? umm . . . . yeah priorities, or perhaps try selling other goods before selling something like this. Why spend extra money if its something you would want to use later? Just hold on to the damn thing good lord the hundred bucks a pawn shop will give you isnt worth it if your just going to want it again.
Sides, are they selling it to a game store? Good lord they lost a lot of money. Selling it on craigslist hopefully they could get some compensation for the downloads. . . .
Makes me think tho, what kind of person buys a 300 or plus game system, downloads a game or two at 60 a pop, maybe a controller or cable or what have you, only to turn around and sell it. . . . . THEN wants all that same stuff back. . . . .
Im more interested in the gripes than the "rumor" TBH. As I dont see myself selling my Wii U (or Wii for that matter) any time soon, I intend on holding on to something I put hard earned money into.
Plus, on the other side, untill some retailers catch wind I guess nows a good time to get a used WiiU ... might be a little extra freebie for ya.
lol I had a feeling this same issue would occur with the Wii U, a cousin of mine bought a used Wii years ago and was able to re-download at least 10+ games tied to the system
I still don't understand why this is such a big deal...especially if you can use your NNID to retrieve your data. :/
If true, that is wild.
It's not a huge deal, but it's kinda funny that Nintendo can put in a region lock to "stop piracy" but then have a system that allows people to essentially download game without paying for them.
so the NNID is only useful for data mining by nintendo.
@MoldyClay You're forgetting that gamers have an attention span the size of a microbe. I can't count how many times you would see people comment on mainstream sites about how they wish they hadn't sold their Wii EVERY time a game of even the least amount of interest came along.
The joke has probably already been made but at least nintendo aren't blocking used games.
i love how everyone is freaking out over the lack of nnid "accounts" right now. you all are right, if you don't get what you want right now, then it is probably never going to happen!
games are tied to your system and your account. no big deal. it just means that anything you downloaded can be played by someone else on your wii u. the 360 is just like this as well.
Except if you sell your wiped 360, the new owner wont get the games for free that you had to pay for because he wont have access to your account data.
More incentive to buy discs whenever possible.
I'm willing to bet it's because the previous owner's account is still linked to the system.
I just love idoditc statements that assume you know other's life.
Some people are busy individuals and they may buy something expecting one result then get another. For example, you might buy a game console thinking you're gonna play it a lot in one part of the year, only to find you you are going to be studying abroad at Oxford for a bit.
That happens a lot. You apparently to do not know the concept of the FREE MARKET.
You cannot tell me, for example, Android phones are the same in 2008 vs 2013. BIG DIFFERENCE. The Wii U'S library sucks...as all launch console games do. Ironically, consoles sell more as the dollar amount DECREASES and the library INCREASES. $300 for a paperweight is useless. Just sell it.
According to you, there should be no used car market.
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