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We have seen the pictures of the Nintendo Gamecube Modem and Broadband Adaptor, But I personally think that these accessories will not be released in the UK.
The whole idea of being able to connect to the WWW on a gamecube and playing online games is exciting, but I don't think that it will happen in the UK because of the speed of internet connections.
As we all know, Nintendo means quality, and I don't think that nintendo will allow the gamecube to be played online with poor ping rates which will effect gameplay.
The government want everybody in the UK to have Broadband connections but at the moment BT charge far to much for this facility AND where I'm living, I can't even receive a broadband connection (heavily populated area!).
When the majority of us have Broadband, I think that Online gaming in Britain will explode into a fantastic new games industry.
To conclude this, I think that these pictures of the Modem and Broadband adaptor will become history, just like the Nintendo 64DD! Realistically, I think we can expect to see Total online gaming on the console after the Gamecube.
What do you guys think?
NINTENDO ROCK!
Cheers
Sin
The whole idea of being able to connect to the WWW on a gamecube and playing online games is exciting, but I don't think that it will happen in the UK because of the speed of internet connections.
As we all know, Nintendo means quality, and I don't think that nintendo will allow the gamecube to be played online with poor ping rates which will effect gameplay.
The government want everybody in the UK to have Broadband connections but at the moment BT charge far to much for this facility AND where I'm living, I can't even receive a broadband connection (heavily populated area!).
When the majority of us have Broadband, I think that Online gaming in Britain will explode into a fantastic new games industry.
To conclude this, I think that these pictures of the Modem and Broadband adaptor will become history, just like the Nintendo 64DD! Realistically, I think we can expect to see Total online gaming on the console after the Gamecube.
What do you guys think?
NINTENDO ROCK!
Cheers
Sin
Anyone played Tony hawks 3 on the PS2 online? How is it?
Yup...something better than ADSL or Cable has already been made, VDSL. Its not generally available though. Mind you, the price would be enormous if it was available to us all.
If Nintendo can't get a strong Broadband connected fan base they will have trouble breaking into the market of online gaming. Why? Well without broadband a lagless FPS is a bit of a dream. 56k is the next best thing (for consoles) but this isn't very good unless its for a simple game.
If Nintendo can't get a strong Broadband connected fan base they will have trouble breaking into the market of online gaming. Why? Well without broadband a lagless FPS is a bit of a dream. 56k is the next best thing (for consoles) but this isn't very good unless its for a simple game.
I'm hoping that you're just pesimistic, Sinfield...
I think that we won't get broadband for a while, but by the time Nintendo are ready to go online, I think that the majority of us will be able to access broadband.
Having said that, there's meant to be a new system that uses radio waves instead of phonelines being develloped.
BT are supposedly waiting to see how this new system fares before commiting to broadband.
Either way, if Sony and Microsoft are going broadband in the UK, I'm certain that sooner or later, no matter how reluctantly, Nintendo will follow suit.
I think that we won't get broadband for a while, but by the time Nintendo are ready to go online, I think that the majority of us will be able to access broadband.
Having said that, there's meant to be a new system that uses radio waves instead of phonelines being develloped.
BT are supposedly waiting to see how this new system fares before commiting to broadband.
Either way, if Sony and Microsoft are going broadband in the UK, I'm certain that sooner or later, no matter how reluctantly, Nintendo will follow suit.
The Broadband adapter and 56k ones have been shown for ages now, unless they have changed them. I have Broadband and from what I have heard about the X Box from some americans is that you have to link it through the PC to actually play online. THats what it sounded like he was saYINg...but that sounds dodgy. Mind you somene had a crack at Microsoft by saying a little child said "Mummy, I need a £1000 PC to play online games off of my £300 console"
Also, I didn't know the Ps2 even had a broadband modem out yet? Not in America either, okay, I may be wrong but I don't remember hearing anything official about it being released.
Also, I didn't know the Ps2 even had a broadband modem out yet? Not in America either, okay, I may be wrong but I don't remember hearing anything official about it being released.
Yeah, saw them today. Had to hunt for it though, and there's really nothing to see, just a black kind of box thing (56k) and grey for broadband.
Good post.
I think that like for the dreamcast, the games developers will work their magic to reduce the required amount of information to be transfered to minimal rates, and maybe giving up more of the disk to helping this along will improve the situation further.
Hopefully, although we'll lack behind broadband users, the thing will still operate, and at a pretty good rate. Also, there could be a few online games where a slight lag isn't too important anyway (strategy, rpg... um, golf?), so i'd say there is definitely the potential for online gaming to have a place in the uk.
In my opinion, the 64DD would never have made it into europe because nintendo had such a small potential market for the thing, and gave up on the 64 too soon for it to seem worthwhile.
Hopefully this won't happen with the gube, so there won't be any such problems.
Personally, how i'd really like to see it used would be in the style of an online bar, or something.
It'd have chat rooms where you could either meet up with random people or people you'd arranged to play with (ie, an like open bar, then when you meet someone, you go to a table on your own), and from there, there would be simple 'pub games' - pool, darts?, a mini golf course out the back, arcade machines - and of course, once you'd met up with people, you could go off for a game of whatever you wanted - the actual game you wanted to play online.
It's a beautiful dream...
I think that like for the dreamcast, the games developers will work their magic to reduce the required amount of information to be transfered to minimal rates, and maybe giving up more of the disk to helping this along will improve the situation further.
Hopefully, although we'll lack behind broadband users, the thing will still operate, and at a pretty good rate. Also, there could be a few online games where a slight lag isn't too important anyway (strategy, rpg... um, golf?), so i'd say there is definitely the potential for online gaming to have a place in the uk.
In my opinion, the 64DD would never have made it into europe because nintendo had such a small potential market for the thing, and gave up on the 64 too soon for it to seem worthwhile.
Hopefully this won't happen with the gube, so there won't be any such problems.
Personally, how i'd really like to see it used would be in the style of an online bar, or something.
It'd have chat rooms where you could either meet up with random people or people you'd arranged to play with (ie, an like open bar, then when you meet someone, you go to a table on your own), and from there, there would be simple 'pub games' - pool, darts?, a mini golf course out the back, arcade machines - and of course, once you'd met up with people, you could go off for a game of whatever you wanted - the actual game you wanted to play online.
It's a beautiful dream...
We have seen the pictures of the Nintendo Gamecube Modem and Broadband Adaptor, But I personally think that these accessories will not be released in the UK.
The whole idea of being able to connect to the WWW on a gamecube and playing online games is exciting, but I don't think that it will happen in the UK because of the speed of internet connections.
As we all know, Nintendo means quality, and I don't think that nintendo will allow the gamecube to be played online with poor ping rates which will effect gameplay.
The government want everybody in the UK to have Broadband connections but at the moment BT charge far to much for this facility AND where I'm living, I can't even receive a broadband connection (heavily populated area!).
When the majority of us have Broadband, I think that Online gaming in Britain will explode into a fantastic new games industry.
To conclude this, I think that these pictures of the Modem and Broadband adaptor will become history, just like the Nintendo 64DD! Realistically, I think we can expect to see Total online gaming on the console after the Gamecube.
What do you guys think?
NINTENDO ROCK!
Cheers
Sin
The whole idea of being able to connect to the WWW on a gamecube and playing online games is exciting, but I don't think that it will happen in the UK because of the speed of internet connections.
As we all know, Nintendo means quality, and I don't think that nintendo will allow the gamecube to be played online with poor ping rates which will effect gameplay.
The government want everybody in the UK to have Broadband connections but at the moment BT charge far to much for this facility AND where I'm living, I can't even receive a broadband connection (heavily populated area!).
When the majority of us have Broadband, I think that Online gaming in Britain will explode into a fantastic new games industry.
To conclude this, I think that these pictures of the Modem and Broadband adaptor will become history, just like the Nintendo 64DD! Realistically, I think we can expect to see Total online gaming on the console after the Gamecube.
What do you guys think?
NINTENDO ROCK!
Cheers
Sin