Wii U getting user accounts as part of 'Nintendo Network'

@BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam

All Nintendo needs to do is implement a "friend request" system. You type in a friend code, and the recipient receives a Notification message like this:

"You have received a Friend Request from [username]"

The message would have a picture of their Mii with their friend code, and all you do is select "Accept" or "Decline".

Simple as that.

@BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam either that or cut friend codes to like 5 digits

@Maxx the Slasher

Doubtful, unless they can find a way to get older games built with friend codes to be updated for usernames.

@sonicspike41
They can, but it'd be issued with the patch and would be a pain to do.

Why not just connect the friend code to the account name for older games?

@WeRequireMOARMinerals
I'll remain skeptical about that untill I know the details.

@monkey man

Try a "Welcome to 2001" party. The original Xbox had all those features.

@TwEE

I hear ya. I own all three systems, have a PS+ and XBLG membership and I've never understood the hype around XBL. Even the game discounts I get as a gold member have never really appealed to me.

(HA! Gold member)

@Milf Biggenson

Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you.

@Ultima After reading through the source article on the Nintendo website, it sounds like they are specifically taking the mindset of "sell a complete, finished game first, add DLC later if it seems like a good idea". None of this Disc-Locked-Content crap that we keep seeing from companies like Capcom this generation.

Here's a direct quote from Iwata for you: "Please note that Nintendo, as a software maker, does not plan to deploy businesses where our consumers cannot know in advance which item will appear as the result of their payment and they have to repeat the payments and, before they know it, they end up spending a huge amount of money in order to obtain the items they originally wanted to purchase. As a software maker, Nintendo believes that its packaged software should be sold to our consumers in a form so that the consumers will know in advance that they can enjoy playing the software they purchased just as it is. We believe that our consumers will be able to feel more secure if we offer our add-on content as an additional structure in which those who love the game will be able to enjoy it in a deeper way for a prolonged play time."

Reading that alone made me happy that Nintendo seems to understand how DLC is supposed to work, which is more than I can say for Capcom.