I think local multiplayer absolutely peaked with the Nintendo DS. The download games where you could play with one cartridge, multiplayer without wifi, pictochat. Today you have to subscribe to shitty online services or at least play through wifi, which completely annihilates the possibility to play in a car, bus or train without a router.
I think it was more about making money with subscriptions by incentivizing getting Nintendo Online to play against your friends. I bet they profited massively during corona from this business model.
I think local multiplayer absolutely peaked with the Nintendo DS. The download games where you could play with one cartridge, multiplayer without wifi, pictochat. Today you have to subscribe to shitty online services or at least play through wifi, which completely annihilates the possibility to play in a car, bus or train without a router.
The sweet spot of not needing an adapter for multiplayer, but also only needing one cartridge, and no internet or subscription.
Nintendo fully panicked over the prospect of child predators and put a ton of barriers up for player interaction.
I think it was more about making money with subscriptions by incentivizing getting Nintendo Online to play against your friends. I bet they profited massively during corona from this business model.
Killing Pictochat, Street Pass, and in-game voice chat has nothing to do with subscriptions.
I thought you meant local multiplayer without wifi
That’s something to be concerned about so good on them. Kids shouldn’t be communicating with randos online unless their parents can oversee it.