Comments on: Nintendo explains the complexities of Wii’s online ‘barriers’ http://www.wiinintendo.net/2008/05/01/nintendo-explains-the-complexities-of-wiis-online-barriers/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gameking102 http://www.wiinintendo.net/2008/05/01/nintendo-explains-the-complexities-of-wiis-online-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-167172 Gameking102 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:53:43 +0000 http://wiinintendo.net/?p=5214#comment-167172 How about the option of just enabling or diablng the voice feature??Or just making that feature only friend code.. How about the option of just enabling or diablng the voice feature??Or just making that feature only friend code..

]]> By: PaulT http://www.wiinintendo.net/2008/05/01/nintendo-explains-the-complexities-of-wiis-online-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-167163 PaulT Fri, 02 May 2008 14:43:59 +0000 http://wiinintendo.net/?p=5214#comment-167163 Sadly, if Nintendo are going to keep concentrating on the "safe" aspect then this will always be their Achilles heel... The first step should be to get rid of friend codes completely unless you want to play against a specific person on a regular basis. No paedophile is going to be able to lure a kid while playing something like Mario Kart without voice/text chat anyway. This makes gaming convenient and easy for everyone without any "dangers" to children. After that, start working on systems that allow communication in-game between players. This will be more complicated, both technically and politically. Put work into this aspect, perhaps for Wii 2 but they must accept that no system is ever going to be completely safe. it's like old saying - the only computer that's completely secure from online attack is the one that never goes online. If the Wii is to have online play, there is a small amount of risk, but this risk is negligible. Finally, allow worldwide connection between players. Nintendo have got to stop this idiotic region-coding thing for both selling the games and playing them online. It is incredibly frustrating to have friends and family on different continents but never being able to play against them because Nintendo have decided that Europe and North America are different planets. /rant over Sadly, if Nintendo are going to keep concentrating on the “safe” aspect then this will always be their Achilles heel…

The first step should be to get rid of friend codes completely unless you want to play against a specific person on a regular basis. No paedophile is going to be able to lure a kid while playing something like Mario Kart without voice/text chat anyway. This makes gaming convenient and easy for everyone without any “dangers” to children.

After that, start working on systems that allow communication in-game between players. This will be more complicated, both technically and politically. Put work into this aspect, perhaps for Wii 2 but they must accept that no system is ever going to be completely safe. it’s like old saying – the only computer that’s completely secure from online attack is the one that never goes online. If the Wii is to have online play, there is a small amount of risk, but this risk is negligible.

Finally, allow worldwide connection between players. Nintendo have got to stop this idiotic region-coding thing for both selling the games and playing them online. It is incredibly frustrating to have friends and family on different continents but never being able to play against them because Nintendo have decided that Europe and North America are different planets.

/rant over

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