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So, arguably the best videogames company in the world is set to launch a 485 Mhz 'Masterpiece' and you want.....what?!
On-line Gaming?! Are you joking?!
Okay so SEGA had a good run with DREAMARENA, but it wasn't THAT successful...PSO anyone?...Yes please. But really, are you sure On-line Gaming is Nintendo's thing? Personally I wouldn't mind a multiplayer Rogue Leader and PIKMIN would be a treat but I just don't think many people are assured that Nintendo have got a good enough grasp on that sort of thing...
PSO V.2 IS a good thing but really there is no point setting up an internet gaming server JUST for that...and if Nintendo, Rare and other companies take time up to sort out on-line features and gaming for games you can bet your last penny the gameplay has a good chance of suffering!
Having said all this and roasted the post with negative comments there is no financial reason why the GAMECUBE shouldn't go on-line there is a modem available and although it isn't included you can almost guarantee it won't cost anymore than a game.....Mass market strategy! - Must Be!
But...if the PS2 can get up and running with internet access, worldwide by christmas do Nintendo stand a chance of being able to use their 'possible on-line gaming' to win peoples wallets? I think so...I mean gimmie a break...Quake 3 Revolution...(or Arena) possibly the most renound On-Line game for this year and a few years to come.... and it's released on the PS2 with....NO ON-LINE PLAY?!?!?!?
WHAT ARE THEY THINKING...
If Sony are going to beat about the bush and get things going this slowly they've lost before the fight! But if Nintendo can get their hands on, and release a successful port of PSOv2 they can really boost their on-line gaming community and other titles are sure to follow in suit.
So in a word...'YES' We do want on-line gaming...it could overtake what Sega and Sony have/will do in the blink of an eye and hey with such a powerful console why wouldn't Nintendo build an On-Line community...
A successful Next-Gen console without On-Line Gaming is like a bad Rare game...Not Bloody Likely! Nintendo are bound to follow through their Gamecube launch with an On-Line gaming community within no less than a year...and Us - 'The Gamers', the Developers and Nintendo themselves will be all the better for it!
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But surely...it won't be the same Nintendo with on-line play...and just who will make the on-line titles?!
On-line Gaming?! Are you joking?!
Okay so SEGA had a good run with DREAMARENA, but it wasn't THAT successful...PSO anyone?...Yes please. But really, are you sure On-line Gaming is Nintendo's thing? Personally I wouldn't mind a multiplayer Rogue Leader and PIKMIN would be a treat but I just don't think many people are assured that Nintendo have got a good enough grasp on that sort of thing...
PSO V.2 IS a good thing but really there is no point setting up an internet gaming server JUST for that...and if Nintendo, Rare and other companies take time up to sort out on-line features and gaming for games you can bet your last penny the gameplay has a good chance of suffering!
Having said all this and roasted the post with negative comments there is no financial reason why the GAMECUBE shouldn't go on-line there is a modem available and although it isn't included you can almost guarantee it won't cost anymore than a game.....Mass market strategy! - Must Be!
But...if the PS2 can get up and running with internet access, worldwide by christmas do Nintendo stand a chance of being able to use their 'possible on-line gaming' to win peoples wallets? I think so...I mean gimmie a break...Quake 3 Revolution...(or Arena) possibly the most renound On-Line game for this year and a few years to come.... and it's released on the PS2 with....NO ON-LINE PLAY?!?!?!?
WHAT ARE THEY THINKING...
If Sony are going to beat about the bush and get things going this slowly they've lost before the fight! But if Nintendo can get their hands on, and release a successful port of PSOv2 they can really boost their on-line gaming community and other titles are sure to follow in suit.
So in a word...'YES' We do want on-line gaming...it could overtake what Sega and Sony have/will do in the blink of an eye and hey with such a powerful console why wouldn't Nintendo build an On-Line community...
A successful Next-Gen console without On-Line Gaming is like a bad Rare game...Not Bloody Likely! Nintendo are bound to follow through their Gamecube launch with an On-Line gaming community within no less than a year...and Us - 'The Gamers', the Developers and Nintendo themselves will be all the better for it!
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But surely...it won't be the same Nintendo with on-line play...and just who will make the on-line titles?!
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#Nintendo should start to go online with consoles, cos if everyone else is doing it then they could have trouble keeping up their positition in the console market!
Thats my point, why bother??? There will be Quake 20 by then probably.
I would rather have Quake 3 now than wait for it. Apparently, there will be a free update disk available at computer game stores to allow netplay, but I probably won;t get it.
Ouch!!
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Yeah....I agree with you on the marketing thing!
It would be great to work for Nintendo...I'm not sure about Sony...:D But who knows!
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My addy is [email protected] if you have.
Yeah....I agree with you on the marketing thing!
It would be great to work for Nintendo...I'm not sure about Sony...:D But who knows!
^_^
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There is one thing that facinates me about our conversations, we always end up finding neutral ground, we should be in the marketing divisions of Sony and Nintendo, then gaming might go somewhere!!
I agree, we are the only few people who use forums for their true purpose, and we do have similar ideas on the way things should go. We also don't get dragged down to insults, and guess what i actually enjoy it!
Just a note Bonus...I want to thank you for these discussions...you've been great to talk (and argue...^_^) with...
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True, the the speed differences between the PS2 and the 'Cube are irrelevent and the Pc must be the perfect example for that, and I very much doubt that the GC will have a faster modem than the PS2 as cable modems are as fast as you can go in your own home, unless BT get their numerous ASDL services up and running. The reason it wont go any faster is that the companies cap the speeds to prevent system overloads, i.e. the blueyonder network can be crancked up to about 8meg a second but they capped it at 512k, to be a pain in the backside!!
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if they could get that system up and running and it could be accessed by PS2 and GC owners, the possibilities would be endless!!
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It pains me to say it, BUT I really don't think, we'll see PS2-ers playing Gamecuber's anytime soon...guaranteed we'll see games switch platforms like a lost train tourist BUT, playing together....with a higher 'clock frequency' and a differnet modem....possibly faster, the 'Cubians would have a much better advantage!
Hopefully, someone will take that step and we'll see on-line RRV between the different platforms...but with Nintendo + Square negotiations not going so well...we it probably won't be Squaresoft, unless they pluck up the courage to develop for X-Box!
if they could get that system up and running and it could be accessed by PS2 and GC owners, the possibilities would be endless!!
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It pains me to say it, BUT I really don't think, we'll see PS2-ers playing Gamecuber's anytime soon...guaranteed we'll see games switch platforms like a lost train tourist BUT, playing together....with a higher 'clock frequency' and a differnet modem....possibly faster, the 'Cubians would have a much better advantage!
Hopefully, someone will take that step and we'll see on-line RRV between the different platforms...but with Nintendo + Square negotiations not going so well...we it probably won't be Squaresoft, unless they pluck up the courage to develop for X-Box!
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