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Nintendo, GameSpy Collaborate on Wii Service
It's with a sigh of relief that 1up is reporting on forward progress in the Wii's online service. GameSpy announced today that it is collaborating with Nintendo, using their middleware to allow players to meet up in online-enabled Wii titles. The first title to utilize the service will be Pokemon Battle Revolution, which releases on June 25th. The news is unfortunately not all good. "The technology will also be placed in the hands of third-party developers, although the announcement gives no indication how long companies have been working with the GameSpy middleware. Either way, it doesn't appear we'll be seeing online-enabled third-party releases until the fall, at the earliest." Here's hoping that this marks the beginning of moving beyond 'friend codes'.
That's because you're not at risk of being the victim of a sexual predator, or at risk of being sued by the parent of a child who was the victim of a sexual predator.
What sound do people on rollercoasters make? Hint: it's not Xbox 360.
I know, I know ... don't feed the trolls ... but I kind of have to.
Seriously, dude - no one can be a victim of a sexual predator by voice chat. They have to take active steps to place themselves in danger, like "Hey, my name is Sue, and I am all alone right now, so why not come by and rape me at address XXXXX scary man?". The child can also do this without online voice chat, by simply going outside and talking to people.
Also, the parent could shoulder some responsibility and simply lock the system down. They do all support parental controls nowadays.