Pyro as Bill said:
Mummelmann said: This is a fantastic solution, I really don't see the problem. Nintendo are really ahead of their time when it comes to online features, I'm sure Sony and MS will copy this very soon, like they copy everything else they do. |
Sony and MS are happy to rip people off with overpriced, unnecessary headsets so I don't think they'll copy this time. Nintendo's headset free solution is better for the non-'serious' gamer who doesn't want to buy multiple headsets just to chat online.
Doesn't MS force you to buy a second subscription and headset just so player 2 can also have voice chat?
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MS are especially bad with their free pack-in chat headset that comes with Xbox One and the 360, such a rip-off. Nintendo on the other hand, they're widely known as having reasonably priced accessories and peripherals, could not agree more. MS and Sony were are also really screwing their customers when they removed the cables/charger from their handheld console and concealed their DLC in plastic figurines and charged money from kids to store their captured creatures in an online bank, as if that weren't enough; they charge for their online play and even relied on remakes to sell their hardware at the start of the cycle. Despicable behavior.
Besides, since several users on vgchartz have no issue with this chat solution; it's not a problem overall, everyone knows that anecdotes are the best form of argument so I agree with that as well. It's not like Nintendo would actually want different demographics to purchase their consoles and their reasonably priced peripherals and accessories, nor is it reasonable of consumers to expect the very basics of features in modern consumer electronics, it's not like various forms of online interaction is a massive part of modern society and especially gaming. Adapting your products to the biggest market movements with steady growth for more than a decade is for suckers, being unique at all costs (even literal costs, such as with main controllers) is where its at, and I'm very thankful that someone dares to be different.
Glad we're on the same page here.