3DS to use friend codes

[Acevil]

KylieDog said:

Acevil said:

No offense, but if this was a deal breaker than that is kind of sad. In fact two things you described haven't been 100% confirmed, but it seems like you look for features over the game library. Not saying features aren't important, but they usually don't result in going from being excited about a product to not caring, namely the features that are the same as previous effort (DSi).

Given I shouldn't talk, since I am usually sold on all consoles when they launch (excluding the iphone), to not caring for them in couple of months...and regretting them when slim comes along. 

To a lot of people online gaming is important a major part of the gameplay, with friend codes you never get a real community for a game and just a bunch of randoms forever.  Friends codes very likely means they will enforce that non-communication crap the Wii has unless someone is on your list already too.   These things can detract heavily from a game and lessen the enjoyment a lot.   For me it isn't a deal breaker but it likely means I will not bother with games that have an online focus because the quality of it vs PSN will detract fromt eh gamemore than it adds.

Oh let me clarify, well I do think this is a very bad move on Nintendo, I just find this strange that it is the "deal breaker". Also I do agree on your statement on friends code, hopefully Nintendo at least takes one step forward by making it universal, but I wouldn't hold my breath. It is a real pity that Nintendo really tries to not "copy" competitors because they could learn a lot from Microsoft about online