Sure, you don't have a problem, but XBOX Live (or any centralized service) is still 100 times better.
The fact is...decentralized services are nice for the PC, but on a console the vast majority of people are looking for simplicity. XBOX Live is simplicity, and it's going to be even nicer when the OS of the console is designed specifically to work with it.
Sony is being very foolish if they go this route. They are handing Microsoft another monopoly.
While Nintendo is second to none when it comes to innovation in gaming, it's unlikely that their brand can carry a console at this point. The fair-to-poor sales of their last two consoles has more or less made them bit players in the industry they re-created.
Nintendo just doesn't have the weight, at this point, to get 3rd party support from the likes of Electronic Arts. They also lack the money or savy to piece a game lineup together....one that covers all the bases (kind of like Microsoft did when it launched the XBOX).
I'd like to think they have some magic beans (like a super-innovative-controller) to make this next console a real revolution, but even if they have the innovation it could still fail on brand.
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Sure, you don't have a problem, but XBOX Live (or any centralized service) is still 100 times better. The fact is...decentralized services are nice for the PC, but on a console the vast majority of people are looking for simplicity. XBOX Live is simplicity, and it's going to be even nicer when the OS of the console is designed specifically to work with it. Sony is being very foolish if they go this route. They are handing Microsoft another monopoly.
Nintendo just doesn't have the weight, at this point, to get 3rd party support from the likes of Electronic Arts. They also lack the money or savy to piece a game lineup together....one that covers all the bases (kind of like Microsoft did when it launched the XBOX).
I'd like to think they have some magic beans (like a super-innovative-controller) to make this next console a real revolution, but even if they have the innovation it could still fail on brand.
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