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It's hard to see why Nintendo are doing this in light of the competition.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, Nintendo are releasing the modem and braodband adaptor on 7 March, with Phantasy Star Online probaly out on the same day to become the first game in making use of Nintendo's online peripherals.
The thing is, David Gosen (managing director of Nintendo Europe) has stated that Nintendo are playing down the presence of the peripherals when they are due because of the lack of broadband in the UK. In a perfect world, every business would do the same, as setup costs and the daunting task of just creating and monitoring an online service requires a huge effort, with omparatively low rewards as a result. But because Sony and Microsoft are hyping their online strategies so much, wouldn't it be common sense to make a point; to tell the public that Nintendo can play games online like its rivals? Because at the moment, the impression Nintendo is giving to the generic consumer can be summed up like this: "We make kiddy games for our console. No, it can't play DVDs. No, you can't play online. We just make kiddy games."
This perception has got to change, Nintendo.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, Nintendo are releasing the modem and braodband adaptor on 7 March, with Phantasy Star Online probaly out on the same day to become the first game in making use of Nintendo's online peripherals.
The thing is, David Gosen (managing director of Nintendo Europe) has stated that Nintendo are playing down the presence of the peripherals when they are due because of the lack of broadband in the UK. In a perfect world, every business would do the same, as setup costs and the daunting task of just creating and monitoring an online service requires a huge effort, with omparatively low rewards as a result. But because Sony and Microsoft are hyping their online strategies so much, wouldn't it be common sense to make a point; to tell the public that Nintendo can play games online like its rivals? Because at the moment, the impression Nintendo is giving to the generic consumer can be summed up like this: "We make kiddy games for our console. No, it can't play DVDs. No, you can't play online. We just make kiddy games."
This perception has got to change, Nintendo.
Hm.
Still, online is being supported.
And the old 'Avergae Joe' won't give a **** about online, so only regualr players will, and they know most of the spin.
Still, online is being supported.
And the old 'Avergae Joe' won't give a **** about online, so only regualr players will, and they know most of the spin.
They didn't actually personally remove them, it's just that there where no firm specs for games online on Cube so there was no way games developers could implement them.
And Nintendo doesn't have online capabilities in multi-format games, they took them out, unlike PS2 and Xbox versions.
Think Tony Hawks 3, 4, and TimeSplitters, although there proabbly is more...
Think Tony Hawks 3, 4, and TimeSplitters, although there proabbly is more...
It's hard to see why Nintendo are doing this in light of the competition.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, Nintendo are releasing the modem and braodband adaptor on 7 March, with Phantasy Star Online probaly out on the same day to become the first game in making use of Nintendo's online peripherals.
The thing is, David Gosen (managing director of Nintendo Europe) has stated that Nintendo are playing down the presence of the peripherals when they are due because of the lack of broadband in the UK. In a perfect world, every business would do the same, as setup costs and the daunting task of just creating and monitoring an online service requires a huge effort, with omparatively low rewards as a result. But because Sony and Microsoft are hyping their online strategies so much, wouldn't it be common sense to make a point; to tell the public that Nintendo can play games online like its rivals? Because at the moment, the impression Nintendo is giving to the generic consumer can be summed up like this: "We make kiddy games for our console. No, it can't play DVDs. No, you can't play online. We just make kiddy games."
This perception has got to change, Nintendo.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, Nintendo are releasing the modem and braodband adaptor on 7 March, with Phantasy Star Online probaly out on the same day to become the first game in making use of Nintendo's online peripherals.
The thing is, David Gosen (managing director of Nintendo Europe) has stated that Nintendo are playing down the presence of the peripherals when they are due because of the lack of broadband in the UK. In a perfect world, every business would do the same, as setup costs and the daunting task of just creating and monitoring an online service requires a huge effort, with omparatively low rewards as a result. But because Sony and Microsoft are hyping their online strategies so much, wouldn't it be common sense to make a point; to tell the public that Nintendo can play games online like its rivals? Because at the moment, the impression Nintendo is giving to the generic consumer can be summed up like this: "We make kiddy games for our console. No, it can't play DVDs. No, you can't play online. We just make kiddy games."
This perception has got to change, Nintendo.