15th August 2004, 7:24 AM
Quote:I'm not exactly surprised. Far from it, given what Nintendo has said over the years.
Anyway, as I've said before, if it's Wi-Fi only internet I'd never be able to use it anyway so I'd just as much want them to just have none... wifi only internet would be a very bad move. Given that they keep saying how they want to have it accessible to everyone in that respect they're doing the right thing... though the RIGHT thing would be to put a ethernet plug in the thing. Or something that could be hooked up to one.
Anyway, without Nintendo making online games the support will be at best similar to the Cube, obviously. While the N-Gage already has online games and the PSP is just about sure to follow. Not good at ALL if Nintendo expects to make much of a dent into the older gamer market...
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The DS is a portable, so putting in an ethernet socket would make it a non-portable. Eventually there will be wi-fi access points all over the place so that you'll be able to enjoy a good online gaming session just about anywhere (within reason). That's why Nintendo and Sony are supporting wi-fi.