Do you wish the wii had unified online?

[ameratsu]

Azelover said:
Everybody will say yes, but I think it's a double edged sword.

Until we find a way where people won't rely on anonymity to degrade the experience for most people, I'm not sure it's such a great thing. Also, it's really good when you're really friends with everybody you play with. If you make it too easy, most people will just not care.

On youtube I've seen people who have hundreds, sometimes throusands of people on their friends list. They don't know hardly anybody there probably, and they don't care or value it.

 

I'm not entirely sure what your point is. Yes, anonymity makes some people act like idiots. The thing is, the more established online systems allow you to choose who you want to play with. They are better for getting online easily, connecting with your friends, dealing with cheaters and griefers, and as a whole are superior to the Wii's online system. I agree about gaming with close friends, but clearly if you want there are ways to play online with people you don't know in real life and still enjoy yourself.

Of course the person with hundreds or thousands of people on their friends list will contain few if any real life friends. A friends list with 100 or more people on it I would guess is comprised of people that person enjoyed playing with and would want to play with again. Nothing more, nothing less. They aren't friends in the real life sense, maybe gamer friends is more accurate.