Miyamoto Speaks of Wii U's Online, Not Aiming to Become Number One

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto recently sat down with MTV to discuss the Wii U and how the company will improve when it comes to online on the system. So far, details on the Wii U's online capabilities have been hazy, with various different answers given as to how it will work. Miyamoto has now clarified some information on the companies direction with online gaming.

According to Miyamoto, the company won't be aiming to become a number one online gaming company. Their main focus is understanding the experiences that their consumers like to play, which often includes online gameplay options. The fact that the Wii U features an internet browser shows that internet connectivity is going to be an important part of the Wii U, he also mentioned.

We're not going to sit here and say that our goal is to become the number one online gaming company, because that's not our goal. But, understanding that the types of experiences our consumers like to play do often contain elements to them that can be improved or may even require an online connection and also knowing that the system is going to have a browser I think suggests that obviously internet and internet connectivity is going to be very important for the system.

For example, there are opportunities to take advantage of online to expand a local, same-room multiplayer experience by connecting that to the internet and making new types of play that way. Also by having the smaller screen, being able to go online and perhaps see what game your friend is playing or see what TV they're watching, I think there's a lot of possibilities for how you could use that. Certainly internet functionality is something that will be important for the system.