Mr Khan said:
3DS has: 1 friend code that applies across all games (e.g. what Wii should have been, given the Connect24 friend list) is that an actual code in as in a random selection of numbers or letters or will friends see me listed at "kitler53" Like they do on psn and xbl? in otherwords -- can i pick my online moniker? 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) that would be totally lame for a home console but on a portable it kind of makes sense with the screen size being soo much smaller. imporant part is they can identify when a friend logs in so better notification ought to be easy for the wiiU. 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) being your right, messaging was on the wii, this seems really dumb. how do you ask a friend if they want to play something (especially if that game isn't already loaded up). sounds really limiting. i'm not sure if i view the wii as terribly far behind on shopping though. i mean i guess maybe it is but as far as i'm concerned all three could use a lot of improvement. apple is terrible at this too imo. it can't be that hard to come up with a good online shopping concept can it?? organize things by the game being sold, make it manditory to provide some pics and videos of what is being purchased with a proper product description, a place for users to both rate and review the product, demos directly nested in the game's page as appropriate, dlc directly nested in the game's page as appropriate, be able to detect what you've played and quickly inquire to which games have new content i may be interested in, and a sensible method for new content to be advertised by the publishers, an intelligent suggesting system based on what i already bought and what my friends are playing, a wishlist feature to mark content you may want to purchase but not at this time so i don't forget about it, and a gifting system. i haven't been on xbl in a long time but psn's relatively flat list of anything and everything is just terrible to navigate. if i didn't have vgchartz and other internet resources i'd never know what the hell to buy or not. They're still moving slowly, but the picture is at least optimistic on that front xD |
