Rebel Leader
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And I was just using what you said =3
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Nintendo charges $0.50 to register minors on Nintendo Network
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And I was just using what you said =3
I can't wait until the "Account Activation Fee" column shows up in their next financial report.
Baconsammy
Banned
My daughter refuses to pay the kid tax until Wii U gets Minecraft.
It's about the principle
you can never tell in threads like this!The best policy is no CC required (assuming it's required for everyone and not a walkaround by selecting 18).
It's not like they're not selling Nintendo points in stores. So why should people be required to put a CC on file? Steam and Sony have already both been hacked in the past. MS wouldn't let you remove a CC at various times. I don't think the industry has demonstrated proper care in the past and don't deserve this privilege if you don't want to hand it to them.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Stop right there, criminal scum.
More generally:
Someone on GAF will defend anything, no matter how stupid. This is just another example.
Flame Lord
Member
Which is why I own a WiiU?
Or haters will just hate, even if its over $0.50, and can't wait to show their elitist selves as the "rational" people in these forums, lets not go that route. The non-refundable part is unnecessary, I agree. But as for what it will accomplish, it gives greater parental control over the minors, and it is also a way to preserve their "family friendly" image while giving the rest of us the freedom from the stupid FC system they had last gen.
At least that's how i see it.
Which leaves Nintendo as the innocent party ....and the kid as an evil, lying, demon seed whose parents should pay more attention.
Yeah, im going Galt when it comes to NIntendo hardware from now on.
shinra-bansho
Member
I'm going to assume the people who love it love the roguish audacity of it rather than they love the idea of unnecessary nonrefundable charges that are ultimately easily circumvented.
Can someone explain what it is about, then?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
How is this nickel and diming? If it was nickel and diming Nintendo would have added a fee for everyone to make an account. This is just adding control so minors don't make accounts.
This is basically how I feel. It's a funny measure.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
On the other hand, this system will weed out the biggest of idiots as they won't be clever enough to figure that out.
The reason is just a measure of verification toward parents when they are letting children access content on the Wii U.
Flame Lord
Member
That's really the only thing I'm arguing about. If they refunded it I wouldn't have a problem.
Guardians apparently just allow their kids to lie about their age.
Chuck Norris
Banned
It makes sense?
Congrats on being the first person to try and justify the stupidest thing I've seen from a gaming company in years
Ban Puncher
Member
FIFTY CENTS?!
Yup. It's pretty shitty that Nintendo just takes the money. 50 cents isn't anything to get worked up about, I just hate the idea.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Can't believe people are actually defending this. Guess there are defense forces for everything these days.
shinra-bansho
Member
I'm sure reaction by quite a few people would be very different if this fee was thought up and charged by Activision.
I really can't see a string of posts loving Activision charging an arbitrary fee.
Gets something that was otherwise free of charge...
What Stump wrote is a pretty reasonable solution, but you still have to purchase something down the road to get your refund.
Plinko
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This is absolutely brilliant.
Basically eliminates the fake ages put in for verification as it requires a credit card. That way, the company is off the hook if something happens online. Smart business decision and I fully expect Microsoft and Sony to follow suit as well.
Basically eliminates the fake ages put in for verification as it requires a credit card. That way, the company is off the hook if something happens online. Smart business decision and I fully expect Microsoft and Sony to follow suit as well.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
lol, i believe there will still be PLENTY enough "idiots" that will be juuuuust be smart enough to figure this out unfortunately and get on our nerves online
Why $.50 then? Why not $.01?
Like the hat?
Banned
haha
I'm as big a fan of Nintendo as anyone I know, but man is this dumb.
I'm as big a fan of Nintendo as anyone I know, but man is this dumb.
radioheadrule83
Banned
Can you restrict creation of users in parental controls? Because that + this would be pretty effective security and ass covering on Nintendo's part.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
I lol'd
The_Hitcher89
Member
Just to put my own opinion out there, the 50 cents isn't an issue for the individual user. As a whole though, I personally think its exploitative and unjustifiable, for two reasons
1) Many other companies have done the same thing, without the customer losing any money at all in the long run
2) Over the years and millions of accounts, Nintendo will make a lot of unearned money for absolutely nothing.
Imagine if Sony, MS, Steam or Nintendo hiked the prices up of every item on their stores by just 1 cent. It'd have very, very little impact on me financially, but it would be vaguely disgusting for its transparent long-term exploitation of its userbase
1) Many other companies have done the same thing, without the customer losing any money at all in the long run
2) Over the years and millions of accounts, Nintendo will make a lot of unearned money for absolutely nothing.
Imagine if Sony, MS, Steam or Nintendo hiked the prices up of every item on their stores by just 1 cent. It'd have very, very little impact on me financially, but it would be vaguely disgusting for its transparent long-term exploitation of its userbase
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
This principle isn't something to flip your shit over either, considering it's going to effect 0% of the people on this message board because nobody uses parental control features. It's weird, it shouldn't happen, but you shouldn't lose sleep over it either. If you want to get outraged about something, then get outraged about people paying an annual fee for P2P multiplayer on a 7 year old console and the ridiculous hoops you have to jump to remove your credit card from their service.
It's Official, Nintendo hates poor people!
This is to prevent people to create fake under 18 accounts. That's why it's not refundable. I'm guessing kids won't be able to interact with adults unless it's changed in the Parental security. Some are thinking about it the wrong way actually.
Why can't the minors just say they're 18? The only way this would work would be for Nintendo to charge 50 cents for every account.
Edit: Also why is there even a problem if kids can make their own accounts? Just make it so they can't purchase anything!
Not sure actually, may have something to do with credit card spend limits, or it could just be Nintendo grabbing a few more bucks (couldn't really see it being any more than a few bucks though, hah).
I like the way you think
Mr. MondayNight
Member
Just cause you bought something doesn't mean you don't harbor a bias against it most people in your position do it to legitimize their complaints no matter how pointless and shallow they may be.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Perhaps games companies should do something like this on a game by game basis too, so if a kid gets hold of an 18 or M rated game for instance, their parents will have to put their credit card details in and a pay a small fee to allow them to play it.