It's funny, I was thinking about pestering ZUN about this after I go to college.
On a typical service, let's say, the PSN, the X-Blah, and the WSC, how much would this cost anyway?
How would fans get the extra crap that's attached to the disc including the cover, manual (Is there a manual?) and the disc itself?
Say it does get popular.
Wouldn't that in theory just produce more fans that would pirate the games anyway?
How well would they score with review sites?
Are annoying fans going to keep ZUN from making TH13?
/wants to see DS on WiiWare
Maybe, you think, that the series is probably better off not being marketed blindly to a mass of people who more than likely can't stand watching pretty death hail from above? Or, aren't interested? I've met plenty of people who just don't like the games.
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Why after college, if you don't mind me asking?
Also, replying to the bits in order for simplicity...
Cost: That's... that's a good question. The physical copies are, what, like... 20 bucks (outside of shipping etc)? I could see (roughly) 10-15 US dollars, depending on the service. I mean, all ZUN (or whoever) would have to do is upload it once, right? Maybe give a small chunk of the cash to whoever's doing the service.
Physical Stuff: I know that the manual's included (kinda) in WiiWare releases. I could see them including the extra stuff (profiles, lil' backstory, etc) like that, too. Unfortunately, the rest'd likely be unobtainable if it was through a download service, since that's kinda the tradeoff for convenience.
Piracy: I agree with the idea of 'people will pirate it less because it's more available'. If you can't find the game (and have been looking), you're going to pirate it even if you /do/ have the cash/will to buy it.
Reviews: ... I honestly have no clue on that one.
TH13: We can certainly hope not. :ohdear: