| joeorc said: January 19, 2010 1:57 PM PST
Third-party developers complaining about Wii's online presenceFrom the confusing 16-digit friend codes that must be shared for matchmaking to the lack of localized promotion, Nintendo has not made it clear that the company takes online gaming seriously. What do you think? Are WiiWare games advertised as much as those on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network? How would you fix the Nintendo online situation? http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10437338-1.html
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While this is true, WiiWare's weirdly the one shining beacon for Nintendo in Japan. It's by a wide margin the most well supported digital format by JP 3rd parties, well ahead of PSN, XBLA or DSiWare. Nintendo's actually been the most aggressive in Japan at pushing their online services with stuff like promotional tie-ins, consumer reward programs and even in-store and television advertising... it's like the polar opposite of Nintendo in America and Europe. :/
