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I_own_a_PS3 on 05 August 2008
steven787 said:
I_own_a_PS3 said:
This is very sad that Nintendo do not want to lift their game and improve online gaming.

 

This thread is not about online gaming.  It is about extra features online like Movies being downloaded.  If you bothered to read the OP or ANY of the posts in this thread you would have been able to stealth troll much better.

 

Wii online gaming service is very poor compared to both the other two consoles. Sorry I did not read the article and I just posted a general comment regarding Nintendo online gaming.



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Avalach21 on 05 August 2008
brute said:

http://news.spong.com/article/15961/Nintendo_Iwata_We_Wont_Compete_Online

Nintendo's president, Mr Satoru Iwata (we nearly said, Shigeru Iwata there) has been telling The Wall Street Journal that things are going very nicely thanks.

Sure, the company isn't really going to bother to much with any more Wii peripherals (hello, third parties); and certainly, the Wii Motion Plus (which makes the Wii Remote do what developers thought it could do to start with) hasn't been priced for retail - but "we can make it very affordable"; cripes, even the DS could take on mobile phone-like capabilities. Aside from all that, Nintendo is not going to compete with either Sony or Microsoft in a plethora of online services. Ninty is, after all, "still an entertainment company first and foremost".

In terms of online services, Iwata actually tells Yukari Iwatani Kane at the WSJ, "If we can do something different that plays up our strengths - and broadens what a videogame constitutes - then we might do it. If we have no ideas, we're not going to compete with the exact same services against companies like Sony, which has a movie studio, and Microsoft, which has a lot of money."

So, when he says Nintendo won't compete he qualifies that brilliantly with "exact same services". Nicely equivocated because, of course, 'similar' services would be on the cards.

This article has a very specific tone and a very specific goal.  It's very anti-Nintendo right from the start, throwing in little insults for no reason.

 

And then this witty line:

 

"So, when he says Nintendo won't compete he qualifies that brilliantly with "exact same services". Nicely equivocated because, of course, 'similar' services would be on the cards."

 

He's trying to say like saying "exact same services" is a cop out or something, or like he's trying to purposely be unclear.  No.  He's just saying that, they have a specific market - gaming.  They don't have a movie studio, so they are not going to offer downloadable movies.  They aren't out to control market's that aren't theirs, so they aren't going to offer these "other services."  He's very clear in his words.  This article was pointless.



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Galaki on 05 August 2008

Misleading title is misleading.
So is the article.



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MrBubbles on 05 August 2008

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FaRmLaNd on 05 August 2008

As much as I'd like nintendo to offer a more comprehensive online service and get rid of friend codes this is not what this article is about. Nintendo have always been focussed on gaming, having a movie download service doesn't strike me as something they would do. Plus it'd make their storage situation worse. Nintendo know what they are, a gaming company and that is why they're always successful.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 05 August 2008

Well, at least Nintendo isn't trying to copy its successful competition. There is something to be said for doing your own thing. Look at the Wii. Has it needed online? Is online functionality important to the casual market? Do people really want to download netflix on their Wiis?

No, I think Iwata knows more about what he's doing than anyone on this topic, and the journalist that interviewed him.

Second guessing him isn't something I'd be prepared to do.

That said, I think less than half of the people who have posted here, read this topic. They just read the subject, thought this was another "CEO says something stupid" post, and made general comments. Smooth as silk.



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Jo21 on 05 August 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:

Well, at least Nintendo isn't trying to copy its successful competition. There is something to be said for doing your own thing. Look at the Wii. Has it needed online? Is online functionality important to the casual market? Do people really want to download netflix on their Wiis?

No, I think Iwata knows more about what he's doing than anyone on this topic, and the journalist that interviewed him.

Second guessing him isn't something I'd be prepared to do.

That said, I think less than half of the people who have posted here, read this topic. They just read the subject, thought this was another "CEO says something stupid" post, and made general comments. Smooth as silk.

 

"i" don't need it doesn't mean it isn't important.

for a company that make 1 billion in a quarter put some dedicated servers would not be a big  thing.

and yes i'm pretty sure users would want to be able to rent movies/download demos/ in their wii



ookaze on 05 August 2008

Nintendo already has dedicated servers, already allow movies streaming, already allow to download demos.
Everything just goes under the radar, it's a different online experience than its competitors, in that it's seamless and on the Wii, it's so well integrated that you forget it's there. The fact you can leave the console connected 24/24 7/7 is already a huge plus.
Iwata is smart, he already explained all that, but as always, he sees Nintendo's competitors and the gaming press won't listen, so he doesn't make any effort anymore, and just plays with them, with the exact same easy tactic he used before : "we don't compete ...". And the moron interviewer is falling for it again.



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Leni on 05 August 2008

i don't think there are problems with Wii online, but they need to support online in 3rd party games, and also find a storage solution (for more channels/services)!!



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javierdacosta on 05 August 2008
ookaze said:
Nintendo already has dedicated servers, already allow movies streaming, already allow to download demos.
Everything just goes under the radar, it's a different online experience than its competitors, in that it's seamless and on the Wii, it's so well integrated that you forget it's there. The fact you can leave the console connected 24/24 7/7 is already a huge plus.
Iwata is smart, he already explained all that, but as always, he sees Nintendo's competitors and the gaming press won't listen, so he doesn't make any effort anymore, and just plays with them, with the exact same easy tactic he used before : "we don't compete ...". And the moron interviewer is falling for it again.

 

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