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Just read this on GamesRadar.com
http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp? subsectionid=160&articleid=65198&pagetype=2
Seems they also have concerns about the lacking number of quality titles on the machine, which I feel is a valid point.
Thoughts/opinions?
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Gamecube online gaming is years away... at best
[17/04/2003: 15:28]
Straight from the horses mouth we get the news that comes as no surprise whatsoever
Promises, failed hopes, unrealised dates and titles, it seems if you're a Nintendo fan (as we most definitely are), you just get used to these usual suspects after the new console hits town. And now online gaming has finally been given the thumbs down for quite some time by Nintendo.
Unsurprising news, granted, seeing as Ninty's online gaming plans has been an enigma since they first mentioned it. Well, now we have the official word on the matter, as spoken by George Harrison (senior vice president of marketing in America) in an interview with CNN.
In short, Ninty online gaming is "probably a few years away. It really depends on the success of the GameCube and whether people think it's worth the investment."
Nintendo are wary of online gaming and it's likely success, and if you couple that with the disappointing sales of Gamecube plus the comment above, do you really think online gaming on your Cube is likely to happen - ever?
Of course, if quality Gamecube titles are coming at you left, right and centre, you won't care too much. Further, Nintendo may be right in waiting, console online gaming is an untested market and might fall well short of expectations.
The problem for Ninty is that quality titles are few and far between and Gamecube lost the current number two console slot to Xbox in fairly quick fashion. Wrap all this up with the fact they're shunning online gaming (which many consider to be the future of games) and Nintendo starts to look less and less a main player in the games industry.
Hopefully, time will prove that thought very wrong...
http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp? subsectionid=160&articleid=65198&pagetype=2
Seems they also have concerns about the lacking number of quality titles on the machine, which I feel is a valid point.
Thoughts/opinions?
-----
Gamecube online gaming is years away... at best
[17/04/2003: 15:28]
Straight from the horses mouth we get the news that comes as no surprise whatsoever
Promises, failed hopes, unrealised dates and titles, it seems if you're a Nintendo fan (as we most definitely are), you just get used to these usual suspects after the new console hits town. And now online gaming has finally been given the thumbs down for quite some time by Nintendo.
Unsurprising news, granted, seeing as Ninty's online gaming plans has been an enigma since they first mentioned it. Well, now we have the official word on the matter, as spoken by George Harrison (senior vice president of marketing in America) in an interview with CNN.
In short, Ninty online gaming is "probably a few years away. It really depends on the success of the GameCube and whether people think it's worth the investment."
Nintendo are wary of online gaming and it's likely success, and if you couple that with the disappointing sales of Gamecube plus the comment above, do you really think online gaming on your Cube is likely to happen - ever?
Of course, if quality Gamecube titles are coming at you left, right and centre, you won't care too much. Further, Nintendo may be right in waiting, console online gaming is an untested market and might fall well short of expectations.
The problem for Ninty is that quality titles are few and far between and Gamecube lost the current number two console slot to Xbox in fairly quick fashion. Wrap all this up with the fact they're shunning online gaming (which many consider to be the future of games) and Nintendo starts to look less and less a main player in the games industry.
Hopefully, time will prove that thought very wrong...
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If Nintendo were to take the bull by the horns and run a dedicated gaming service, for free, with games like Mario Kart and F-zero online compatible. It wouldnt just give Xbox live a run for its money, it would rape it. Xbox live has the mechanics in place to be great, but it still has the broadband only issue, and the fact that there arent many great games available for it. If Nintendo games were online, they would have the market sewn up.
When I bought my GC I wasn't expecting any online games.
In fact, no one was until the XBox came along, when suddenly it's the only thing that matters anymore.
In fact, no one was until the XBox came along, when suddenly it's the only thing that matters anymore.
Just read this on GamesRadar.com
http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp? subsectionid=160&articleid=65198&pagetype=2
Seems they also have concerns about the lacking number of quality titles on the machine, which I feel is a valid point.
Thoughts/opinions?
-----
Gamecube online gaming is years away... at best
[17/04/2003: 15:28]
Straight from the horses mouth we get the news that comes as no surprise whatsoever
Promises, failed hopes, unrealised dates and titles, it seems if you're a Nintendo fan (as we most definitely are), you just get used to these usual suspects after the new console hits town. And now online gaming has finally been given the thumbs down for quite some time by Nintendo.
Unsurprising news, granted, seeing as Ninty's online gaming plans has been an enigma since they first mentioned it. Well, now we have the official word on the matter, as spoken by George Harrison (senior vice president of marketing in America) in an interview with CNN.
In short, Ninty online gaming is "probably a few years away. It really depends on the success of the GameCube and whether people think it's worth the investment."
Nintendo are wary of online gaming and it's likely success, and if you couple that with the disappointing sales of Gamecube plus the comment above, do you really think online gaming on your Cube is likely to happen - ever?
Of course, if quality Gamecube titles are coming at you left, right and centre, you won't care too much. Further, Nintendo may be right in waiting, console online gaming is an untested market and might fall well short of expectations.
The problem for Ninty is that quality titles are few and far between and Gamecube lost the current number two console slot to Xbox in fairly quick fashion. Wrap all this up with the fact they're shunning online gaming (which many consider to be the future of games) and Nintendo starts to look less and less a main player in the games industry.
Hopefully, time will prove that thought very wrong...
http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp? subsectionid=160&articleid=65198&pagetype=2
Seems they also have concerns about the lacking number of quality titles on the machine, which I feel is a valid point.
Thoughts/opinions?
-----
Gamecube online gaming is years away... at best
[17/04/2003: 15:28]
Straight from the horses mouth we get the news that comes as no surprise whatsoever
Promises, failed hopes, unrealised dates and titles, it seems if you're a Nintendo fan (as we most definitely are), you just get used to these usual suspects after the new console hits town. And now online gaming has finally been given the thumbs down for quite some time by Nintendo.
Unsurprising news, granted, seeing as Ninty's online gaming plans has been an enigma since they first mentioned it. Well, now we have the official word on the matter, as spoken by George Harrison (senior vice president of marketing in America) in an interview with CNN.
In short, Ninty online gaming is "probably a few years away. It really depends on the success of the GameCube and whether people think it's worth the investment."
Nintendo are wary of online gaming and it's likely success, and if you couple that with the disappointing sales of Gamecube plus the comment above, do you really think online gaming on your Cube is likely to happen - ever?
Of course, if quality Gamecube titles are coming at you left, right and centre, you won't care too much. Further, Nintendo may be right in waiting, console online gaming is an untested market and might fall well short of expectations.
The problem for Ninty is that quality titles are few and far between and Gamecube lost the current number two console slot to Xbox in fairly quick fashion. Wrap all this up with the fact they're shunning online gaming (which many consider to be the future of games) and Nintendo starts to look less and less a main player in the games industry.
Hopefully, time will prove that thought very wrong...
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