Wii U eShop Lets Indie Developers Set Any Price and Does Not Charge for Patching

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-11-19 12:13

  Speaking to IGN, Frozenbyte marketing manager Mikael Haveri said the Wii U eShop leaves a lot of power in the developer or publisher’s hands.
  
  “That’s what we love about the new eShop, we have the power to price our products as we please, with just some basic guidelines from the big guys,” he said.
  
  “We can set our own pricing and actually continuing on that by setting our own sales whenever we want. It is very close to what Apple and Steam are doing at the moment, and very indie friendly.”
  
  On top of that, Nintendo doesn’t charge indies for patches, something which often leads to major delays on console games getting fixes.
  
  “Simply put they’ve told us that there are no basic payments for each patch (which were pretty high on most platforms) and that we can update our game almost as much as we want. For indie developers this is huge,” Haveri said.
  
  Haveri said Nintendo’s embrace of a more flexible approach to digital distribution is an acknowledgment that its earlier eShops weren’t “up to par”.
  
  “Nintendo messed up the worst last time around. Now they really know that they have to make a huge improvement to get back into the game,” he said.
  
  “What I have seen and heard so far is amazing and it’s definitely going in the right direction as far as small developers are concerned.”

  
  
  http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/19/wii-u-eshop-lets-indie-devs-set-prices-and-issue-free-patches/
  
  IGN article referenced
  http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/18/nintendos-steams-up-the-wii-u-eshop
  
  This is a big step for Nintendo over Microsoft and Sony
  who have limitations on indie devs for their online stores and also charge the devs to patch their games
  
  don't forget that developing games for consoles is expensive in the first place
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-11-19 12:46
  Good guy Nitendo is at it again. This is why I'd sooner buy a WiiU then throw money at bloody microsoft and their xbox360 and sony with their overpriced, overhyped playstation 3.
• Altava wrote on 2012-11-19 17:27
  Wow the WiiU is actually starting to look promising. Though I'm still going to give it a year or so before I plan on purchasing one. I don't want another Wii sitting around gathering dust.
• Eirys wrote on 2012-11-19 17:30

  Quote from Kingofrunes;983760:

  Good guy Nitendo is at it again. This is why I'd sooner buy a WiiU then throw money at bloody microsoft and their xbox360 and sony with their overpriced, overhyped playstation 3.

  
  
  PS3 isn't overhyped. PS3 isn't over priced.
• Yoorah wrote on 2012-11-21 05:17
  That sounds pretty nice. I wonder what a devkit/license for Wii U eShop publishing costs.
• Taycat wrote on 2012-11-21 16:13
  I'm waiting for the Ouyo, honestly.