The following comes from an IGN interview with Shigeru Miyamoto.

"There is something we’re doing with the Steel Diver idea that I think is going to open things up with that game... It’s going to be very fun. We’re exploring from a perspective of where we can take that from a multiplayer standpoint - it's going to have this four-player battle mode that I think is going to be very interesting. It's something that we're hoping to be able to show relatively soon."

- precise business model is still being decided
- no platform mentioned
- final product could end up using some sort of membership or micro-transaction
- team is focused on balancing how a pricing model would affect the entertainment value
- will ultimately be available in a packaged form as well