Is there any genre's that WiiU cannot dominate?

[Mr Khan]

kitler53 said:

Mr Khan said:

kitler53 said:
anything online-centric. an online platform like xbl doesn't get built overnight. you and see a significant difference between xlb and psn due to MS's head start and nintendo is even further back on psn then psn to xbl. their service will improve but it will not dominate.

Here is the most legitimate criticism. Nintendo takes the smallest of baby steps with 3DS, such that Wii U's online might at least resemble the second generation of PSN (say what that network looked like in 07-08), but that is the most optimistic appraisal.

Though this assumes that Nintendo is going to have an integrated network at all, and not opt to emulate PS2 online as some interpretations of their stance on the matter suggest

i must be going soft with the holiday season approaching.... 

 

anyhoo.. i'm not terribly familur, what is the state of the 3DS's online?  there is at least a persistent online ID now to replace friend codes and the ability to see when your friends are online, no?   of all the features xbl/psn has that is the most important one to me cause it makes it sooo much easier to meet up with friends for co-op or whatever without being a pest by calling people when they don't want to play.

3DS has:

1 friend code that applies across all games (e.g. what Wii should have been, given the Connect24 friend list)

Notifications for when your friends log on (though not which friend. Just this blinking orange light on the hardware, but you can go to the Home menu from that point and take a look at your friends list)

The ability to see what your friends are playing

The ability to, with an online enabled game, jump straight into a friend's game

The only thing that's missing as far as friend functionality goes is some sort of private messaging system (which, oddly, was present on Wii but is now absent). So as far as friend functionality, Nintendo is relatively close to par. Where improvement is needed is in the online shopping experience, as well as demos (though demos for 3DS retail games are forthcoming)

They're still moving slowly, but the picture is at least optimistic on that front