Not profitable now...

A niche market that will relay on hardcore gamers. Also many people who go online the first year will not go for a second year. Many people don't even use their X-Box live accounts anymore... same will go for GCN/PS2 online services.

I gotta agree... but it still seems to be a Nintendo site still.

Nintendo threads on average get 5-10 times the amount of replies of a Ps2 topic with the same magnitude of news. But, like you said, peeps do come around and talk crap about the cube a lot more than anything.

Well it IS a Nintendo based site... I come here to talk about the GCN. If I want to talk about the PS2/X-Box I go to other forums.

Of course it's going to be dominated by GCN posts... even when some people have more intrest in other consoles.

Back to online... Um, I'll use SOCOM as an example. I think that Stu's point on how the fact that there was an online mode was the only reason that many people bought SOCOM. With that said, I do think that if there was not an online mode, the developers would have either a) released the game alot earlier or b) added so much more depth and action and levels to the game because they would have to make the replayability factor in the single player mode, not the multiplayer online mode.

I never stated anything as fact in there. As for the post you're replying to, I am saying I have no intention of arguing with you, especially not after a reply like that. I'm not saying I'm right, you're wrong, but half of your reply had nothing to do with what I said, and for the other half I would just be quoting myself from my last post. Take it or leave it, I just had no plans to rewrite it.

Online adds to the multiplayer experience, I never denied that.

With the cheap shot you took at Nintendo, you deserved it. And with a comment like that, you can't even begin to talk about these forums being multiconsole. Saying stuff like that is part of the problems. You can't expect to go around shouting anti-Nintendo views and have everyone else sit back and stay quiet. It doesn't work that way. Gamecube fans will take shots back and you start a flame war.

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I lied. But don't worry, you won't see me around here much anymore :)

Wow this has turned into an interesting little debate here, but I guess cooler heads will prevail.

As for my views on online gaming, I think it be profitable in the long run, but who knows when. I mean no one seems to be able to turn a profit on that thing Sony,, MS, EA, Sega and they all seem to be taking different routes to it. Maybe someone will strike gold, but for the time being, I think it's more of a novelty than a necessity for the expense/risk factor.