21st February 2003, 10:14 AM
Yes, I think that its been established that X-Box Live is a great idea which is dramatically helping Sony and Nintendo's non-policy on the internet is hurting them quite significantly... I just don't understand Nintendo's thinking on the subject at all.
Oh... 'Gamecube Live' would help Nintendo, but not as much as X-Box Live did... because X-Box live was the first online system of its kind on a major, successful console... the PS2 just has a 'set up your own' system that leads to fewer games being online than X-Box Live, where Microsoft deals with running all of it... and where games that aren't online on the other two consoles are online on X-Box because its so easy to add it. However... if Nintendo did something similar, it wouldn't be new so it wouldnt' make as much of an impact... Would it help? Yes. A lot. But not as much as Live does the X-Box... its not as new an idea anymore.
Still, Gamecube 2 better have a built-in modem, a harddrive, and internet service at launch or it won't have a chance...
Oh, and while it is true that the market is constantly changing and that no situation is permanant, I don't see Nintendo getting back to first place anytime soon. If the three next consoles come out at the same time, I honestly don't know which would win... but given many people's stupid opinions that Nintendo is 'kiddy' or something, I doubt it'd be Nintendo. If anyone has a chance to beat Sony in the next generation, I'd be it'd be Microsoft...
Oh... 'Gamecube Live' would help Nintendo, but not as much as X-Box Live did... because X-Box live was the first online system of its kind on a major, successful console... the PS2 just has a 'set up your own' system that leads to fewer games being online than X-Box Live, where Microsoft deals with running all of it... and where games that aren't online on the other two consoles are online on X-Box because its so easy to add it. However... if Nintendo did something similar, it wouldn't be new so it wouldnt' make as much of an impact... Would it help? Yes. A lot. But not as much as Live does the X-Box... its not as new an idea anymore.
Still, Gamecube 2 better have a built-in modem, a harddrive, and internet service at launch or it won't have a chance...
Oh, and while it is true that the market is constantly changing and that no situation is permanant, I don't see Nintendo getting back to first place anytime soon. If the three next consoles come out at the same time, I honestly don't know which would win... but given many people's stupid opinions that Nintendo is 'kiddy' or something, I doubt it'd be Nintendo. If anyone has a chance to beat Sony in the next generation, I'd be it'd be Microsoft...
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