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NintendoPie on 14 June 2012
Euphoria14 said:
I read this and while it is true that Sony and Microsoft have been working on their services for years now, all I can sit and ask myself is:

What the hell have they been doing all these years?


Watching the DS and Wii print money and drinking some lemonade without a care in the world.



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mike_intellivision on 14 June 2012

Two thoughts -- besides that no one should be surprised that Nntendo is doing things it's own way.

First of all, websites that tend to emphasize technology over game play will never present anything from Nintendo except as a negative.

Second, maybe by not emulating that means no additional cost. 8*>

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Galaki on 14 June 2012

I can't seem to find the Iwata quote anywhere other than the title.



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richardhutnik on 14 June 2012

I actually like Nintendo's approach. There may be a chance you actually get to meet people who have similar interests to you through your console. XBox Live really offers nothing like this, and Sony has Home as about it. Pretty much Microsoft and Sony want you to bring your friends onto their networks. Nintendo looks like they are having it so you may make contact with new people.



richardhutnik on 14 June 2012
PullusPardus said:
They just need to make everything that is generic like surfing the market place more cutesy and fun, just like they did with 3DS , also they need to make an echosystem that uses you Mii on everything online related (which is what they are doing), they are going to be well.....
butt (and its a big huge fat Butt) the only thing that they are doing wrong is the damn friend codes, this is where the problem lies, and nintendo is well aware of it.

Did you mean "ecosystem"?



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Dgc1808 on 14 June 2012
badgenome said:
Euphoria14 said:

"We think that one fun area of possibility, as we have discussed, is for people not just to enjoy the games but also communicate with others about topics relating to the games," he said.

Holy shit. Nintendo is going to invent internet forums.

Then someone's gonna bring up the Vita's Live Area for each game and it will be labelled a clone.



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wfz on 14 June 2012
richardhutnik said:
I actually like Nintendo's approach. There may be a chance you actually get to meet people who have similar interests to you through your console. XBox Live really offers nothing like this, and Sony has Home as about it. Pretty much Microsoft and Sony want you to bring your friends onto their networks. Nintendo looks like they are having it so you may make contact with new people.


How is Nintendo doing this, exactly? I've been trying to keep up with Wii U information as much as possible, but I'm not privy to all their Network details.



oniyide on 14 June 2012
richardhutnik said:
I actually like Nintendo's approach. There may be a chance you actually get to meet people who have similar interests to you through your console. XBox Live really offers nothing like this, and Sony has Home as about it. Pretty much Microsoft and Sony want you to bring your friends onto their networks. Nintendo looks like they are having it so you may make contact with new people.


this doesnt even make sense, how are PSN and LIVE having you NOT meet new people? I meet new people everytime i boot up a game of...anything really. And i just go to the people's met list that PSN have and add them if I want. I dont see how its possible that Ninty can top that.

OT, this doesnt sound good either way you slice it. THey had the time and money to catch up. I was wondering were the online was at at E3 and now i know why. Well at least Iwata is being real, kudos to that.



richardhutnik on 14 June 2012
oniyide said:
richardhutnik said:
I actually like Nintendo's approach. There may be a chance you actually get to meet people who have similar interests to you through your console. XBox Live really offers nothing like this, and Sony has Home as about it. Pretty much Microsoft and Sony want you to bring your friends onto their networks. Nintendo looks like they are having it so you may make contact with new people.


this doesnt even make sense, how are PSN and LIVE having you NOT meet new people? I meet new people everytime i boot up a game of...anything really. And i just go to the people's met list that PSN have and add them if I want. I dont see how its possible that Ninty can top that.

OT, this doesnt sound good either way you slice it. THey had the time and money to catch up. I was wondering were the online was at at E3 and now i know why. Well at least Iwata is being real, kudos to that.

Unless you are jumping into a game, and playing them, they don't facilitate meeting new people.  It isn't how it works.  Sony offers Home, but Live offers... check high scores and then extend a friend invite?  Thing is you can add names, but there isn't a way, outside of playing, where you can find out about them.  



richardhutnik on 14 June 2012
wfz said:
richardhutnik said:
I actually like Nintendo's approach. There may be a chance you actually get to meet people who have similar interests to you through your console. XBox Live really offers nothing like this, and Sony has Home as about it. Pretty much Microsoft and Sony want you to bring your friends onto their networks. Nintendo looks like they are having it so you may make contact with new people.


How is Nintendo doing this, exactly? I've been trying to keep up with Wii U information as much as possible, but I'm not privy to all their Network details.

They have a built in place for people to leave Twitter like messages and also pictures they draw.  You can then also get involved with cam chatting with new people.  I am giving what I saw in Iwata's pre-E3 presentation here, with gramps, ZombiU and Non-Specific Action Figure.