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Originally posted by TheGame
Not exactly true... Online game developers don't want to stand out. There could be one great online game for a console, but is that enough to go out and buy that modem adapter? Think about it... anybody who plays PSO aid $80 for the game, plus montly fees.
Now, on the same note, if there were 12 other games online, chances are that more people would buy modems, thus making the online gaming userbase bigger. I mean, no developer wants to be the one to initiate the online gaming experience unless it's a first party or they were paid to do it.
I mean, Ps2 had Madden 2003, NBA Live 2003, THPS4, and Everquest online... are these games really hurting each other? Nope. One guy may buy the modem for Madden, and the other for Everquest... but once they get the modem it opens them up to buy the other games at less of a hit on the wallet.
Kind of like consoles... is it safer to make a game for Ps2 or GCN? A racing game may stand out on GCN, but on Ps2 it has WAY more potential buyers.
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You have a valid point, and I was thinking along the same lines, but it really depends on how other folks look at it. The fact is an established online roster would encourage more developers to use the feature, but someone has got to start. And it doesn't look like it will be Nintendo any time soon.
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In this case, there is simply too much competition. How many games that use the link up feature are considerd bad? None I can think of. They are all just extremely marketable games, or simply good games.
Any ol third party couldn't really take adventage of it. Some will though, like in Splinter Cell. The fact is, if the game isn't a game that will sell extremely well, that feature is useless.
I mean, banking on a person who own a GBA owning a Cube... then a person owning a cube owning a link cable... and the person owning the link cable owning the GCN game... and then the person falling so deep in love with that game that they are willing to spend $40 on a GBA version...
Chances are slim. Games like Pokemon, Zelda, and Sonic could slip through that system easily... but any ol game just won't do that. Hell, even RE probably couldn't do it.
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Well with your previous logic, I assume t would be much easier to find a person who owns a GBA/GCN and link cable. I mean look at the games that take advantage of it, Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle and some others. All those games have atleast broke the half a million mark in the US alone or are pretty close to it so I mean there is a chance that there is a large number of people who use it.
I mean Splinter Cell is doing, RayMan 3 is doing it and some other 3rd party games are, but I guess with your prior logic, it was because Nintendo actually supports it and yet won't toouch online gaming.
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