Nintendo, AOL Enter Into Online Agreement 44
Thanks to IGN Cube for their story that Nintendo of America have reached an agreement for AOL to be the 'official preferred ISP' for GameCube. Nintendo have apparently informed IGN that "...developers who choose to create online games for GameCube will be licensed AOL connectivity software that will enable their games to connect online through AOL", but Nintendo also clarified that "...this does not indicate the unveiling of a new online gaming approach from Nintendo", making this partly an oddly cryptic co-marketing announcement, rather than any major breakthrough.
Say it ain't so! (Score:4, Informative)
C'mon, that's like Ghandi partnering with Satan!
How can Nintendo make such a poor decision? Don't the Japanese hear stories of how hellish AOL's connection speeds and busy signal rates are?
I must be dreaming...
Let's hope our good ole Nintendo realizes the errors of their ways soon, and before too much money is lost!