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What exactly is wrong with the Wii U's online? Why are so many people complaining about it?

 

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What exactly do you see people complaining about?

First post was pretty vague, only issue I've had is connecting to Mario Kart 8 servers, but that was due to heavy loading.

Seems like a repeat of the exact conversation here...

 

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About how it's really bad, and lacking a lot of features.

 

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About how it's really bad, and lacking a lot of features.

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Again, be more specific.
What is really bad about it?
What features are lacking?

 

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I don't know myself, I've just heard people talk about it.

It apparently lacks voice chat and cross-platform buying.

 

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I don't know myself, I've just heard people talk about it.

It apparently lacks voice chat and cross-platform buying.

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It has voice chat, I've used it on Mario Kart.

If I want to buy something, I'm buying it on that device, as the 3DS and Wii U don't use the same games.

 

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VG_Addict said:

I don't know myself, I've just heard people talk about it.

It apparently lacks voice chat and cross-platform buying.

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It doesn't have non-friend voice chat [not really a bad thing, compared to the garbage that you hear online elsewhere]. It doesn't have cross-platform buying [as ATM said] because the games don't cross-over. The system is significantly better than it was for the Wii (with those awful friend codes), but still not built around a social/friends setup like how XBL or PSN are.

The system is about a generation behind, but they are improving it, just not fast enough to be a competitor.

 

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What about Nintendo's services?

Would you say Miiverse is a decent service?

 

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It's OK, not amazing