| UltimateUnknown said:
The point isn't to do with typing in friend codes. It's about being able to add/invite people you see online as friends without having to contact them, get their FCs and then having to type it in, etc to add them. Plus I think most people would want to have some kind of name represent them online than a number. When you play on XBL, you can just invite people you saw in your previous games (ones you may have liked playing with) with just one click of a button. This process is almost near impossible on the games I have played on the Wii and 3DS. I don't know if this is a game to game thing on the Nintendo platforms, but this system is built into XBL itself, rather than just the individual games, which is what Nintendo should have. |
Yes its very easy to add friends on XBox Live which is (indirectly) one of the reasons Nintendo didn't take this approach ...
A large portion of the harassment and dangers that exist in services like XBox live come from people being able to add you to their friends list at a touch of a button. A sexual predator hears the voice of an 11 year old on the other end of voice chat can simply add him to his friends list and spend the next several weeks/months building trust so he can abuse him.
I agree that the current system is too difficult, and I think Nintendo needs to have multiple settings to free up gamers to choose how they want to interact with people online, but I understand why Nintendo is so cautious. One of the biggest markets for Nintendo is families and they want a system that is used by everyone in the household; even if it isn't deserved, and even if the problem is 10 times worse on other services, if Nintendo's online service gets the reputation for being a sexual predator playground due to a couple of high profile cases this really works against Nintendo.
