In a group conference call I attended this morning, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime had this to say when asked if voice chat would be coming to Wii. “Our system has the capability for online voice chat, it’s just an issue of deciding on a peripheral. I would not be surprised to see Wii voice chat […]
In a group conference call I attended this morning, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime had this to say when asked if voice chat would be coming to Wii.
“Our system has the capability for online voice chat, it’s just an issue of deciding on a peripheral. I would not be surprised to see Wii voice chat in the future.”
I could be wrong, but I swear that was code for, “In time, my little friends. In time.”
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I've said this before, the parental controls have language referring to communications abilities….
Excellent news, but with Smash Bros. being the biggest of their online games, I wish they'd solve this supposedly minor issue BEFORE February.
My concern is that even after a peripheral is made available, games still need to be programmed to support that peripheral. Hopefully game developers are being given information NOW, so that games coming out soon will be able to support voice chat…
If I wanted empty promises, I would've purchased a PS3. (In other words, I'll believe it when I see it.)
Good, now I can play online and be called a fag at the same time! But I kid, this sounds good.
Now if they could just take care of friend codes ….
Nintendo really needs to start thinking about this stuff in advance. Six months or so after the first online Wii game and they're only thinking about voice peripherals now? I know it's not their top priority but they could have had at least a couple guys work on ideas and prototypes while they were developing the online. I have a feeling Nintendo seems to get away with this stuff only because they're Nintendo.
I wouldn't be surprised to see voice chat in the future either, Reggie. But I would be surprised if anything was released next summer. Or even announced next summer. :\
I mean the first DS game with voice chat was released 2 years after the system, and then the headset another year after that. Come on!
I'm hoping for simple Bluetooth headset compatibility (firmware update?) rather than an official peripheral. I just got an awesome stereo headset for my phone.
[i]I'm hoping for simple Bluetooth headset compatibility…[/i]
Good call – that would be great!
(Nintendo should still release an official BlueTooth headset, but making the system is compatible with other sets as well would be awesome.)
bluetooth. good call. and make it white.
I don't see why they can't just use the DS headset if they think its a problem. >.>
voice chat in time?
how on earth is that acceptable in 2007, a year after launch?
It's clear that Nintendo doesn't value the online game market like its competition does. Can you see the 360 without a headset at launch? No way.
Bluetooth, and no proprietary headset crap. I want to use the very nice headset that I already own.
I think it was code for…."Why the hell should you care about voice chat in the first place"?
I bet it's not a matter of finding the right peripheral, it's about finding ways to limit it to just your friends' list so that little kids don't hear the word "ass" or "bitch."
Or a way to censor such words.
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