Anyone complaining about that "feature" (mistake?), these are free and legally obtained games. Even if it doesn't comply with their terms, it's their mistake.
Seriously, people....
It's good for the buyer, bad for the seller. Choose your destiny!
They weren't playing at having an account system on any of those pieces of hardware. It was up-front that downloads were linked to the hardware then.
if you wipe a PS360 HDD you won't get anything. but this WiiU HDD was wiped clean and you can still download previous stuff with it. pretty fucked up system.It's pretty obvious the previous owner simply didn't wipe the system clean. You can get free games on used PS3's and Xboxes aswell if the owners leave their info there. I guess on those systems closing up access is easier though.
Nintendo will never get the fucking online portion right. Never. They were light-years behind in 2006. They're arguably worse even today with the advent of the Wii U.
I've read through the thread looking for an answer on this but my apologies if I missed it...
So can the guy who sold the OP the WiiU redownload the games on a new console just by logging into his account?
No you don't have to be logged in, the games are tied to the console id.
So defacto the console has the rights to the games, not the account that bought it.
So what if your WiiU breaks and you need to buy a new one?
How will you redownload your own games then?
You get it repaired by Nintendo. Just like the DSi. Just like the Wii.So what if your WiiU breaks and you need to buy a new one?
How will you redownload your own games then?
Next thread: "I'm tired of trying to find games to download on my used Wii U, need new exploit methods"Good god. So that means you have to go through every full game and see if it was purchased before?
You get it repaired by Nintendo. Just like the DSi. Just like the Wii.
Uhm your WiiU can break down out of warranty, or you have an accident or there is a power surge or something. You won't be sending it to Nintendo then.
What if I want a second WiiU in another room?
What if I sell my WiiU today but want one again next year?
And with the PS3 even a remote wipe would be possible. (Don't know about the 360.)if you wipe a PS360 HDD you won't get anything. but this WiiU HDD was wiped clean and you can still download previous stuff with it. pretty fucked up system.
you're fucked. completely and utterly fucked.
the only way you'd get those games back is to send the console to nintendo or buy them again.
7 days later, my Wii U has arrived in the mail. It's a brand-new unit. The day-1 update was preinstalled. When it came time for my NNID, it asked for my old NNID, my NNID password, and my email address. It warned that if I continued I would no longer be able to use my NNID with other Wii U consoles. I hit ok and it sent my to the Mii maker. New console, old NNID. It had notices I had accrued while my Wii U was away.
I never knew that WiiU games were tied to your console.
This is getting ridiculous. How hard is it for Nintendo to implement something like Psn and Xbla?
Nintendo js so incompetent when it comes to online stuff
are you sure..?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=501550
the thread starter told us that he got his games back..
are you sure..?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=501550
the thread starter told us that he got his games back..
Value of used wiiUs higher than new ones confirmed?
Nintendo js so incompetent when it comes to online stuff
People need to stop this stupid idea that Nintendo is incompetent.
The systems are in place to easily set this up. Their now, cause their being fucking arseholes about it.
Not incompetent.
buyer's remorse is one hell of a drugWho the heck is buying a Wii u, buying multiple download games, and then selling the Wii u, all within two months?
if the mechanisms are in place, what's the reason for withholding them?
System transfer like the one for 3DS > 3DSXLSo, if a Wii U Lite eventually comes out people that wanna upgrade are fucked? There's no way to transfer?
So what if your WiiU breaks and you need to buy a new one?
How will you redownload your own games then?
There is a gaffer who recently made a thread about his pains in trying to get this done with his 3DS.You get it repaired by Nintendo. Just like the DSi. Just like the Wii.
There is a gaffer who recently made a thread about his pains in trying to get this done with his 3DS.
There is a gaffer who recently made a thread about his pains in trying to get this done with his 3DS.