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Originally posted by: bonestormer
I too am VERY disapointed in Nintendo's lack of online games. Isn't Nintendo supposed to be the innovative one?
Since when is having online play considered innovative? We've had that since the DC and the PC. Hell, we had that for SNES and Genesis with X-Band, and for Saturn with Netlink. Besides, true innovation lies in game design.
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Online is the new frontier, yet they ignore it?
No, online gaming is not the new frontier. It is the new
bandwagon. Like CD games were back in the 16 bit days. Yes, they were the future, but it was also way too early for their introduction.
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Disapointing, but whatever. No skin off my back. I'll just send my money to PS2 or XB playing their online games instead
A fool and his money are soon parted.
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And I wonder if Xbox would be outselling the GC like it has in recent months if not for Xbox Live (or GC being online). 500,000 Live subscritions. A good percetage of which soly got a Xbox because of Live. And it's not profitable?
No, it's not.
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(Oh yeah, DC's online play was in no way responsible for DC's early death.
Right. Sega's enthusiastic adoption of an unproven technology and business model was in no way responsible for their death, just like back when they enthusastically adopted CD-Rom technology, which was also way too soon. Online play is nifty, but also rather insignificant to the entertainment value of a game, there's a big hoo-hah right now about "Going online". It's a sort of holy grail, like CD, FMV, and 3D graphics once were. When you attempt to force a new technology into fruition before its time, what you get is unpolished, impractical, unprofitable and not very fun. Internet connectivity will come eventually, but it won't be a huge revolutionary deal. It'll just be another option at the bottom of the game menu, and certainly not something that will make or break any of the current consoles.