{"id":7876,"date":"2012-01-30T08:18:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T16:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7876"},"modified":"2018-07-11T20:10:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T20:10:12","slug":"nintendos-network-console-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/nintendos-network-console-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Network for Console Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10879\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10879\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nintendo_network_logo-S.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo finally has a game network.\" width=\"348\" height=\"350\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nintendo finally has a game network.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">JAN. 30, 2012 \u2022 During a financial conference call, Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced it would launch its own console network platform.\u00a0 The new Nintendo Network will support the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U. Unlike the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, which has been focused upon specific functions and concepts, the Nintendo Network will provide a fuller selection of services\u00a0 to consumers including competitions and communication between users, as well as the sales of digital content. The gamemaker is also considering the future possibility of digital distribution of its packaged software. The capability is already built into the 3DS, and the same infrastructure will be added to the Wii U. A decision on when such sales of complete titles will happen is yet to be made. Square Enix&#8217;s Theatrhythm Final Fantasy will be the first packaged title on the 3DS to have digital add-on sales available starting Feb. 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Impact: DFC has been watching Nintendo and its online activities over many years.\u00a0 Nintendo has focused on a slow and steady pace to build an online presence, and for them, that strategy probably makes sense.\u00a0 Ten years ago, when Microsoft was building Xbox Live, DFC predicted that other manufacturers would eventually follow suit and build their own network that they controlled as opposed to having an open network.\u00a0 The thing is that is easier said than done and problems that we have seen pop-up on both PSN and Xbox Live show the challenges.\u00a0 The Nintendo Wii and DS allowed for online game play and downloadable content, it just wasn&#8217;t under a full-fledged &#8220;Nintendo Network.&#8221;\u00a0 The Wii and DS lifecycle would probably not have been greatly impacted by Nintendo having more robust online offerings.\u00a0 But launching a new system in 2012 consumers expect\u00a0 a solid online experience and really it is Apple to blame, not Xbox Live or PSN.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAN. 30, 2012 \u2022 During a financial conference call, Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced it would launch its own console network platform.\u00a0 The new Nintendo Network will support the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U. Unlike the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, which has been focused upon specific functions and concepts, the Nintendo Network will provide a fuller [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137,110,78,56],"tags":[6,84],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7876"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16465,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876\/revisions\/16465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}