27th February 2014, 3:04 PM
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/02/th...-consoles/
Ars has posted the same thoughts I have about things like this. I actually understand why Nintendo would eventually need to "turn out the lights", but as Ars states, they (and MS and Sony and EA and the rest) owe it to us to put out framework we can use to set up our own servers when they turn out the lights. As Ars makes clear, they don't have to do this when the services first launch, just saving it for when they close. Further, they should "host" the DLC and online-only content on their FTP for users to freely download (or purchase and "side load" onto their systems after the fact). Basic consideration, that's what I'm saying here.
Ars has posted the same thoughts I have about things like this. I actually understand why Nintendo would eventually need to "turn out the lights", but as Ars states, they (and MS and Sony and EA and the rest) owe it to us to put out framework we can use to set up our own servers when they turn out the lights. As Ars makes clear, they don't have to do this when the services first launch, just saving it for when they close. Further, they should "host" the DLC and online-only content on their FTP for users to freely download (or purchase and "side load" onto their systems after the fact). Basic consideration, that's what I'm saying here.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)