What did they improve in regards to their $20/$35 yearly plan? Curious to see a list to compare because 1 year + 6 months is a long wait.
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Nintendo Switch Online launches on September 19th
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I'm pretty happy that it cost only $20 a year, I pay $60 for psn+ and I don't like nothing they really offer for free I just use it for online. I don't really see the problem $20 is nothing nowadays, can't even fill up the gas tank for that amount.
Nintendo should have have started at $60 a year. The money they will make is a good incentive to have a bigger discount on first party games (at least 50%).
Not much. Most will pay without blinking an eye, its 20, or even much less with the family plan.
I still think the disturbance will be minor for the more dedicated games like Splatoon or Monster Hunter. More marginal games like Mario Kart/Tennis may suffer. Most everyone who's playing Splatoon regularly right now will probably be willing to drop $20.
Ultimately I'd guess most people are willing to drop $20, but only when something they want to play rolls around. So releases like Dark Souls, Pokemon, and Smash will bring people in, and then Nintendo will have them (especially if the subscription is set to auto-renew. Folks won't object to $20, most would barely notice that come off their credit card once a year).
KratosEnergyDrink It's definitely a good thing that they're getting it running way outside the launch of Smash.
Nah. Why do that when they can make $60 off of people and never drop the price of first party games?
Nintendo already tested the waters for charging $20 a year. Next they will increase it to $80 and make the family plan as the only plan. Even Sony allow maximum 2 PS4 that can enjoy Plus. Not many will hesitate to pay $80 to play their games online if they can share it with 7 other people.
Or they can make it extra complicated. Exclusive discounts only when user renew their monthly membership on that month. Yearly renewal gets you gold coins x1, family plan x0.125.
Oh, so they're moving away from p2p multiplayer and are going to be hosting servers for every game? Cool
If most of these nes games have online play I don't see them having a very large population of players with them being spread out over 10 - 15 games
Bet it's going to be hard to find someone to play with alot
Bet it's going to be hard to find someone to play with alot
So all in on Steam then? Are there any other free platforms left?
Why does online have Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Bros 3 but not Super Mario Bros 2?
Are they scared of true quality?
Are they scared of true quality?
Would be really nice if you expanded that Online Save Backup feature for every game, Nintendo...
I hope Zelda II and any JRPG are in the other 10 launch games. Hopefully they don't limit themselves on what games they add because of the online functionality, but I assume most single player games will just have controller sharing and screen broadcasting.
Well so much about some new informations and more features.
And people really thought Nintendo would create a good online system with a feature set that is standard since 2006. HAHA
And people really thought Nintendo would create a good online system with a feature set that is standard since 2006. HAHA
I was hoping we'd at least get a TEASE of a console beyond NES, but they just doubled down with those controllers (that I will stupidly buy).
Makes sense because you wouldn't be able to use them otherwise, and because scalpers.
Just gotta love that entitled sneer: "wow, really?"
So, this might be a dumb question, but will Fortnite on Switch require the service?
I've heard on PS4, one doesn't need to pay for PS+, but on XBO, you need Live. Has Nintendo or Epic clarified the status of that?
I've heard on PS4, one doesn't need to pay for PS+, but on XBO, you need Live. Has Nintendo or Epic clarified the status of that?
Yeah no. Unless Smash Bros actually has good online, it's a HARD pass for me. Nothing about this deserves a single cent, at least from me.
These are really good points. At first this sounds messed up, but by your logic it seems to make sense.
It's pretty amazing how a majority of features they "announced" were features that already existed, but are no longer free. They even had the gall so double down on the universally panned mobile app. This online service continues to be the worst proposition out there.
And they're even so stingy about it! PS+'s free trial is 14 days, XBLG's is 30 days, and switch online only gives you 7 days. Fucking lol
And they're even so stingy about it! PS+'s free trial is 14 days, XBLG's is 30 days, and switch online only gives you 7 days. Fucking lol
Did it seem odd to anyone else that they announced details of the online service then a boat load of games. - almost none of which seemed to use it,
I'm pleasantly surprised to see Third party games in the mix. I figured it would just be just first party games.
For obvious reasons, we're probably not going to see the NES Mega Mans or (if that one rumor is true) the NES Castlevanias, but hopefully we get a good selection of things.
For obvious reasons, we're probably not going to see the NES Mega Mans or (if that one rumor is true) the NES Castlevanias, but hopefully we get a good selection of things.
