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HappySqurriel said:
Mr Khan said:
noname2200 said:

Where's the option for "pure shi"- oh.  Second from the bottom.

Would be a crowning moment of cluelessness for the 21st century thus far of they do that. Despite the fact that it hasn't really hurt them saleswise, the din generated against friend codes has been downright deafening


Conceptually, friend codes are not a bad idea and offer certain advantages over other systems but the implementation was poor; potentially because they were limited because they didn't have a centralized online service across all games. Now this might seem like a small problem, but it probably took Microsoft and Sony 5 (or more) years to implement their centralized online services; and if Nintendo waited until 2004 or 2006 to consider a service like this, it would be (nearly) impossible to implement a system like this for the Wii.

From what I understand, many of the limitations are hardwired into the hardware.  The 42 mb limit on WiiWare titles, for instance, can't be done away with at all.

Of course, the funniest thing for me is that playing online games against random strangers is easier than playing those same games with your friends.