Comments on: Nintendo to create WiFi hotspots for DS http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/nintendo_to_create_wifi_hotspots_for_ds/ Nerds are for Dorks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: cliche http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/nintendo_to_create_wifi_hotspots_for_ds/comment-page-1/#comment-16837 cliche Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:35:04 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1780#comment-16837 I doubt anyone will feel cheated if some service is available somewhere else and not where they live. For example, much more games are available for any console in Japan than the rest of the world: Shouldn't you feel "cheated" since you already payed for the selection when you bought the console? They're not depriving people of service, but introducing a new one. Or are you suggesting that they shouldn't even bother since they can't cover 100% of the world and make it free to everyone (including competitors like PSP)? I doubt anyone will feel cheated if some service is available somewhere else and not where they live. For example, much more games are available for any console in Japan than the rest of the world: Shouldn’t you feel “cheated” since you already payed for the selection when you bought the console?

They’re not depriving people of service, but introducing a new one. Or are you suggesting that they shouldn’t even bother since they can’t cover 100% of the world and make it free to everyone (including competitors like PSP)?

]]> By: Griffith http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/nintendo_to_create_wifi_hotspots_for_ds/comment-page-1/#comment-16836 Griffith Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:45:54 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1780#comment-16836 Actually I think it's more of a lose-lose situation. If free-wifi hotspots are rare where you live where I live they are almost non-existant (they currently exist in some shopping malls and key tourist areas but will soon be a payed service, and they don't work very well). If Nintendo will make free DS hotspots then the users of other countries and regions will feel "cheated" out of a service they supposedly already payed for with the console, they shouldn't try to be different. I hope they won't do a similar thing for the PSP honestly otherwise I might not get it at all. When it comes to communications and ports, stick to the standards please, don't re-invent the wheel. Actually I think it’s more of a lose-lose situation. If free-wifi hotspots are rare where you live where I live they are almost non-existant (they currently exist in some shopping malls and key tourist areas but will soon be a payed service, and they don’t work very well).

If Nintendo will make free DS hotspots then the users of other countries and regions will feel “cheated” out of a service they supposedly already payed for with the console, they shouldn’t try to be different.

I hope they won’t do a similar thing for the PSP honestly otherwise I might not get it at all.

When it comes to communications and ports, stick to the standards please, don’t re-invent the wheel.

]]> By: cliche http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/nintendo_to_create_wifi_hotspots_for_ds/comment-page-1/#comment-16835 cliche Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:46:32 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1780#comment-16835 Free Nintendo only hotspots make perfect sense to me, especially in a country where free hotspots are rare. If I read the article correctly, it doesn't say that Nintendo DS wouldn't be able to use standard(802.11) signals as well. So it's a win-win for Nintendo DS owners. Free Nintendo only hotspots make perfect sense to me, especially in a country where free hotspots are rare. If I read the article correctly, it doesn’t say that Nintendo DS wouldn’t be able to use standard(802.11) signals as well. So it’s a win-win for Nintendo DS owners.

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