Nintendo's Big Cheese Stands Alone

Originally posted by Perfect Stu

Question: What are Nintendo's plans this year in regard to the Internet?

Iwata-san: All the talk in the industry regarding online gaming has been misleading. Network swindlers have made it seem like companies can't survive in this business without network compatibility. That's the same type of rhetoric people have been saying about the newspaper business, that the paper-based periodical business will be dead in 3 years. In reality, the number of users willing to pay a monthly fee for online games is small. Many of the American companies who were focusing almost exclusively on network games last year, now view network capabilities as an advertising tool. The fact of the matter is, network games can't provide a stable source of profit for a company of Nintendo's scale.

I think can vouch for all cube owners when I say......