The Wii U online gaming, Fact or Fiction?

Nintendo is entering the world of HD capabilities and the prospect of greater 3rd party support, but is that enough to make a difference? With services like XBL and PSN playing a considerable role in consumer choice and platform identity, will Nintendo give birth to an equally acclaimed online component? Do you think they need to in order to remain competitive? Will they charge a subscription fee? I want some f*cking answers SW!

Wait for them to talk about it at E3 ( possibly GDC) But from the looks of it they want to improve it vastly with the supposed talks of an App store( this is just an example)

They couldve said more stuff Im not aware of

Well, at least it won't be worst than what it is now.silversix_

Currently it's fiction.

They've got their work cut out for them. :P

I'll hope for the best. ;)

Everybody who has talked about Wii U's online functions has said its just like PSN and Xbox live. If rumours are true Nintendo are adding an app store which will help.

Honestly, only trolls like Geoff Keighley will say otherwise. If EA and Activision are saying it then its true. If anyone would know its them. I'll take their word on it. Nintendo don't owe me anything anyway. I'm sure their online is better.

The squeaky clean image of Nintendo gaming will go out the window this coming gen.

if they wanna go hardcore then they better be prepared for the douches that come with it.

They won't be so loved by soccer moms once proper chat functions are incorporated online, they'll drop to XBL level ratings ... which is still good but not a s great as the Wii's approval ratings were.

I don't trust anything about Nintendo and online gaming. I'm waiting for them to show me they're capable of implementing it.

Fact, we don't know how good or bad will it be, but it will be a huge improvement over what we had in the Wii...not that it was hard to surpass it in the first place, but still.

Japan is soooo far behind the west in online gaming that i have no faith in them producing anything worthwhile. Nintendo is the #1 offender on the list too so that hurts them even more. I would never play a MP game on the Wii U if the game was available on PC, 720 or PS4. Nintendo isnt going to offer a better service than MS or Sony next gen. The best they can do is make it less bad.