Comments on: WiiWare games available on Amazon

By: David

David — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:01:49 +0000

LOL @ Mike “free shipping”

I think the idea of buying a game for $15 rather than having to buy $20 of points is the real incentive here.

But I also think that it helps get the game out there: “I have heard about World Of Goo, so let’s search for it on Amazon .. Oh, it’s available for Wii, cool!”

It’s a great way to get the games out into the general public’s view .. otherwise you’re doomed to trolling websites for news and then waiting for the Wii Shop Channel to load.

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By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:13:27 +0000

Gifting.

By: Traci

Traci — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:03:10 +0000

You do pay sales tax on Wii Points purchased on the console, or at least I did just last week, here in New York State.

I’m thinking I could buy WiiWare on Amazon and use my Amazon Visa credits, or earn Amazon Visa points. I always like to do that. Also, having a small balance of Wii Points always makes me itch to buy more Wii Points (grr!) so it’d be nice to buy more games this way.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:40:02 +0000

Here to echo. I was never a huge fan of the points system – although I prefer Nintendo’s to Microsoft’s, where one point is equal to one penny.

Although a disadvantage could be sales tax – I don’t recall ever being charged for sales tax when using my credit card to purchase Wii points through my console – yet you are charged sales tax for buying gift cards of the same. Still, not having leftover points might be worth a little tax.

By: argus

argus — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:32:35 +0000

I like what Matt said. Hopefully, they’ll add more games. It would be nice to buy a $5 Wiiware game this way, rather than having to buy double the points I need.

It’ll also be a great way to get more exposure for Wiiware, even if only the high profile games get featured this way.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:31:11 +0000

Amazon Prime members get free shipping.

By: Hipsta

Hipsta — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:35:17 +0000

There seems to be almost no point, excluding what Matt said.

By: Joshdad

Joshdad — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:25:02 +0000

You could also use Paypal to pay for it. My brother often will put some money into my Paypal account for my kids’ birthdays, Christmas… You could use that money to buy the Wiiware games.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:20:54 +0000

The advantage is the ability to only pay for the exact number of Wii points you intend to use to purchase said game, rather than in increments.