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kitler53 on 18 October 2012
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happydolphin said:
kitler53 said:

because massive online infastructures are huge projects that take significant investment and testing, and much of the testing can't be done until after a massive audience starts using the service.  while i more or less believe nintendo will deliver on the features they have so far promised i also belive it will be like psn when the ps3 released or the 3DS where promised features trickel in over months to years after the initial launch.

 

..and i'll be breaking into PSASBR.

Kitler, I don't agree with this. When the PS3 entered the market, it was a very different time and online had a different presence. Today it's truly ubiquitous in the console market, and Nintendo has planned the U around that. Almost 1GB of the memory is being dedicated to the OS (including MiiVerse), that should tell us much.

The whole load stress testing has already been done on Nintendo's joint 3DS/U servers, so it's already part of their process. The e-shop has been online for 2 years and Nintendo is not stupid enough not to integrate the e-shop's new features to the U's shop!

Moreover, the U can steal ideas from the PSN and from xbox live. No imho Nintendo will be much more ready than you realize, and you'll be taken by surprise.

Bookmark this because I want to bet on this one with anyone who doubts me. You can get my precious sig control if you want to (if you win).

@Squrriel, my post here doesn't contradict your post, as I agree it will get more features over time. But I believe the baseline will be perfectly competitive.

i'm not saying that nintendo isn't planning for it...just that it won't be the full service promised in that E3 video (the non-specific action figure one).   many elements will be there at launch but if i were to bet on it i'd say smartphone integration and video chat are the most likey canidates for features not at launch but at some later date.

and that's not a dig, that's just reality.  online infastructure isn't easy.  we've seen game after game after game that is online multiplayer focused launch with issues even after having betas.  you simply can't stress test these systems pre-launch. 

hell, sony has had psn out for how long now?  6 years.  they recently just had to retract the psn store update because it wasn't stable...