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Words Of Wisdom on 22 July 2009
thekitchensink said:
They should take a look at the Grinder.

Capcom needs to start looking up, not down.


Anyway, Sven is right.  Online co-op is not required and not necessary to have a good game.  He's also right that it isn't something you can just toss in and expect it to be perfect.  I'd rather a polished single player and local co-op experience than a mediocre one with online co-op attached as an afterthought.



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averyblund on 22 July 2009

Other than latency issues/testing, what makes online co-op difficult to add when local is already there? Heck you shouldn't even have to scale down the visuals as much as many games to with splitscreen.

 

Oh but we're talking about Crapcom here.



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ph4nt on 22 July 2009

I am sick and tired of "oh, it's on the Wii, we don't need to add any of those features"



Words Of Wisdom on 22 July 2009
averyblund said:

Other than latency issues/testing, what makes online co-op difficult to add when local is already there? Heck you shouldn't even have to scale down the visuals as much as many games to with splitscreen.

 

Oh but we're talking about Crapcom here.

Posts like this are why I cannot in good faith post in that "Our community is better than other gaming communities" thread in the website forum.



averyblund on 22 July 2009

^^^ Care to elaborate or just troll?



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Jereel Hunter on 22 July 2009
megaman79 said:
Jereel Hunter said:
If people want online Coop games, they probably got a 360, not a Wii anyway. Wii buyers are more likely to want active games in the same room as a friend.

Ok, so you did a survey with 50 million Wii owners? Has it been published yet?

ot, Capcom is a fu---ng joke and they will continue to be a joke. They just don't care about money from the Wii and that is ok, they are forgotten.

Since noone is making games with online Coop for the Wii, and there are plenty available for the 360, anyone who wants online games must have gotten a 360. Otherwise, they're stupid. No survey required. If I want tons of horsepower, I'm not picking up a kia spectra over a mustang. If I want online coop I'm not picking Wii over the 360.

 

As for knowing Wii owners are more likely to want active games with friends in the same room.. I know lots of people with Wii's on which to base this. (It's also the same reason I considered getting one)



11ht11 on 22 July 2009

i think he means games made by nintendo not wii games



Words Of Wisdom on 22 July 2009
averyblund said:
^^^ Care to elaborate or just troll?

Usually just troll but since you asked so nicely, I will elaborate. 

I believe you are grossly underestimating the amount of work that goes into any online functionality which requires real time precision.  I believe you are overestimating the amount of code that can be reused between local and online multiplayer.  And finally, I believe you were just trolling and looking for an excuse to bash Capcom.

This isn't Sony's PR guys talking out of their arse, this is one of Capcom's VPs making logical points.



Lolcislaw on 22 July 2009

First Developers moan that Nintendo dominates Wii software sales because they offer the most complete products, now there is a chance of offering something else they cannot be asked. Eh... i dont get it



BMaker11 on 22 July 2009
Gnizmo said:
BMaker11 said:
Is this another situation where it's appropriate to say "If you wanted "feature X or game X", you should have bought "console Y" " ?

Well it is a feature in a game that is implemented on the software level for the most part. There are a few questions I suppose that must be answered before I can properly respond to the question posed though. First off is whether or not online co-op requires a sepcialized and unique piece of equipment to implement. To my knowledge it does not, but if it does please stop here as I am unaware of it.

Now let us look at the other requirements for online co-op. The machine itslef can access the internet and communicate in a way to allow two player to enjoy a game simultaneously. The machine appears capable of handling 2 players on screen simulateously.  The games genre itself lends to a co-operative rather than combative playstyle so that really isn't an issue. The developer also appears capable of financing the venture without need to make minor sacrifices for the sake of time.

All of this seems to add up to the game and machine being fully capable of online co-op. As such, I would say this would only be an appropriate time to put forth your statement if you wanted to look extremely foolish, if not dumb. Of course you wouldn't be dumb so I doubt you would state something so absurd.

I know the Wii is capable of online co-op.......but nobody is implementing it (by nobody, I'm just using it as an exaggeration of 'not that many')! Looking at the library on the Wii, you see that not many games have online co-op, both already released and coming out soon. You look at the other consoles, and you see that a great plethora of their games have online co-op.

So what should you do? Continue to berate the unchanging pattern that's been for the Wii, or do you buy the alternative which gives you exactly what you've been asking for?

I know basic cable doesn't have 1000+ channels, but I don't complain that Comcast is stupid and should give me 1000+ channels for $49.99 a month. I get digital cable instead