You could always you know, just pass them your phone or your ipad and maybe share the device physically?
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Shigeru Miyamoto: Apple and Nintendo See Eye to Eye on Simplicity
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You could always you know, just pass them your phone or your ipad and maybe share the device physically?
Yes, we are all very sad with this news about Nintendo and Super Mario and the nice things he had to say about Apple. Very sad times.
Developers have always had the ability to accept this or turn it off on a per app basis.
Yes, although that is an entirely separate division and separate folks, and Apples tens of thousands of engineers, etc., probably spent zero time on Super Mario, let's kill Super Mario till we get more Macs.
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On what the poster was saying, I wish they are wrong, but if I am honest I think they have a point. Who knows what the future will bring but while I have been a long time Apple fan and still prefer their products and ecosystem to others I do feel they are starting to have the "milk the cow" attitude Microsoft had back then - trying to cash-in on what they see as a captive market and becoming less innovative.
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Many devs are offering a 2 copies of their app on the App Store to cater for their customers who would rather have family sharing: one demo/in-app version and on version which is the full thing as a regular purchase.
Their is no doubt Nintendo could have managed that and they probably made a conscious choice not to.
Maybe if they want to play it as you say, they should save 10$ of their own money and buy it. Ffs
Are they? Can you point me in the direction of some?
Also worth noting that devs doing that isn't helping long term. Apple need to loosen up the App Store rules if they want to see anything by way of software innovation on there.
That is where Apple got their idea to lock out the charging port if the user wants wired headphones!
The first exemple which comes to my mind is Infuse, which has a separate "Infuse Pro" version which works with family sharing.
I had gotten the in-app purchase and a few month later when I asked them about family sharing they were actually kind enough to give me a voucher for other version based on proving I had paid for the in-app.
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I don't know if I'd like Nintendo to be bought — I like it as an independent company. But I'd really love for Nintendo to sign an exclusivity deal with Apple for mobile. Apple would invest in Nintendo to keep it afloat and Nintendo would design games for iOS with their properties and sell innovative gameplay hardware for iPhone, iPad and AppleTV. Nintendo would remain a hardware company while not having to worry about building the brains of the system. In exchange, they'd gain access to a massive user base that they could never achieve on their own as a console only company.
It reminds me of Microsoft's "Services first, products second" vision. I dont think its all doom & gloom though, Apple & Nintendo could be a great collaboration in the future.
To be clear it is $9.99 for only 1 Apple TV in my house? So if I logon with the same iTunes Account on multiple Apple TV's it will still only work on 1 Apple TV? Also, will this be 1 purchase for iOS and 1 purchase for tvOS or does it only work on iOS. Pretty confused here. Also, I have purchased a number of games for my grandkids but the ones where you can hardly play because all of the in app purchases are terrible.
They need to price it so you can just buy the app and enjoy playing. In App purchase is terrible and needs to end.
Nintendo claims that a principal tenant of their design philosophy is simplicity. Nintendo designed the Wii U. I said the Wii U failed because of Nintendo's adherence to simplicity over technology. How does my statement have nothing to do with the Wii U's flop?
It won't matter. Game will be number one for a long time and they will make money hand over fist.
Like many others I am really happy that Super Mario is coming to Apple devices. It's long overdue, the price seems very fair and having loved Nintendo for years I am really very happy and confident they will have created a good game.
However the demand for a constant internet connection is absurd and really counter-productive. This isn't 1995 any more. People travel a lot more, spend time in other countries, are often on the go and in aeroplanes etc. This really is unnecessary and I really hope some pressure is brought on them to drop such an absurd restriction.
I am based in the UK but for work I travel a lot and often find myself one way or another without a constant internet connection - whether on a flight or waiting around in various parts of Asia where I don't have a local SIM card - in precisely the moments when it would be great to be able to play Super Mario on my iPhone!
So what's the answer? I know I am going to buy it regardless so I can't "vote with my wallet" but still it's a very annoying and totally pointless restriction - how on earth can we persuade them to drop it?
However the demand for a constant internet connection is absurd and really counter-productive. This isn't 1995 any more. People travel a lot more, spend time in other countries, are often on the go and in aeroplanes etc. This really is unnecessary and I really hope some pressure is brought on them to drop such an absurd restriction.
I am based in the UK but for work I travel a lot and often find myself one way or another without a constant internet connection - whether on a flight or waiting around in various parts of Asia where I don't have a local SIM card - in precisely the moments when it would be great to be able to play Super Mario on my iPhone!
So what's the answer? I know I am going to buy it regardless so I can't "vote with my wallet" but still it's a very annoying and totally pointless restriction - how on earth can we persuade them to drop it?
People here a complaining about a game that costs $9.99?
Really???
That iPhone you've got in your hand costs upwards of $900.
Check yourselves before you wreck yourselves. Perspective.
Really???
That iPhone you've got in your hand costs upwards of $900.
Check yourselves before you wreck yourselves. Perspective.
That's great - me too. But then you won't be able to play it if you travel lots to different countries. That's a situation millions of us find ourselves in and we're an increasing minority as the world becomes more globalised and inter-connected. Nintendo really made a silly decision on that and they should drop such a silly and anachronistic restriction. What next? Demanding a Windows 95 machine to register the purchase?
A constant internet connection is not a reality for anyone who lives any kind of international lifestyle and is unlikely to be for many years.
That hasn't been the case with any other app I've had with in-app purchases. The first device pays for it and the remaining devices on the same account use the "restore purchases" option in the app.