Wii U Online Service to be Free

<p>Satoru Iwata&comma; President of Nintendo&comma; has stated that the company would not charge gamers a subscription fee to use the Wii U’s online services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a shareholders meeting&comma; Iwata said he has no qualms with subscription-based online services&comma; Nintendo feels it isn’t the best course of action to take for the Wii U&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He claims that a free online service will encourage the Miiverse users to evangelise it&comma; leading to better hardware and software sales in the long run&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo also plans to police interactions with users by delaying messages for up to 30 minutes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;355948&sol;nintendo-wii-u-online-will-be-free&sol;&quest;cid&equals;OTC-RSS&amp&semi;attr&equals;CVG-General-RSS&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter">CVG<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;