| Mummelmann said: What happened to Nintendo's "consoles play games" motto?  Anyways, nice to see that they have realized that they need to keep up and branch out the console's capabilities to stay relevant, launching a console with the same lack of functionality the Wii has would be suicide in 2012. |
I think that was just something projected onto Nintendo by some fans earlier this generation, in an attempt to justify the Wii's relative lack of funcitonality vis-à-vis the PS3 and 360.
To discuss the overall topic, I think this is a good idea, and I really want to find out more about how they plan to handle online functionality on their next console.
They need some sort of platform agnostic account that any purchses are tied to in order for an app store to really be feasible. They can't have content like that tied to hardware like they have in the past.
I just hope they make a wise decision when choosing whichever company will help them construct their online infrastructure. The rumor that EA was trying to get Nintendo to go with Origin as the Wii U's primary online service kinda scared me.
