The online Gamecube Conspiracy
The year was 2001-2002 the console battle had begun for that generation in gaming, people were surprised that nintendo didnt launch with any online games, but sadly they never would release one online game for their new gamecube console. Why you ask? that answer will never be known, why did nintendo have an online port/cable for their unit but not utilize, the answer has to do with nintendo trying a multitude of new ideas. Although utilizing new ideas meant dishing out lots of mediocre games that ended up in nintendo losing that console war. Although unltimately the wii would make up for their console defeat, I do not understand why nintendo never utilized this technology, melee needed to be online, along with fourswords adventure, mario kart, and many other great games. Nintendo is a strange company, that when any thing starts to go bad they will abondon it instead of speanding more money on it, the virtual boy is a classic example in this strategy saving them alot of cash, cause even with more ads nintendo knew the system would fail. Maybe nintendo made some online server that failed and was therefore abonded, thats just my theory of course. I still dont understand this concept though, its just plain stupidity, thats like not having any ds games using the microphone but having it be there, its like what the hell is the point. Im not saying that this caused the gamecube to lose the console wars, it was the lack of great games in 2003-2005 that screwed nintendo over. In a time of struggle nintendo never unleashed what couldve been their savior, but why? That is for you to answer.
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Anyway,what most people don't know is that xbox live costed a lot of money!
microsoft lost alot of money starting xbox live up.
I think Nintendo was smart to not to a lot of online stuff with the Cube, broadband is just not getting very popular and most people have it. Not enough people had it for it to be a deciding factor for them with Cube, would have been tossing money in the crapper for the most part.
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Nothing "needs" to be online, though Microsoft would love you to beleive otherwise.
With online gaming in it's infancy then (and now), Nintendo would either need to provide a free service and bleed money, or charge for online access, neither of which is Nintendo's MO. One thing no one's mentioned here yet is the fact that GCN has 4 controller ports in the front and Nintendo wants you to use them all. So, they make a tonne of games that are 4 player, and in order to get the most out of them, you need to buy more controllers. Smart marketing if you ask me. The mark up on controllers has to be good, and consumers never feel ripped off when buying them, because at least you have something physical in your hands (vs. online access where you don't).
I guarantee you that if Wii Sports had online multiplayer, Nintendo wouldn't have sold very many extra remotes or copies of Wii Play.
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Nintendo just doesn't care much about online gaming. It isn't their focus. If it was, they wouldn't make such a mess with the current friend code issue. It isn't convenient at all. Plus, the Wii didn't even get any online games before around the time Mario Strikers Charged came out. They don't need to bother with it to be successful.
I think they r looking out for the kids. Wii is aimed towards everyone now. But Nintendo always had that kid image, as the pres of the company's main sellers r sim' to Stan Lee's story creating. Imaginary things from child hood experiences of exploring the world. Nintendo won't charge for online play so the makers of say Call of Duty hav to host the meeting place for online players to play. After awhile those servers don't need to be up anymore and you have to play those games online by another means like GameSpy tunnel or another tunneling program. Microsoft is a paid online service where u hav more players and longer game support long after the game's hype and popularity. Which is nice but I'd rather play another great game then get hung up on something old.
...There was PSO?
Yep. My supervisors at EB played the GC version online like a crack addiction back when it was still new.