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Nintendo Iwata: We Won't Compete Online

Sure, the company isn't really going to bother to much with any more Wii peripherals (hello, third parties); and certainly, the Wii Motion Plus (which makes the Wii Remote do what developers thought it could do to start with) hasn't been priced for retail - but "we can make it very affordable"; cripes, even the DS could take on mobile phone-like capabilities. Aside from all that, Nintendo is not going to compete with either Sony or Microsoft in a plethora of online services. Ninty is, after all, "still an entertainment company first and foremost".

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Published: 510 days 2 hours ago | News | Wii

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niall77 - 510 days 5 hours ago

1 - atleast ditch freind codes.

it would "put more smiles on more faces"

ewwww

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kindi_boy - 510 days ago

1.1 - he said we "wont"

he should have said we "CAN'T"

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JsonHenry - 510 days ago

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Then you will FAIL OFFLINE.

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MazzingerZ - 510 days ago

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Of course they WON'T even if they COULD...the wii is selling like pancakes, why to spend money on that?

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Gangsta Krizzab - 510 days 5 hours ago

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This is going to hit them hard in the future.

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BrotherNick - 510 days 2 hours ago

3 - It would be good if you read the article sometimes, these titles are sensationalist.

In terms of online services, Iwata actually tells Yukari Iwatani Kane at the WSJ, "If we can do something different that plays up our strengths - and broadens what a videogame constitutes - then we might do it. If we have no ideas, we're not going to compete with the exact same services against companies like Sony, which has a movie studio, and Microsoft, which has a lot of money."

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mcgrawgamer - 510 days 1 hour ago

3.1 - exactly

trying to compete head on is what put them in 3rd place to begin with. prior to this generation that is.

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jeffaustin90 - 510 days 1 hour ago

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mcgrawgamer, I agree. They were getting their butts kicked by trying to be a conventional gaming system (Gamecube) so they decided to see what else they could do with video gaming, something else that Sony and Microsoft weren't doing at the time. And you know what? It worked. They've become very profitable because of the Wii, and they've stood out from the pack as something new and different.

I think that with next generation, there will be even more of a difference between the Big 3 consoles. Sony will cater to the hardcore-of-hardcore fans, Nintendo will become strictly a fun machine for friends and family, and Microsoft will offer the best of both worlds.

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thebudgetgamer - 510 days 1 hour ago

3.3 - as much as i dont like the wii

we might have to change the phrase selling like hotcakes to selling like wiis

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wiizy - 510 days 1 hour ago

4 - lol

they dont need to just provide new online services that the competion does not have ... and you keep winning

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IzKyD1331 - 510 days 1 hour ago

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its still nintendo's decision if they want to take this route

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Darkiewonder - 510 days 1 hour ago

6 - =

Bad Editing: Won't is suppose to be can't.

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Light Yagami - 509 days 21 hours ago

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Why should they compete? There's only 2 good games on the Wii that has online gaming =/

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f789790 - 509 days 17 hours ago

8 - They should try at least to fix obvious problems

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tk - 509 days 3 hours ago

9 - Not yet...

They will in future. If they announce they will compete with online services now, then the pressure will be on them to match the other two services now, which will lead to disappointment. The will most probably compete with the next gen... which is OK. They don't need to create expectations that will paint them with failure. Good decision in my opinion. They will have some online functionality, and gradualy improve until they are can compete in that space.

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sidar - 510 days 4 hours ago

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Although this does not mean they wont try and make something out of it....i'm still gonna say it.
Damn you Iwata >=(.

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madjedi - 509 days 22 hours ago

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So does this mean nintendo isn't going to allow wii users buy/tv episodes and movies or that online gaming will not be one of nintendos priorities he is far to vague.

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"In terms of online services, Iwata actually tells Yukari Iwatani Kane at the WSJ, "If we can do something different that plays up our strengths - and broadens what a videogame constitutes then we might do it." "

Okay exactly how many kinds of online services are there, i think between the ps3 and 360's online features just about everything is covered.

Now the last part about broadening what a videogame constitutes sounds odd, best i can guess either he is talking about creating new genres. Or he is refering to making more dumbed down, no purpose everyone wins games like wii music.

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sidar - 509 days 21 hours ago

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If the other 2 are covering everything i really do not see the point of people bashing Nintendo's online service.
Why complain if 2 companies are already doing.
Nintendo does allot in a different way so we will never know what they will do.

What they meant with the last part, well we will see about that.

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jinn - 509 days 4 hours ago

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was it worth wasting the time to mention the statement, even kids dont play wii online

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