4th November 2003, 5:51 PM
Yeah, unfortunately it makes a lot of sense -- I don't think its quite as bad as they say -- but still, its bad.
Is connectivity completely useless? No. It does have some legimate uses, I think. When all it is doing is unlocking something already in the cart its stupid, for sure... but if its adding a feature that would be hard to do otherwise, why not?
Oh, sure, so far it hasn't been shown to be of much use at all... but I think that FF:CC and Zelda:FS are decent uses. Should those games be that way? Well... they both certainly could be done other, more normal, and cheaper to the users ways... but the way they are is admittedly somewhat innovative (well maybe not that, but certainly unique), which is something Nintendo likes... I don't think that connectivity is being pushed for purely selfish reasons. I'm sure that they really think its a good idea... and given the right game it could be.
The problem is that they are pushing it at the exclusion of all else. People expect online these days! As I have said a thousand times, they well might not see the fact that creating goodwill by making an online service is far more important than worring about some losses... they just are blind to that. I really hope that it doesn't come back to bite them too hard in the future... :(
Is connectivity completely useless? No. It does have some legimate uses, I think. When all it is doing is unlocking something already in the cart its stupid, for sure... but if its adding a feature that would be hard to do otherwise, why not?
Oh, sure, so far it hasn't been shown to be of much use at all... but I think that FF:CC and Zelda:FS are decent uses. Should those games be that way? Well... they both certainly could be done other, more normal, and cheaper to the users ways... but the way they are is admittedly somewhat innovative (well maybe not that, but certainly unique), which is something Nintendo likes... I don't think that connectivity is being pushed for purely selfish reasons. I'm sure that they really think its a good idea... and given the right game it could be.
The problem is that they are pushing it at the exclusion of all else. People expect online these days! As I have said a thousand times, they well might not see the fact that creating goodwill by making an online service is far more important than worring about some losses... they just are blind to that. I really hope that it doesn't come back to bite them too hard in the future... :(
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