Gamers play the 'Super Mario Party' computer game on a Nintendo 'Switch' console at the Nintendo Co. stand at the Gamescom gaming industry event in Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Gamescom is Germany's largest congress revolving around digital games, and acts as an interface with other cultural and creative branches, as well as with the digital economy according to their media site. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
The legendary videogame designer who created Super Mario and Donkey Kong has a word of advice for today’s industry: stop nickel-and-diming users.
Shigeru Miyamoto, 65, said Nintendo Co is exploring different ways of charging people for games, shunning the free-to-play model that’s become a moneymaker in the US$140bil (RM574.70bil) gaming sector. Instead, he called on his peers to deliver titles at fixed prices without over-charging players, which will create more sustainable businesses over the long term.
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