| RolStoppable said: No, online multiplayer wasn't one of the main selling factors for Mario Kart Wii. Maybe in hardcore land, but not in a broad sense. And why is KInect needed to broaden Microsoft's userbase? Because their oh-so-great online-centric approach to gaming would doom them to an also-ran in the video game business. Online multiplayer cannot replace local multiplayer, so Microsoft was forced to advertise the Xbox 360 as a local multiplayer system (because their ultimate goal is to be #1). |
Why do you think casuals won't buy the game for online multiplayer? If the game would have skipped online, way less people would've bought it. I'm certain lots of families bought more than one Wii and one Mario Kart disc to be able to play online with each other (just like we have several Xbox's for online at our house).
Of course online can't replace local multiplayer, I too enjoy local multiplayer way more than online. But, from a financial point of view (which is what this discussion is about) Nintendo better focus on online multiplayer rather than making more people play local.
