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No 3rd Party Online Support for Wii Until Next Year?
Via Joystiq, a preview for Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam at IGN. Such a thing isn't really news, of course, but down at the bottom of the article there is some distressing information. According to IGN, third party online support for the Wii will have to wait until next year. Joystiq points out that this could mean launch titles like Monkey Ball, Blazing Angels, and Call of Duty 3 may be offline-only.
IGN also reported that the release date and price would be revealed at the Leipzeig Games Convention. They also throw so much hype into untrue stories, I'd take this story with a grain of salt until it is confirmed by multiple sources.
It's like sex, except I'm having it!
Nintendo's just in no rush to take a bite of the shit sandwich MySpace has been eating recently thanks to pedophiles and the like. If they end up catching flak for their online system, it might as well be through their own actions rather than those of a third party. And hell, they're probably just taking some time to define what guidelines they'll give third parties when designing the online component of their games.
Yea, it sucks. There should at least be LAN play on all of these games, but if Nintendo feels comfortable giving this fight up for more security then more power to them. Too bad nobody can just get this console thing right.
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According to your logic, we shouldn't expect an Xbox to "deliver something like Xbox Live" either...
This guy's the limit!
I think people overestimate how many people take advantage of online services to begin with. How many of the million Xbox live users are only there because they got it for free and are no longer active once they have to pay? And, having to wait until next year? That's what, four months away at this point with the console's release date not even announced yet? So you might have to wait 2 whole months for third party online games and that's supposed to be a deal breaker? No, a $600 price tag on a console not in production with only marginally better graphics for the next year or two is a deal breaker, this is not.
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Nintendo fanboys can have it both ways: First it's "Wii is innovative, online is free, and cheap for developers!". After this much hype and justification of the Wii with online being a major bullet point, you can't turn around and claim that, because of the price point, lack of multiplayer (for 3rd parties) is somehow justifiable.
So the DS at $130 does not have online play?