Club Nintendo
In 2014, the American Club Nintendo came under fire for offering only digital games for its Platinum and Gold members, who need to spend much money to get to that position and were offered games they had already purchased. During the same timeframe, news sites repeatedly pointed out that Nintendo of America's offerings were much smaller than those of Europe and Japan. Digital Downloads were only available on the European (UK) Club Nintendo from the middle of March 2015 compared to the American Club Nintendo that had them for two additional months.