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My Nintendo Thread: Mii Nintendo, U Nintendo, Wii Nintendo
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Charles Brandon
Member
So....nothing has changed with E3? Do you think they are waiting until the initial flurry of coins from new system associated purchases expire before bringing out the good stuff?
Linkstrikesback
Member
No, the "good stuff " is never coming. This is what the service is.
Yep, pretty much.
Expect the "Switch rewards" to be themes.
This whole "rewards program" is just a campaign to get people to stop buying physical and start buying everything digital so that Nintendo makes a lot more money by taking away not just the physical product, but your ability to lend or sell your games.
But whatever, I use it from time to time. I just don't expect anything out of it and I certainly don't make purchases with the idea that I'll make enough gold coins to achieve some reward.
Make the same deal for Miitopia and then we'll talk.
The way the program is currently structured, it rather deters from buying digital. Digital = more expensive, no resale, no rewards. Retail = Much cheaper, resale, no My Nintendo rewards either.
Normally you want to reward your customers with a loyalty program to gain customers' loyalty. When a loyalty program has bad rewards as this, it achieves the opposite. Your customers are more dissatisfied than if you had no such program at all.
By "no rewards" do you mean "no worthwhile rewards"? Because you do absolutely earn rewards on digital games purchase through the eShop. So I'm a little confused.
On Switch you earn a fraction of rewards for physical, 20% I think.
Anyway, agreed, it's certainly not accomplishing its goal. But it's pretty clear they hoped that they'd accomplish it.
Well, do you consider what is up on the store right now a "reward"? I wouldn't say so.
Yeah, okay, I did understand you correctly. I'm being strict about the term, you're rejecting the use of the term.
It doesn't have much value to me, nocertainly not enough to drive purchasing behavior in any way. But it's still technically a "rewards program", even if the rewards are valueless.
Anyway, this is semantics.
But to encourage people to buy more digitally, they would need to offer something that people see value in. 30% off games that are way cheaper at retail isn't really too encouraging.
I really think you're arguing with something I'm not saying.
You were saying
"This whole "rewards program" is just a campaign to get people to stop buying physical and start buying everything digital so that Nintendo makes a lot more money by taking away not just the physical product, but your ability to lend or sell your games."
But I don't see that with the program as it is now.
Yes she got the discount at the beginning of the month, the coins itself on her birthday.
Now that they're planning "virtual console as a service" on the Switch (next year when paid online is instituted), stuff like free VC game rewards are never coming back, IMHO.
And Salmon Rush means I'm going to have to pay for online if I buy a Switch. Salmon, wielding skillets, coming for revenge (and a monthly service fee).
And Salmon Rush means I'm going to have to pay for online if I buy a Switch. Salmon, wielding skillets, coming for revenge (and a monthly service fee).
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06...rtual-console-we-recognize-theres-an-appetite
Great way to marginalize your customers, Reggie.
Great way to marginalize your customers, Reggie.
Marginalize? What he says is very true. Club Nintendo didn't even exist in Latin America.
MyNintendo may not have the best rewards out there but at least it works for everyone instead of the US.
Just wait until the paid online, they'll surely do something then!
Linkstrikesback
Member
Seriously this. At least let me throw away my gold coins on your shitty f2p mobile garbage. I'm going to have gold coins expire again this month...
I think mynintendo account is glitched. I cannot see the discounted prices for the games of the E3 sale for the 3DS games in my console, and I have a NNID linked since forever. I can see them with another 3DS and NNID, so are there reports of bugged NNIDs?
EDIT. It somehow fixed itself.
EDIT. It somehow fixed itself.
SatoAilDarko
Member
No one posted the new rewards?
JPEGs!
Is there really not going to be bigger rewards update in the middle of the month?
I really wish I hadn't forgotten about that RPG rewards expiration. Hopefully Xenoblade X is still a Birthday offer in October like last year.
JPEGs!
Is there really not going to be bigger rewards update in the middle of the month?
I really wish I hadn't forgotten about that RPG rewards expiration. Hopefully Xenoblade X is still a Birthday offer in October like last year.
Get ready for some 4k wallpapers!
Bin stocking up on some Virtual Console games for my WiiU, so I'm good in that regard. Gonna have to dip back into Wii Mode for some missed gems too. I am so glad I did not early adopt the Switch and sell off my WiiU in the process.
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
I want Xenoblades 3ds 😬...
Any chances we will see that happening ?
Any chances we will see that happening ?
Might get a discount around the time when Xenoblade 2 releases.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Actually MyNintendo may actually be good for Virtual Console on Switch.
Without Virtual Console games to buy most of the rewards would be gone. They need to have something.
Without Virtual Console games to buy most of the rewards would be gone. They need to have something.
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
My goal is to finish the game before the 2 come out. I will have to buy it full price i guess...
I don't know what region your in but I recall NA getting the discount for it.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Was going to spend my expiring coins on ARMS wallpaper - "not available in your region". Failing to pay for region locked wallpaper in 2017. What a time to be alive.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
The fact that the points expire is the biggest kick in the ass of all. I mean, there's nothing to spend them on. At least let me hoard them.
They must have statistics on what percentage of coins are allowed to expire, right? I mean, they can see that like 90% of people are just letting their coins expire, which means that no one wants any of the rewards enough to redeem them?
Because if they have those stats surely they must realise that either:
a) They should do away with the service and the associated costs of running it as it provides no value to them or to the consumer, or
b) They need to make it better
Because if they have those stats surely they must realise that either:
a) They should do away with the service and the associated costs of running it as it provides no value to them or to the consumer, or
b) They need to make it better
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
My 3ds is EU we had it also but I missed it 😬
I don't know how the birthday offers work exactly, but mine was in April and Xenoblade X didn't have a discount.
Dang, bought those only half a year ago on a whim. Should've known they'd be prime for this eventually.
clay_ghost
Member
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
That is AMAZING.
Hey! I think my kids would actually like those. Awesome, something to use my Gold coins!
James Scott
Banned
They're cute movies if you guys haven't downloaded them.
40 huh? well what the hell else am i gonna use these coins on, eh?