By having a decentralised system, Nintendo have made it so anyone, anywhere can get online and play, anytime (wifi depending). While that makes things inconvenient for us nerdier types, it opens massive doors for the casual market. For example, some 3 million people have used Nintendo WiFi, vs some 1.5 million for XBox live.
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"'There's a tendency among the press to attribute the creation of a game to a single person,' says Warren Spector, creator of Thief and Deus Ex."
-- From an IGN game review.
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