Reggie Fils-Aime talks about the Wii U's online service.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/27112
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime acknowledged Nintendo's online shortcomings and need to do better with Wii U in an interview with Forbes.
Fils-Aime also gave some rather uncertain details regarding their plans for the service. Telling Forbes that “what we’re doing is creating a much more flexible system that will allow the best approaches by independent publishers to come to bear.”
This and other comments seem to suggest that Nintendo is more interested in allowing for the publishers to handle the online services for their games, which may mean that we will not being seeing a robust online system like Xbox Live or PSN coming from Nintendo.
Reggie even went so far as to point to third party publishers for information on the service, saying that “from our perspective, we think it’s much more compelling for that information to come from the publishers than to come from us.”
The full interview with Reggie can be read at Forbes’ website.
*just shakes his head.*Isnt that how the rest of the Internet works? You don't use the same account information to sign into both gmail and NWR, for example. Every site uses a different system, and every online PC game does the same thing (save for steam). I'm not saying it's the best method for nintendo, but most of us deal with this issue of multiple accounts every day and don't think twice about it.
Xbox LIVE is the standard and PSN works pretty well for the constraints it has. For once, Nintendo needs to just swallow its pride and model its online structure after these systems we already know work, and then they can build from there with their own ideas. If they go with (as the rumor insinuates) putting this system in the hands of individual publishers, what...does that mean I'll have to have a half-dozen different logins and passwords for every game I play (like when you login to an EA game on PSN/360)? That doesn't sound very user-friendly.
A lot of us strive for unified logins on the web. How many people on this forum use a tool to combine their Twitter and Facebook to 1 easy viewable spot? I know I personally do. I also try to tie as much as I can to Facebook Connect and like. I don't want to have a million logins. I've even bought a personally certificate before to try to use that for universal login.*just shakes his head.*Isnt that how the rest of the Internet works? You don't use the same account information to sign into both gmail and NWR, for example. Every site uses a different system, and every online PC game does the same thing (save for steam). I'm not saying it's the best method for nintendo, but most of us deal with this issue of multiple accounts every day and don't think twice about it.
Xbox LIVE is the standard and PSN works pretty well for the constraints it has. For once, Nintendo needs to just swallow its pride and model its online structure after these systems we already know work, and then they can build from there with their own ideas. If they go with (as the rumor insinuates) putting this system in the hands of individual publishers, what...does that mean I'll have to have a half-dozen different logins and passwords for every game I play (like when you login to an EA game on PSN/360)? That doesn't sound very user-friendly.
Why can't they have a dual system?
The friend codes for satisfying Nintendo's paranoid EVERYONE ON THE INTERNETS IS TURRIBLE nature, and a username alongside (that's not centrally managed, maybe?) it for a more traditionally-accepted experience.
A lot of us strive for unified logins on the web.
How do unified logins bring that about? Thats like saying XBox Live is making all XBox games similar. When their not.A lot of us strive for unified logins on the web.
Speak for yourself. The conglomeration of the internet in the last decade is largely ruining what used to be a trying innovative space. Now it's becoming more and more a meeting of corporate portals and tween marketing.
Playing an assload of video games is not an achievement. And I really don't care who does what in a game how many times. Anyone really care how many times I've used the attack helicopter in Black Ops? Anyone? Bueller?I will say that for any stat in any "game" Is hitting a ball somewhat consistently an Achievement? By your account every sport is not worthy of mention.
A user based login system would be great. One not based on, controlled, or secured (or not) by a third party that is.
This sounds almost exactly like what they said on the GameCube and we all know how that turned out.
I like having different log ins for different things, but not for parts of the same thing. For example, Facebook has nothing to do with student loans, I don't need the same log in for that and I actually prefer it. However, I have a checking and savings account with with the same bank. I wouldn't want to log in separately to view them.One login to Rule them all would be silly in a universal context but, I want all the outside doors of my house to be the same more than likely. I view anything playing on a game console to be the same as everything being at the same bank.
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*No forced 720/1080.
I will say that for any stat in any "game" Is hitting a ball somewhat consistently an Achievement? By your account every sport is not worthy of mention.When that sport is played by rank amateurs in their own homes, absolutely.
Most achievements aren't that granular and for the record I would like those statistics available. When done properly achievements are actually hard and something an amateur wouldn't be able to do but someone at the Olympic level could, using Olympics because they seem to want to stay a bit below professional.I will say that for any stat in any "game" Is hitting a ball somewhat consistently an Achievement? By your account every sport is not worthy of mention.When that sport is played by rank amateurs in their own homes, absolutely.
So I take it you don't want to know what my headshot:accuracy:kill:death ratios are in Medal of Honor: Heroes II? Or how many self-destructs I have in SSB:B with young Link as opposed to even younger Link? Item knock offs with Pikachu? Metamatoes eaten with Luigi? Ad nauseam.
If you like that stuff, fine. So long as I have the option to not be forced to be subjected to it even finer. Also not having to pay a subscription for things that have been done free for years would be great.