Topic: So, do you think Wi-Fi Connection will actually go anywhere?

[wandering]

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Not possible on Rev's Virtual Console.

Only 4 Xbox360.

Pretty slick.....but I still feel n64 games look better in lower resolutions. (Am I the only one who couldn't stand that they upped the resolution in the cube oot port?)

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
The Rev is a different matter. Wi-Fi on a console is nifty but largely useless. No one is going to be bring the Rev to McDonald's.

Eh....I'd prefer it if Nintendo included an ethernet jack, but, regardless, one will be sold seperatley. Besides, wifi isn't useless in households....as Nintendo has pointed out, most people couldn't/wouldn't want to run an ethernet cable into their living room. That's not to say that there aren't some people out there who would.... but Ninty's strategy this time around seems to be to keep costs low for the average consumer by leaving out/charging extra for niche features. Want DVD playback? Sure, that's just 20 bucks extra. Want to enjoy a delicious mario ice cream bar while playing revolution? Sure, that's just an extra 5 bucks. For everyone else, the console gets to be dirt cheap.

 

[Kairon]

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Originally posted by: Jensen

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The Rev is a different matter. Wi-Fi on a console is nifty but largely useless. No one is going to be bring the Rev to McDonald's. Hot spots for the Rev are a waste of time. The Rev shown at E3 did not have an ethernet jack and Nintendo constantly pushed "Wi-Fi" in their speech. Thus it is a common assumption that the Rev is Wi-Fi only. This makes no sense as much more people have "wired" broadband than wireless. Wi-Fi makes sense on a portable because you carry it everywhere but not on a console. If the Rev is Wi-Fi only then I think there will be problems. But on the DS everything should be fine as is.

I think more people have wireless than have a 40ft cat5 cable running from their computer modem to the console by the TV in the living room.  And for people who have neither(which is most people), wireless is likely the cheaper and simpler option.

And wifi does add portability too!  Bring your WiFi Revo to your friends house for a low hassle LAN party.

And it means no wires connectivity between the DS and the Revolution.

Quoted for truth.

HD gives you a simple visual improvement in graphics.
WiFi gives you tangible ease-of-use and low-barrier-to-entry benefits.

I think it's perfectly fine that Nintendo is eschewing the traditional cabled view of broadband that was last generation and is going for the no-strings-attached WiFi connection. Heck, 45% of Kart users have already gone online, and that numbers gonna grow as soon as my dongle arrives in the mail. Even for those who don't have broadband access, the closest McDonalds/hotspot is right around the corner.

~Carmine M. Red
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[Plugabugz]

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Originally posted by: UncleBob
And yet, still no one gives my e-Reader the love it deserves...

Or the - immediately more important - lack of WFC in Europe as it affects us here and now.

I can't even begin to discuss the lack of, introduction of future features when some people are going out buying DS' to go online, find they irritatingly don't work, and then go to the website which even more irritatingly don't work.

I'm even seeing adverts for Mario Kart DS here, see here, which becomes totally redundant because the website is listed as a source to get more information.

The magnitude of Nintendo's stupidity sometimes makes me wonder whether they are run by light bulbs.

[UncleBob]

So wait... let me get this right...  MKDS is out in Euroland - and you can't even go online with it yet?

Geeze... Nintendo must hate you guys.  Did you pick on Nintendo when y'all were little or what?

I would assume that imported copies of MKDS would work, correct?  (I know it'd be a pain, I'm not really suggesting it, just kind of a technical question)

[Plugabugz]

MKDS is online here, but with no official website there's no guaranteed way to know what routers will work (aside from buying the dongle).

The website has been "coming soon" for about 3 weeks now.

[Pale]

Uhmm this exploded after I left work yesterday.

But anyway, it's already been said Ian, but in order to support HD Nintendo would need to do significantly more with their hardware besides add the outputs.  This is the reason why, on paper, the 360 and ps3 will look like significantly better machines, but on a standard def tv, most people won't notice the difference.

[Mario]

I share your pain Plugabugz, Nintendo Australia haven't put up a proper WiFi website yet either, and we got WiFi the same time as the US. "coming soon" to Nintendo means coming in a billion years.

[UncleBob]

Oh... If it's just the list of routers, then, eh...

My router nor a friend of mine's router was even on the list...  Both worked perfectly.
I wouldn't be too concerned about the list of routers - I've seen quite a few complaints about routers not being listed...

[Avinash_Tyagi]

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The Rev is a different matter. Wi-Fi on a console is nifty but largely useless. No one is going to be bring the Rev to McDonald's. Hot spots for the Rev are a waste of time. The Rev shown at E3 did not have an ethernet jack and Nintendo constantly pushed "Wi-Fi" in their speech. Thus it is a common assumption that the Rev is Wi-Fi only. This makes no sense as much more people have "wired" broadband than wireless. Wi-Fi makes sense on a portable because you carry it everywhere but not on a console. If the Rev is Wi-Fi only then I think there will be problems. But on the DS everything should be fine as is.

What's to stop them from building router functionality into the Rev?

[noIinteam]

Hopefully because it's free.