Seriously. eShop is a great name. Now it's going to a specific console name. Not sure how this is better.
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Speculation: Nintendo is renaming the Switch eShop to "Nintendo Switch Online shop" (overhaul soon?)
- Thread starter Atheerios
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So they'd allow it on 3DS but not Switch. The error message in Japanese mentions its due to the country of my card.
the name is just weird, because "nintendo switch online" is already the name of their online subscription service. just putting a "shop" after that makes it sound like the shop is only for subscribers, like if the playstation store was called the ps+ store.
they shouldn't try to fix what isn't broken, people are used to eshop, it's a short and good name.
they shouldn't try to fix what isn't broken, people are used to eshop, it's a short and good name.
What I came into the thread to say. It's short, and despite not actually being a Nintendo-specific title, everyone knows it's Nintendo's thing
When the next console rolls around:
"Why would you expect your purchases in the Nintendo switch online store to carry over to our completely different store, the Nintendo fandangle online store?"
Wait... so this legal document is in regards to the guy selling Nintendo Classic consoles loaded up with extra roms. So what's the context here? Why is eshop being mentioned at all? Is their argument that they will sell these roms on the switch? If so, maybe what's mis-written / confusing is any mention of "eshop".
What if there is going to literally be a "Nintendo Switch Online" shop? A shop specifically for NSO members where they sell... roms.
The NES games will still continue as free through the membership, but maybe they'll start selling SNES, N64, etc ala carte, but gated behind NSO (which you need to be subscribed to to access the NSO Shop)?
Am I crazy here?
Edit - also, to anyone questioning Nintendo picking a dumb / nonsensical name for something, please check out so many of their previous products, lol.
What if there is going to literally be a "Nintendo Switch Online" shop? A shop specifically for NSO members where they sell... roms.
The NES games will still continue as free through the membership, but maybe they'll start selling SNES, N64, etc ala carte, but gated behind NSO (which you need to be subscribed to to access the NSO Shop)?
Am I crazy here?
Edit - also, to anyone questioning Nintendo picking a dumb / nonsensical name for something, please check out so many of their previous products, lol.
I think this is a better idea. But the document itself says (previously called the Nintendo eshop) implying it's being replaced.
needing a subscription to be able to pay money and buy roms would be a seriously dumb move.
Yeah that's the part that doesn't work with my argument. But I just wonder why they're mentioning how the eshop works unless it's part of a specific point about how they are planning to sell the same roms that he's illegally selling.
So maybe what they mean is this:
- we used to sell classic games on the eshop
- moving forward we'll sell classic games on the NSO shop
Basically meaning that eshop could still exist and that NSO Shop is for NSO subscribers and only sells roms.
Could also be a way of letting indies still own a space they are benefitting from. If Super Mario World is sitting next to Hollow Knight and they both cost the same, a lot of people might opt for SMW. It would be a thoughtful gesture.
Too long and doesn't roll off the tongue like e-shop does. As long as they have a better search function and better interface, than I'll deal with whatever name they come up with.
I'm gonna get killed for this, but, would this kind of name change be announced in a Nintendo Direct? Like the one that should happen early next year?
Drive awareness of 'Nintendo Switch Online' as a product. Nintendo Switch Online is a product with a price tag, which eShop is not.
It's a bit fluffy because it assumes there's some link between changing the name of the shop, to propensity to buy the online service. But working with marketing, this line of thinking wouldn't surprise me.
Uh, is the idea to make "Switch" their gaming brand, like "PlayStation" and "Xbox" are for Sony and Microsoft?
Even better, it should use the Smash Bros. remix of the Wii Shop Channel theme.
If not then this name makes no sense. Like "Wii U" levels of no sense.
If Nintendo is consistently bad at one thing it's naming their products and services.
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No. That's not it. It cleay states that it was formerly called eShop, not anymore. As you said, the document is extremely detailed and carefully redacted, they mention multiple times the service is called Nintendo Switch Online shop.
Good point, they should just call it nintendo shop or Nintendo store
What a stupid name change if it happens, Nintendo eShop was fine as the name of the store for multiple platforms. Even if they never release a handheld again, the next console will have yet another shop name and branding.
I posted this in another thread. It's about the name "eShop".
This name is a brand coming from the Wii/Wii U/3DS. With the 3DS about to be out of production expecting at some time in later down the road, it marks the end of the 3 consoles, and thus the brand name along with them.
This is Nintendo's attempt at renaming their online services as a Switch-only storefront. Who knows how it will be like in 2 to 3 years?
This name is a brand coming from the Wii/Wii U/3DS. With the 3DS about to be out of production expecting at some time in later down the road, it marks the end of the 3 consoles, and thus the brand name along with them.
This is Nintendo's attempt at renaming their online services as a Switch-only storefront. Who knows how it will be like in 2 to 3 years?
Terrible choice of name if true. First its to long and second your shop branding should not be linked to the console name as at some point you will change console name and then have to rebrand again.
If they wanted to get away from the eshop branding they could have just called it Nintendo Store or something like that.
If they wanted to get away from the eshop branding they could have just called it Nintendo Store or something like that.
I assume this is something they'd announce in the January Direct, assuming we even get a January Direct
1) they've done this for like three generations in a row by now, as has been mentioned several times
2) the deal they made with Nvidia for the Switch lasts something like 20 years and they've stated over and over that the Switch is going to become a family of devices going forward like the iPhone, so they're proooobably going to be using the Switch branding for quite a while
People keep saying this but
1) they've done this for like three generations in a row by now, as has been mentioned several times
2) the deal they made with Nvidia for the Switch lasts something like 20 years and they've stated over and over that the Switch is going to become a family of devices going forward like the iPhone, so they're proooobably going to be using the Switch branding for quite a while
I really don't think Nintendo is changing the name.
This just sounds like the lawyers wanted to stess to the judge that these NES games are still available for sale (formally eShop, now Nintendo Switch Online) in order to seek a higher damage amount. Nintendo Switch Online service is still a "shop" even it's a subscription service.
From the original thread; Nintendo is seeking "three times the NOA's actual damages or profits from the defendant, all attorney fees paid and costs of the suit incurred, pre and post judgement interest on the above damages." You build a better case for yourself if you can show the judge you're still profiting off of these games.
This just sounds like the lawyers wanted to stess to the judge that these NES games are still available for sale (formally eShop, now Nintendo Switch Online) in order to seek a higher damage amount. Nintendo Switch Online service is still a "shop" even it's a subscription service.
From the original thread; Nintendo is seeking "three times the NOA's actual damages or profits from the defendant, all attorney fees paid and costs of the suit incurred, pre and post judgement interest on the above damages." You build a better case for yourself if you can show the judge you're still profiting off of these games.
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Well Sony doesn't call their store the Sony store, they call it playstion store
So switch shop makes sense in that sense
So switch shop makes sense in that sense
AYYYYYY came here to say this. Let us choose the menu music like in Smash lol. Gimme date wii shop channel goodness.