Nintendo 3DS gets paid DLC

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed that the next 3DS system update will allow for paid DLC.
"In terms of what the next system update will allow, it will allow developers to sell add-on content, and whether that's for a physical game or a digitally released game," he told AOL Games.
"In terms of how it will work, it's up to the developer whether they want to make it to buy new levels, new items - all of that is up to their imagination. Essentially, what we're doing is creating the framework for those transactions to happen."
The update for the handheld is due next month. Previously Nintendo has offered DLC for DS titles, but those have all been free.
"I've had this conversation with a number of our key developers, and their mentality is, 'Reggie, when we sell a game, we want the consumer to feel that they've had a complete experience,'" he added.
"Now, in addition, if we want to make other things available, great, and we'll look at that. But we're unwilling to sell a piece of a game upfront and, if you will, force a consumer to buy more later. I think the consumer wants to get, for their money, a complete experience, and then we have opportunities to provide more on top of that."
Following its financial results late last month, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata promised "new genres of software" to attract more gamers to the company.

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I think this is a really great idea and I can't imagine why anyone would be against it. There's a concern that players feel like they're not getting a complete game to begin with, or developers feel like they're giving that impression to gamers, but it doesn't mean that at all. It _could_ mean that if they want to be dishonest about it, but it should actually mean the possibility of grabbing such games much cheaper, and saving money on "expansion packs" that don't require the customer to pay full-price because it needs to be on a separate cartridge.