Who Needs Friend Codes?

I think at least the majority of Wii gamers can agree that Friend Codes are bad. They provide unnecessary hassle when it comes to playing games online, and in most cases, severely inhibit a player's ability to meet new people while playing online. Not to mention the fact that with every new game, comes a new Friend Code, requiring you to use multiple codes for multiple games. One company, Vicarious Visions, has realized the hassle that Friend Codes create, and has completely dropped them in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5.

Instead of using yet another set of in-game Friend Codes, Guitar Hero 5 is going to use your Wii Friend Code. What is that you ask? It's the code found in your address book, that up until this point, didn't do much of anything except allow you to send messages to friends. The game will automatically take your address book friends, and add them into your list of Guitar Hero friends. Adding new friends will be similar to the old system, where you'll get their Wii Friend Code and add it to the list. Hopefully more games will begin to take this approach, and in the future we will only need our universal Wii Friend Code, as opposed to a new code for every new game.

Does this renewed online approach make you want to buy the game, if you were on the fence before?

Via Destructoid