Nintendo Dismisses Online For GC Successor

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a GamePro article discussing Nintendo's public attitude to online gaming, even as it extends to the GameCube successor. According to Nintendo's senior VP George Harrison, "[Online gaming] is a consideration. We're looking into it for the next iteration of the GameCube. We just don't believe consumers are ready for it. Right now, no one's paying for subscriptions. The real test comes when you have to start coughing up $15 per month." However, analyst Michael Goodman doesn't concur: "The game console isn't just a game console anymore. It's evolving into a home entertainment system. Nintendo has refused to acknowledge that and it's hurt them."

Comments

Re:Nintendo is wrong

[Kethinov]

how hard would it be to slap on an TCP/IP protocal and run it through the users' ISPs?

Not hard at all. But that would require me actually buying a GC which I refuse to do. Console games are great, but I'll never buy a console. Computers are so much more useful. So until Nintendo starts selling their games for computers, I'm going to continue to use emulators and play my bought/rented games that way.