3ds for sure not, but they state that they will use Wii U as a test machine for their new pricing policies, so it might come there.
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Iwata says Nintendo will definitively embrace universal accounts in the future
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3ds for sure not, but they state that they will use Wii U as a test machine for their new pricing policies, so it might come there.
vagabondarts
Member
Good. Once it's fully implemented I might get on board
That's how I see it. Pathetic.
loooong way off
He's talking about their next platform, not 3DS and Wii U.
It's certainly up for debate, but I'm pretty sure what he means is that they intend to turn these NNID in to an Account Based System so that when the Next Device Comes out, you just port your ID over to it and keep all your stuff.
metalslimer
Member
Also just like Sony and MS, people should not expect games purchased to transfer over considering they will be probably switching their architecture.
Why would they do it for the Wii U but not the 3DS?
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qizah
Unconfirmed Member
I swear they said they were eventually going a while ago, and the first step of the process was Miiverse/NNID on 3DS.
AuthenticM
Member
Yeah ?
When ?
When ?
You can link and unlink NNIDs to users on the Wii U already, but currently it doesn't allow you to link an NNID that wasn't created on that console, I think? It sounds like at most there will be a need to change some server-side or client-side check.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Decent account system in 2015/2016, in the next batch of machines? Man, Nintendo really is ahead of everyone else.
HUELEN10
Member
You mean, before DSi.
LegendOfFalcon
Member
Guys the "future platform" includes 3DS and WiiU. The paragraph that quote came from includes this slide and as you can see WiiU, 3DS, and smartphones are included in this future platform as well as any future hardware.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/140130/03.html
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/140130/03.html
They are not talking about simply creating an ID that ports your Achievements to the next Xbox and leaves your games behind.
Deactivision
Member
Edit: Never mind, reading is fundamental.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Why is it that everything takes fucking FOREVER with Nintendo. From that system speed update not coming till Summer, to VC stuff coming who knows when, to now unified accounts.
I love my Wii U and 3ds, but fuck its infuriating.
I love my Wii U and 3ds, but fuck its infuriating.
That is what out-of-touch companies do. Blackberry did it for years after the iPhone's release.
When they say "Our future platform", I read "we're two generations late and we don't even care".
EDIT:
Even if they release an universal account system today, that would still make them almost a decade late. It's too little too late.
EDIT:
Guys the "future platform" includes 3DS and WiiU. The paragraph that quote came from includes this slide and as you can see WiiU, 3DS, and smartphones are included in this future platform as well as any future hardware.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/140130/03.html
Even if they release an universal account system today, that would still make them almost a decade late. It's too little too late.
Benjamin1981
Member
Which basically means no Nintendo eShop downloads for me til this new plattform arrives.
metalslimer
Member
Well I certainly will be interested to see how they get all these games up and running on the new systems when they can't even get old GBA games out.
That's a HUGE assumption to make. I don't see how that's something that can just be assumed. There is no guarantee of backwards compatibility, let alone any assurances that current purchases will carry forward into any hypothetical account system. We don't even know how any such system may work.
Linkstrikesback
Member
"Please understand: If we knew you wanted to share games between 3ds and wiiu, we would have charged twice as much for them, look forward to this in the future!"
By designing hardware that is capable to running or emulating them with ease. Porting GBA games to Wii U is a lot hard than Running Wii Games on a Built in Emulator.
HerpDerpstreit
Member
loooong way off
He's talking about their next platform, not 3DS and Wii U.
I think he means account platform or a position platform not console platform. It can be read both ways. Since they have already merged the account balances between Wii U and 3DS they could make it work in a cross buy environment with some more work to the existing setup.
The account is now "universal" the shops and shared items just need to be made that way as well.
Either outcome is entirely possible mind you, they could wait until their next gen hardware is out. I think it would be smart for them to use the existing hardware and online infrastructure to play with how they want it to work and then when the new hardware comes out they would be where they want to be with it.
Microsoft did this with the original Xbox everything they did with that system including Live was a beta test of sorts for what we got on the 360 which until recently was the best console online solution for MP, buying and general functionality.
Spieler Eins
Member
They won't? They are probably talking about keeping your Miiverse posts and shit, since they already consider their NNID approach (which is now on 3DS) to be an ,,account system''.
Expect games to still be hardware-bound next gen.
WrenchNinja
Member
I'll believe it when I see it.
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Deleted member 17706
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loooong way off
He's talking about their next platform, not 3DS and Wii U.
A little of both, actually.
He said they took the first steps with the Wii U and 3DS, but on the 3DS in particular, the implementation leaves something to be desired since they had to put accounts on a system that was not designed with them in mind.
They are looking at the NNID as their future "platform." I'm sure it will be shared between all of the new apps and such they will develop on smart devices, their video game consoles, and whatever health monitoring device they are working on.
First of all, it is clearly stated that the new account system will be based on the existing NNIDs. Secondly, even if they implement fully a new account before next hardware launch it is quite probable that the new hardware won't be backwards compatible, as they probably need to change the architecture they use.
LegendOfFalcon
Member
You are correct they are really behind everyone else. But at least we know its coming for this generation. I hope it gets here before the end of 2014. To be honest we don't have enough info to say how far off it is, I'm guessing we'll find out by/at E3.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
A further issue with cross-buy is that there's not a lot of cross-content. It works so well with Vita because a lot of games get pretty direct ports to Vita., and there's not more pressure on Microsoft to do it because there's not a lot of content at this juncture that is cross-compatible (today's Halo: Spartan Assault is I think the first?)
Dildo Saggins
Banned
Sounds good in theory, but this is the same company that gave us Friend Codes and Region-locks their portable hardware. Even if Nintendo allows content to migrate across platforms, there will absolutely be some backwards-thinking "catch" to it. There always is.
I would put any amount of money on Nintendo's Next System being backward compatible.
Their "future platform" would be this hardware-agnostic account, not a new game system.
velvet_nitemare
Member
Unless they change their architecture and go x86. I'm no expert by any means, but don't take it as a given.