HappySqurriel on 18 August 2008
Unlike Sony or Microsoft, Nintendo doesn't see online gameplay as being a core element of their strategy ... They don't believe that online gaming drives hardware sales, don't believe online gaming drives software sales, and as a free service is impossible to make money off of it. Why would Nintendo invest Millions of dollars developing the software to expand their services, and then spend tens (or hundreds) of millions of dollars to build the necessary hardware to produce these services?
In contrast, Microsoft has online gameplay as a core element of their strategy (and Sony has one up-ing Microsoft as a core element of their strategy) so it makes sense that they have a greater focus on online gameplay.
