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[โ€“] yamanii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably after people learned that nintendo had no proper account system so you would lose your purchases if your console died and needed the hassle of sending it to them for them to transfer to a new console.

[โ€“] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I stopped buying from the VC when the Wii U asked me to pay to "upgrade" my games.