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Post by nocturnal YL on Dec 27, 2013 5:28:54 GMT -5
www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2013/info.htmlThe story:25~26 December: Nintendo (JP) got a large surge of download requests for Pokémon Bank and Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and the sudden surge in traffic has led to lots of connection errors. To combat this, Nintendo has urged those without an NNID to continue making purchases without one, while those already have an account or want free downloads (which requires an account now) need to wait. They have also taken Pokémon Bank off shelf at Dec 26 21:30. 27 December: While they are coming up with a way to combat the rise in the eShop access rate, Japanese users can now only connect to the eShop during 06:00~18:00 (from that notice's wording, it seems that other countries are affected too). The restriction is placed "indefinitely", meaning that we never know when will it be lifted. My comments:First off, congrats, Nintendo, you're actually more popular than you thought you were. But this really is causing inconvenience. And isn't shutting it down 12 hours a day a bit too harsh? Nintendo had online services since Mario Kart DS - which was out 8 years ago. By now they're no longer considered new to the online scene, so why can't they do better than they are doing now? And on a minor note, what made them think releasing Zelda on 26 December makes any sense?
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Post by Nester the Lark on Dec 27, 2013 12:40:45 GMT -5
Well, I think it's good that a lot of people got Wii Us/3DSs for Christmas, but I'm not terribly surprised that they're having network problems. That's pretty typical for the holidays. PlayStation Network has been having issues, also. (I was smart. I started using my Wii U a month early.)
I haven't tried to buy anything from the eShop, but I've had some extreme lag when trying to play Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara online.
Worse, I saw some tweets yesterday from someone trying to do a 3DS-to-3DS transfer, but due to the network issues, the transfer failed, and he lost all his downloads and game saves. And apparently, Nintendo's customer service didn't do anything to reimburse him, either. I haven't done a Wii-to-Wii U transfer yet, but I'm not even going to think about it until the network issues are resolved.
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Post by TV Eye on Dec 27, 2013 14:47:30 GMT -5
Sony can usually get PSN working after a few hours. It had some issues when the PS4 was released, I heard, but it was only in isolated games.
Nintendo has made a lot of stupid decisions lately.
And Zelda was released on the 26th? Really? I thought it already came out. If you're right though, then wow. That's really dumb.
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Post by nocturnal YL on Dec 27, 2013 16:13:21 GMT -5
And Zelda was released on the 26th? Really? I thought it already came out. If you're right though, then wow. That's really dumb. This was the case in Japan (see Smash's Zelda update), which for some reason saw Zelda much later than the rest of the world. Even though it goes differently from the west, people do celebrate Christmas in Japan and a rise in eShop activities should be well anticipated. I've heard lots of incidents about the PSN in the past too, but they don't usually last more than a few days. Come on, Nintendo. |
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Post by Shrikeswind on Dec 28, 2013 2:48:29 GMT -5
A release on December 26th isn't nearly as stupid as you'd think, for one simple, three-word reason: After Christmas sales. December 26 is a great business day for retail, and it's often overlooked for releases in comparison to pre-Christmas because of the obvious reasons for a pre-Christmas release, i.e., "Oh my God buy gifts for little Timmy he wants new video games." However, there are advantages to the post-Christmas release, for example, "Hi, my Aunt Muriel got me Little Lamb's Fun With Letters and I'd like to exchange it since I'm not two years old anymore" and "Holy shit Gramma gave me $50 and there's a new Zelda game out."
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Post by TV Eye on Dec 28, 2013 11:08:25 GMT -5
A release on December 26th isn't nearly as stupid as you'd think, for one simple, three-word reason: After Christmas sales. December 26 is a great business day for retail, and it's often overlooked for releases in comparison to pre-Christmas because of the obvious reasons for a pre-Christmas release, i.e., "Oh my God buy gifts for little Timmy he wants new video games." However, there are advantages to the post-Christmas release, for example, "Hi, my Aunt Muriel got me Little Lamb's Fun With Letters and I'd like to exchange it since I'm not two years old anymore" and "Holy shit Gramma gave me $50 and there's a new Zelda game out." But that barely makes sense. Every situation you described would still apply even if the game were released before Christmas. |
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Post by Shrikeswind on Dec 28, 2013 17:54:33 GMT -5
A release on December 26th isn't nearly as stupid as you'd think, for one simple, three-word reason: After Christmas sales. December 26 is a great business day for retail, and it's often overlooked for releases in comparison to pre-Christmas because of the obvious reasons for a pre-Christmas release, i.e., "Oh my God buy gifts for little Timmy he wants new video games." However, there are advantages to the post-Christmas release, for example, "Hi, my Aunt Muriel got me Little Lamb's Fun With Letters and I'd like to exchange it since I'm not two years old anymore" and "Holy shit Gramma gave me $50 and there's a new Zelda game out." But that barely makes sense. Every situation you described would still apply even if the game were released before Christmas. No, because the latter two situations depend on Christmas being over. That's what makes after Christmas sales so lucrative: What you didn't get for Christmas, or what you wish you didn't get for Christmas, will send you back to the store. Those advantages don't come up in an early- to mid-December release, because people are typically not buying for themselves until the 26th. Think of it this way: If you're Nintendo, which is a more appealing idea to you, getting buried in competition, both quality and shit, as you appeal to a demographic who doesn't care what they buy because the people you want to appeal to aren't shopping for themselves for a month? Or releasing when no one else is to squeeze a virgin cash-tit when the people you appeal best to are going to the store already to buy for themselves again? |
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Post by nocturnal YL on Dec 29, 2013 22:11:36 GMT -5
www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2013/info2.html30 December: They have confirmed that the method they used for combating increased traffic is working. The access time limit for 3DS eShop has been lifted as a result. The discount campaign and Pokémon Bank still have to wait, though. Meanwhile, they're encouraging users to make their own NNID, which is the opposite of what they said before.
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