Nintendo's Plans For Online Play Like Playstation Network and Xbox Live?

"Online Pay To Play And An Hard drive Coming Soon To The Wii?

Last year at the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo's Takashi Aoyama introduced Nintendo’s upcoming plans for a Pay & Play online service. Before you panic, let me note that Nintendo will be keeping the existing free Wi-Fi connect service it already offers.

But, some of the newer games that will be released may require a small fee to be played online. All of the games that will require a fee will have a red sticker placed on them so that they can be easily identified. I also feel that is important to note, that the online service will not affect any of the current Wii games that currently use online play..."

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Ah, the joys of online gaming subscriptions. It's the new money making machine of our time. I can only wonder if the "best" titles will be something people have to pay money every month for. This would be bad for all the cheapskates out there but could be a good thing for the gaming industry (It sure as hell will mean dollar signs for Nintendo).

I can only wonder what will happen to video games in the future.