Andre Yoskowitz
7 Jul 2011 12:44
Nintendo has confirmed that the upcoming Wii U will have multiple online services, not just a singular entity like Xbox Live or the PSN.
NoA president Reggie Fils-Aime says publishers will be in charge of setting up their own platforms.
Says the president (via Forbes):
I don’t think it is an issue for us, and here’s why. We’ve seen what our competitors have done, and we’ve acknowledged that we need to do more online, starting with the launch of our eShop on Nintendo 3DS, and we’re going to continue to build our online capability.For Wii U, we’re going to take that one step further, and what we’re doing is creating a much more flexible system that will allow the best approaches by independent publishers to come to bear.
So instead of a situation where a publisher has their own network and wants that to be the predominant platform, and having arguments with platform holders, we’re going to welcome that. We’re going to welcome that from the best and the brightest of the third party publishers.