@BLP_Software "its not a bad thing if it exists as an option. It happens and you just deal with it."
It's not just a backup option. Remarkably, it's the most convenient method of adding a mate. Your other options are to physically bring your Switches together, or download Nintendo's smartphone games and add your friend through that. Needlessly obtuse. Needlessly archaic.
"In my eyes, this is their reaction to the Wii U, which was universally panned in a loud manner. Drop it all and start again."
Your assumption that they blackmarked every aspect of the Wii U's design shows how little credit you give to the people making the decisions at NIntendo. It's not surprising. You've been conditioned and taught to expect this level of obtuse and inept design from Nintendo over so many years that you now excuse it and attempt to justify it. The most useful response to this news is to lambaste Nintendo for using such a convoluted system, to implore them to change and to improve their product. But no, you'd rather excuse it by making bizarre references to bank statements and drivers licences and tax returns, and telling us to shut up and deal with it. Also, the subtext of your comment seems to be that this latest cock-up from Nintendo is actually our fault because we "panned" the Wii U, which prompted Nintendo to revert to a crappy old system. I won't go any further on that point because I may be wrong in my assumption, but if that's really what you're saying, your argument is even more laughable.
"Look. Is it inferior. YES. I am not refuting that point. But is it a bad thing that you have to do this to add a friend. No."
It absolutely is a bad thing within the sphere of videogames, especially when there are better alternatives offered by the competition. What are you smoking? We're talking about the newest console, the cutting edge of technology in videogames - yet we're stuck using an archaic interface from 2006. How is that not a bad thing deserving of intense criticism? We want it to be the best it can be. We want it to have the best friend system on the market. There are no reasons it can't be better than this. Likewise, saying 'It could be worse, we could have no friend system at all', is such an inane and irrelevant point that it bears no worth mentioning whatsoever. I'm stunned that you even felt the need to say it, but such grasping at straws is inevitable when you have no real argument to present.
"It is not a problem. It is just one extra step. One."
Seamlessness is the goal in all technology. Adding an extra layer or "one extra step", when there is no need for it, and forcing it onto the user represents a level of ineptitude that is inexcusable. Nintendo still haven't learned from their mistakes. And as long as there are thousands of people just like you who will so vehemently defend Nintendo and excuse their incompetence in exchange for your 300euro, they will never learn.
@BLP_Software Nobody said or acted like it was the end of the world, yet you've used that term 5 times in this single comment section. Incredible.
Within the sphere of this Nintendo site, videogames are all that matter. It is utterly ridiculous to start justifying Nintendo's baffling decisions by comparing them to actual real-life issues that hold importance. If we were ruled by your logic, all discussion would grind to a halt because everybody knows that in the grand scheme of life, videogames don't matter. But within the sphere of this website, and for the purpose of discussion in this comment section, videogames are the only thing that matter. That's the way it must be for any quality discussion to be upheld. Otherwise, we get bogged down by people like you who insist on dragging all manner of irrelevant real-life issues into the mix and the conversation gets derailed.
On the eve of a new console's release, we have learned that Nintendo have reverted to their widely detested archaic system (from 2006!) of adding friends within their online ecosystem, with a few minor updates.
I defy you to come up with any reasonable justification or defence of friend codes. Don't tell me we should just suck it up and deal with it. Tell me why they are a better option than Gamertags or Network IDs. If your only justification is that it prevents spam, there are other ways to minimize spam without completely scrapping the system and forcing inconvenience onto the consumer. Such a drastic action displays ineptitude and lack of creativity on Nintendo's part, and your support of it represents the same for you. This is 2017 and we're using an archaic system - that was already outdated back in 2006 - with minor updates.
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Re: Friend Codes Are Back on Nintendo Switch, But There Are Other Options
@BLP_Software "its not a bad thing if it exists as an option. It happens and you just deal with it."
It's not just a backup option. Remarkably, it's the most convenient method of adding a mate. Your other options are to physically bring your Switches together, or download Nintendo's smartphone games and add your friend through that. Needlessly obtuse. Needlessly archaic.
"In my eyes, this is their reaction to the Wii U, which was universally panned in a loud manner. Drop it all and start again."
Your assumption that they blackmarked every aspect of the Wii U's design shows how little credit you give to the people making the decisions at NIntendo. It's not surprising. You've been conditioned and taught to expect this level of obtuse and inept design from Nintendo over so many years that you now excuse it and attempt to justify it. The most useful response to this news is to lambaste Nintendo for using such a convoluted system, to implore them to change and to improve their product. But no, you'd rather excuse it by making bizarre references to bank statements and drivers licences and tax returns, and telling us to shut up and deal with it. Also, the subtext of your comment seems to be that this latest cock-up from Nintendo is actually our fault because we "panned" the Wii U, which prompted Nintendo to revert to a crappy old system. I won't go any further on that point because I may be wrong in my assumption, but if that's really what you're saying, your argument is even more laughable.
"Look. Is it inferior. YES. I am not refuting that point. But is it a bad thing that you have to do this to add a friend. No."
It absolutely is a bad thing within the sphere of videogames, especially when there are better alternatives offered by the competition. What are you smoking? We're talking about the newest console, the cutting edge of technology in videogames - yet we're stuck using an archaic interface from 2006. How is that not a bad thing deserving of intense criticism? We want it to be the best it can be. We want it to have the best friend system on the market. There are no reasons it can't be better than this. Likewise, saying 'It could be worse, we could have no friend system at all', is such an inane and irrelevant point that it bears no worth mentioning whatsoever. I'm stunned that you even felt the need to say it, but such grasping at straws is inevitable when you have no real argument to present.
"It is not a problem. It is just one extra step. One."
Seamlessness is the goal in all technology. Adding an extra layer or "one extra step", when there is no need for it, and forcing it onto the user represents a level of ineptitude that is inexcusable. Nintendo still haven't learned from their mistakes. And as long as there are thousands of people just like you who will so vehemently defend Nintendo and excuse their incompetence in exchange for your 300euro, they will never learn.
Re: Friend Codes Are Back on Nintendo Switch, But There Are Other Options
@BLP_Software Nobody said or acted like it was the end of the world, yet you've used that term 5 times in this single comment section. Incredible.
Within the sphere of this Nintendo site, videogames are all that matter. It is utterly ridiculous to start justifying Nintendo's baffling decisions by comparing them to actual real-life issues that hold importance. If we were ruled by your logic, all discussion would grind to a halt because everybody knows that in the grand scheme of life, videogames don't matter. But within the sphere of this website, and for the purpose of discussion in this comment section, videogames are the only thing that matter. That's the way it must be for any quality discussion to be upheld. Otherwise, we get bogged down by people like you who insist on dragging all manner of irrelevant real-life issues into the mix and the conversation gets derailed.
On the eve of a new console's release, we have learned that Nintendo have reverted to their widely detested archaic system (from 2006!) of adding friends within their online ecosystem, with a few minor updates.
I defy you to come up with any reasonable justification or defence of friend codes. Don't tell me we should just suck it up and deal with it. Tell me why they are a better option than Gamertags or Network IDs. If your only justification is that it prevents spam, there are other ways to minimize spam without completely scrapping the system and forcing inconvenience onto the consumer. Such a drastic action displays ineptitude and lack of creativity on Nintendo's part, and your support of it represents the same for you. This is 2017 and we're using an archaic system - that was already outdated back in 2006 - with minor updates.