Wiiconnect24, always connected, wifi inside, get updates automatically.
ok, heres the kicker... the system is never always connected to the internet.
it has to reconnect after you change channels.
this is why it takes 3 minutes to load the forecast channel or the shopping channel. (it first connects to the hotspot then to the service)
i doubt that the forecast channle effects gameplay, i dont know where this rumor started, but it wasnt from big N and none of the games are connected to the net now anyways.
when games finally come out for this "always connected" system, its going to take 3 minutes to actually connect first.
i am NOT happy what they have been doing with the net service. i thought it would always be on, id always know who else was on, id always know who else was playing, id be able to flip through all the net services as fast as it would take to load and not connect first.
im not happy i cant see who my friends friends are, making a REAL community, right now its like "Oh, we are all connected, but you are confined to your own cell and have no options to leave it"
Unless N updates their system to be actually always connected (which i know they wont, i think the japanes are scared to hook people up for some reason, i dont get it, is it an american christian influance...
) their net service sucks ass, and can never compete with xbox360 or prolly even ps3... def not compete with the pc. (think the pc makes me realize what they can do, but wont).
ok, thats my pissed off rant, time to play more wii now!