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Nintendo Wii and DS online services are being shuttered. Already

February 27, 2014
Nintendo/Nintendo DS/Nintendo Wii/Online Services/sad news/servers offline

News by Matt S. Most publishers wait for a game’s online community to really die before switching off the servers. But not Nintendo. Oh no. On May 20, 2014, it’s switching off its Wi-Fi Connection rendering everything from Mario Kart Wii to the DS Pokemon games unplayable online. “As of…

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Nintendo: We cannot quickly overtake XBL, PSN, and the App Store

June 14, 2012
E3/Miiverse/Nintendo/Online Services/Wii U

In an investor meeting that happened during E3, an individual asked Nintendo president Satoru Iwata how Nintendo would catch up and overtake the digital services of Sony, Microsoft, Apple, and Android devices. Iwata responded by saying that Nintendos solution to providing an online service would not quickly be able to…

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May 22, 2012
advertising/GamersGate/Online Services/Spotify/subscription services/Void

Up against the likes of Steam and Origin, GamersGate needed to do something to differentiate itself. That’s exactly what its doing in launching VOID, an ad-supported game consumption service. It launches in Scandinavia, the US and Canada very shortly with the UK soon after (and Australia?). What is it? Well,…

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NGP vs. 3DS: How do they stack up with online services?

February 8, 2011
Nintendo 3DS/Online Services/Sony NGP

We now know a lot about the next generation of handheld gaming devices – the NGP and 3DS, and as far as we’re concerned, they’re both exceptional devices (from what we’ve seen and heard), and people with the money will probably want both. But how do they compare when it…

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NGP vs. 3DS: How do they stack up with online services?

February 8, 2011
Nintendo 3DS/Online Services/Sony NGP

We now know a lot about the next generation of handheld gaming devices – the NGP and 3DS, and as far as we’re concerned, they’re both exceptional devices (from what we’ve seen and heard), and people with the money will probably want both. But how do they compare when it…

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Thought: 3DS region locking locking Nintendo out of online competitiveness?

January 12, 2011
3DS/Online Services/region locking

It appears that the 3DS will be region locked. This in itself is probably not too surprising, given Nintendo’s history, but given the 3DS will be involved in a tight battle for the growing online market, I fear it was a poor decision. For various reasons (read here for a…

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Thought: 3DS region locking locking Nintendo out of online competitiveness?

January 12, 2011
3DS/Online Services/region locking

It appears that the 3DS will be region locked. This in itself is probably not too surprising, given Nintendo’s history, but given the 3DS will be involved in a tight battle for the growing online market, I fear it was a poor decision. For various reasons (read here for a…

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