24th March 2006, 2:06 PM
as far as comparable to Live goes, i dunno if Nintendo will jump on the in-game voice chat immeadiately but it will be there just because of demand. Everything else should be on par with Live! with it's exclusive 'network only' Arcade structure for indies and then the virtual console on top of that, and of course completely free chat, online gaming, etc. It remains to be seen if Nintendo will opt for the Friend Code (IP) setup, i'm thinking they will but with pre and post game chat, in-game chat, etc, giving out a friend code to a trusted person who wont mess up your hard work or be a troll during an online session wont be much of an issue. As with the browser planned, there will be email programs and instant messaging, probably even built in from Nintendo out of the gate. Television recording is a possibility (record to SD card, watch on DS, etc), but I that will probably be a third party endevor.
this and Sony's plans for a free experiennce I think will force MS in to a free 'copper' service, but we'll see.
this and Sony's plans for a free experiennce I think will force MS in to a free 'copper' service, but we'll see.