| spdk1 said: you only need the codes for your friends list, you can use their online matchmakers to play anonymous games with anyone around the world. But since you obviously hate the Wii so much, this will fall on deaf ears. |
First, I don't hate the Wii. I don't prefer it because I think the motion controls ruin a lot of games (such as Zelda - I know a lot of people may have like the controls for it, and I did at first, but they got old and tiresome..there should be an option to use motion controls or not).
The PS3 isn't exactly the same in that sense, but in almost every game where you use the six-axis, you can turn it off. Nintendo would have been smart to do that is all I'm saying.
And if you didn't read my last post, I'll reiterate it.
I play online multiplayer to play with friends. As you've stated, I would need these codes constantly for every game that I play with my friends. That aspect would get very old, very very fast.
Playing anonymous games is the byproduct of a casual-based console. People who prefer to play with anonymous people aren't playing for competition most of the time, depending on the game (I could see the arguement for anonymous games in Mario Kart Wii not fitting into that catagory). I play online games to play with friends, as stated above, and I play for competition. To make this a little more plain for you to understand, I'll put it like this:
If I turn on my Xbox 360 in hopes of playing CoD4, and none of my friends are online that I play CoD4 with, I will not play CoD4.
I'm not a casual gamer. I'm not interesting in playing games for fun - I play games for entertainment and entertainment is defined differently for different people. Entertainment for me is working as a team and winning as many of the matches that I'm put into as possible. Every single player game I play is set to the hardest difficulty. I wouldn't be surprised if half of the Wii catalog didn't even have difficulty settings. You are entertained by playing a game, regardless of whether or not the people on your team play horribly and cause you to lose every game. I'm not.
I would have to get new codes for 8 or 9 people for every game I buy. That's all I'm saying. If I play 4 games online, then I'd have to have 32-36 different friend codes? Sorry, that's not my cup of tea.
P.S. Wii Sports is fun, I like bowling, tennis and boxing. Zelda was fun until I got tired of the controls. I don't hate the Wii, I just thing they went the wrong way with how they handle things such as playing with friends online and forcing motion controls.
