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scruffybunny on 23 November 2009

Also DLC addons, the ability to buy things like extra maps for a retail game or for companies to give us free stuff like new character costumes via DLC ^^




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Boneitis on 23 November 2009
Gnizmo said:
Boneitis said:
I'm getting the vibe that Wii fans don't want to admit the Wii has a horrible setup for online play.

If it was exactly like the PS3 and 360, they would love it.

Or you simply do not understand the perspective. It is that we don't care about the online set-up. I have a 360, and the thought ofplaying online is just as foreign to me on it as anywhere else. I simply do not care to play against people over the internet in 99% of games. It just isn't fun for me. I honestly find equal value in both systems online based on my personal usage of them.

 

Okay, YOU don't care about it. Yet millions of people play games online. Millions are paying for it on the 360. Clearly there is a big demand for it and the Wii delivers it poorly. They put wifi in the console and its not utilized nearly enough.



frybread on 23 November 2009

I'd like to turn on my Wii, see what games my friends are playing, and be able to join them. Who wouldn't?

Even Iwata would love it.

It's not that Nintendo is against it, it just wasn't worth the time, money and effort.



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Boneitis on 23 November 2009
frybread said:
I'd like to turn on my Wii, see what games my friends are playing, and be able to join them. Who wouldn't?

Even Iwata would love it.

It's not that Nintendo is against it, it just wasn't worth the time, money and effort.

Actually I think Nintendo is against it. I understand making it child friendly, but there are plenty of mature users they should consider as well.



Gnizmo on 23 November 2009
Boneitis said:

Okay, YOU don't care about it. Yet millions of people play games online. Millions are paying for it on the 360. Clearly there is a big demand for it and the Wii delivers it poorly. They put wifi in the console and its not utilized nearly enough.

Which relates to what you originally posted in what way? You claimed Wii fans didn't want to admit to something. I am using mself as an example of how dead wrong you are. Millions of players simply do not care about online. I'd wager the majority of console gamers never go online based on the XBL and PSN account numbers. It might not be utilized enought yo satisfy YOU, but that is hardly any more valid than what I said now is it?



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Boneitis on 23 November 2009
Gnizmo said:
Boneitis said:

Okay, YOU don't care about it. Yet millions of people play games online. Millions are paying for it on the 360. Clearly there is a big demand for it and the Wii delivers it poorly. They put wifi in the console and its not utilized nearly enough.

Which relates to what you originally posted in what way? You claimed Wii fans didn't want to admit to something. I am using mself as an example of how dead wrong you are. Millions of players simply do not care about online. I'd wager the majority of console gamers never go online based on the XBL and PSN account numbers. It might not be utilized enought yo satisfy YOU, but that is hardly any more valid than what I said now is it?

Well a lot of the Wii fans do use the online services. I feel many just don't want to admit the friend code system is garbage. Perhaps if the Wii online services were more personalized and didn't require lots of numbers more people would use it. You on the otherhand, for whatever reason, are completely anti-online play. With that said I don't understand why you are even giving your thoughts on this matter.



Joelcool7 on 23 November 2009

I would love to see single friend codes per system rather then codes for each game. That is one of the main reasons I don't play my Wii online, last time I played Conduit I entered like 20 codes and only one person was ever online while I was. So I played Conduit worldwide however without WiiSpeak it just wasn't in the league of X-Box Live.

I like to chat while I play and I like to play with friends and lets face it Nintendo makes it nearly impossible to do either.

I spent over an hour collecting codes for the Conduit. What a waste of my time!



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Siko1989 on 23 November 2009

friends code and thats it, the online is not that bad, and hey its free lol




Avinash_Tyagi on 23 November 2009

Nintendo will always have less accessible online, just because they want to create a safe zone for people to play, no child predators allowed type of deal, plus its cheaper for them to offer limited online, plus it doesn't hurt sales



 

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scruffybunny on 23 November 2009

The Nintendo of today makes $1.6Mil per employee, I think they can afford investing in a better online experience, it will be an investment that will benefit them as well as the customer base.

By comparison Google makes $628,000 per head.

Source:
http://gizmodo.com/5050427/nintendo-makes-16-million-per-employee-better-than-google