Would you be willing to pay for better online for the Wii?

I'm a happy Wii owner, but I also have the 360. I can't help but notice how, while Nintendo's WiFi is free, it is subpar compared to Xbox Live. My question is: Would you be willing to pay for a better online for the Wii? Imagine it- you could create something similar to a gamertag, there would be personal profiles, and the player's stats could be tracked for ranking systems depending on the games. I would certainly be willing to pay for a Nintendo version of Xbox Live. Would you?

Considering that I think the Internet is something that should be free for everyone to use to begin with, and that you already have to pay a crapload of money out to Nintendo for their vc and wiiware games, not to mention the wii games and peripherals and the wii itself - which doesn't even have much storage space - I don't think you should have to pay Nintendo jack to play their games. I pay 15 bucks a month for world of warcraft for one reason - it's a game that I think it fun and well-worth the money. I'm not going to pay 30 bucks a month yet just so I can trade and battle pokemon with people, and race other players - especially not on games that used to be absolutely free to play online.

I think as far as console games are conserned, there should be absolutely no monthly fees.

i actually would not want to pay for on-line to make it as good as xbox live, key differences include lag, and voice chat, gamer tags,

it's not really worth paying money

not really no. im just facing the fact that Wii is not a very good online system. i mean c'mon: extremely laggy games(exept mario kart and GH3), those anoying as hell friend codes, no clans, no headsets, no communication whatsoever. id rather play online with PS3. The_Wild_Tiger

I think Nintendo should be paying consumers for its lame joke of an online service. Lines of friend code, no communication whatsoever, and lack of any kind of profile make the Wii's online service completely laughable. Xbox Live is a great service that is well worth the price of admission, however, in terms of free, the PS3's PlayStation Network is pretty admirable as well. Nintendo could easily better themselves with improved online functionality without charging consumers. It wouldnt change the fact that 90% of the games are garbage on the Wii, so to think it would have a large online community would also be a bit laughable.TheXboxgamer73

This was a really really simple question and there was no need to turn it into a bashing spree. We all know that Nintendo has a pretty bad Online "service" but the TC was asking "would you pay for a better service?" like Xbox Live.

All in all i don't think Nintendo should have to charge people for a improved online service.. The PS3 doesnt have friend codes, and you can also communicate over a mic and system messages, and it's also free.

I have the prime online games for the Wii and find myself not caring whether I win or lose. If I win, so what? It doesn't go down for any records, or at least not any that affect the game.nintendokid4

I play for fun. I don't understand people who need to brag about records.

I think Nintendo should be paying consumers for its lame joke of an online service. Lines of friend code, no communication whatsoever, and lack of any kind of profile make the Wii's online service completely laughable. Xbox Live is a great service that is well worth the price of admission, however, in terms of free, the PS3's PlayStation Network is pretty admirable as well. Nintendo could easily better themselves with improved online functionality without charging consumers. It wouldnt change the fact that 90% of the games are garbage on the Wii, so to think it would have a large online community would also be a bit laughable.TheXboxgamer73

Why do you even post in the Wii forum?

You just parade around from topic to topic saying how much Wii games suck. Somehow you manage to slap it in every post.

If you hate the console so much, surely you have better things to do than talk about it, riight?

Yea I would pay like $5 for a xbox live like wii online.doctores143

XBL users pay $50 a year,

what makes you think you'll get away with just $5?

LOL.

presonally no. I like the idea of free online. and i think that P2P is not a great way to go about it, especially when you take into consideration what Ovirew said,

you already have to pay a crapload of money out to Nintendo for their vc and wiiware games, not to mention the wii games and peripherals and the wii itself - which doesn't even have much storage space - I don't think you should have to pay Nintendo jack to play their games. I'm not going to pay 30 bucks a month yet just so I can trade and battle pokemon with people, and race other players - especially not on games that used to be absolutely free to play online.

I think as far as console games are conserned, there should be absolutely no monthly fees.

Ovirew

The bold stuff is what i agree with a lot, but he does make a good point. with how much we paid for the console, and how much it is for VC games, and the wiiware, and so on.

If ninty decided to go P2P, i would be one VERY unhappy ninty fan.

...It wouldnt change the fact that 90% of the games are garbage on the Wii...TheXboxgamer73

more than 90% of games on any console are garbage...

I'm in Australia and the rules of Xbox Live work differently here due to our primary phone/internet service provider, Telstra, has been greedy and screwed around with them. Telstra is run by the government so they can screw around with anything they want. If Nintendo launched a similar system to Xbox Live here, Telstra would probably screw up that as well. So no, I really don't want an Xbox Live system for Wii. Considering the alternative, Friendcodes arent too bad.

And no, I'm not with Telstra, however it wil lstill effect me because they will get all control.

I understand where you are all coming from and I only post this to get a discussion going, but I think that 50 bucks a year (Xbox Live yearly cost) is well worth it. I have the prime online games for the Wii and find myself not caring whether I win or lose. If I win, so what? It doesn't go down for any records, or at least not any that affect the game. I like the direction they're going in with Mario Kart Wii's online, because that is getting into ranks and comparing your results to people around the world. I still want a profile and voice communication over the Internet like the two other consoles have, and I think a lot of wii fans would agree with me.nintendokid4

i dont care about profiles..we have something that u can play online with and have fun. although..voice chat would be nice..but its not that necessary for games like brawl..but voice chat would nice for a game like Medal of honor

yes

Seeing as I don't care enough for online gaming, I'd have to say no -- Plus, I can play a better version of online on my PC (Steam) for free anyway, so why would I want to pay?