hmmm.... future Nintendo options? I'd pay $100 to have access to an app where i could further purchase Nintendo games. It would help mitigate the concern of not having the hardware revenue that they refuse to give up. basically pay the price you normally would for a DS or Wii or whatever, so that offsets the hardware price - and from there you can purchase their games. some people would probably find it outrageous, taking advantage of the system and too much money - but I'd love it. and I would absolutely pay a high 'entrance fee' to get official Nintendo games (or whatever game company that doesn't want to give up hardware control) on my iPad.
I'm confused.... you would pay $100 just for an app to let your purchase Nintendo games... ??? Just the app itself??? Instead of buying hardware for about the same price where the games would perform better with physical controls??? Some games are fun on a touch screen, but virtual joy sticks can stick themselves somewhere the sun doesn't shine, IMO.
I think that's a bit extreme too... and it's not about hardware control anyway. It's about locking you into their echo system: games, accessories, downloads, ad ons, etc. so you stay loyal to a platform. If Nintendo felt differently, they'd just publish legacy titles on the Xbox 360. Especially if a new device can still play your old titles, it's even more of a win. (Sorry Sony. The backwards compatibility thing did hurt you in the end.)
Though I think if you are patient, (at least a few years patient), Nintendo isn't going to have a choice in the matter anymore, at least for hand held gaming as it's starting to die a fast yet slow death. They need another year of being bent over the stock exchange sell counters for poor financial performance before they'll swallow their pride, but I expect someday you'll see Nintendo port games to IOS and Android if only out of desperation for revenue.
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More on topic with the post, I don't quite get the concept of streaming games to a tablet. Road trips anyone?
The bulk of that companies games are cheap titles to begin with. THey are the kinds of games you tire of and take long breaks from, so maybe it would keep some people vested in their brand and trying new things. But in the course of a year, you could have just purchased the stand alone games for less money.
This would be a good model for a company like Zynga though, whose games rely on virtual goods purchases to make money.
