Kotaku pointed to a blog that has an interview with Gamespy PR peoples about the Wii’s multiplayer support. If this is true, Nintendo really just doesn’t get it. I am really only familiar with X-box Live, but after using the 360’s dashboard and hooking up with friends for games, I don’t understand why Nintendo won’t just copy Microsoft’s service. Nintendo has not presented a compelling reason why the DS, and apparently the Wii, do not have full backends for multiplayer services. Virtual Console is great and I think the Opera browser will eventually be great, but the built in wireless features of the Wii aren’t worth very much if I can’t easily connect with friends to play games.

(via Kotaku)