Makes no sense. So in your opinion the worst case is that you don't pay anymore for the service?
This is no worst scenerio, because its a decision not to pay anymore.
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Nintendo NA: We are unable to guarantee cloud saves will be retained after canceling
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Makes no sense. So in your opinion the worst case is that you don't pay anymore for the service?
This is no worst scenerio, because its a decision not to pay anymore.
If you hack your Switch and use homebrew you don't need to pay for online anyway, your Switch and your account will be banned automatically when you go only with a hacked Switch.
I think you'll only get banned if you pirate games. I've been able to use the e-shop to buy and play games while using homebrew for emulators and no bans so far. But i'll look in to it some more. Thanks for the heads up!
Not sure how that was your read of it, especially with the other posts I've made.
If Nintendo is Smart they will at least offer a grace month for one month for people who have a +3month subscription. I could see them being less supportive if you only use a 7-day coupon and use the cloud....but even then i really doubt that they would just delete all saves as soon as the sub ends....doesnt make alot of sense.
You are already paying them a boatload of money by buying all those games on the console that you bought, it's a matter of keeping customers happy buying more games.
And beside cloud saving, on all other consoles you have the possibility to backup or transfer saves for free, what happens if your switch dies? Bye bye save games.
Archiving a game on the switch only means you are deleting the software but keeping the save files locally on your switch, got nothing to do with cloud saves.
This. The complaints here are so minor to the average consumer yet we have multiple tthreads here echoing the same concerns. And then we have people convinced the service is going to flop because Nintendo doesn't retain cloud data after expiration or other detail most gamers do not care about. It's an online subscription first and foremost and it does that without much drama.
And I'll bet most people complaining in these Nintendo threads dont even have a Nintendo Switch.
I'd like to meet anyone stupid enough to pay for this service. This is one of the most backwards shit I've seen this gen; and I'm referring to their online service as a whole, it's a complete joke.
But Of course Nintendo Fans aka freelance PR team is reminding me of how entitled I am. For asking for a basic set of standards for a service I am suppose to pay for.
But Of course Nintendo Fans aka freelance PR team is reminding me of how entitled I am. For asking for a basic set of standards for a service I am suppose to pay for.
"After an extended period".
That's pretty vague.
1 month ? 1 year ? More, less ?
Changes everything really.
Beside that. Nice topic for haters gathering.
Nintendo Online is indeed quite hideous for now but I see an awful lot of very childish attacks beside.
Good job trolls, you know when and where you can strike.
That's pretty vague.
1 month ? 1 year ? More, less ?
Changes everything really.
Beside that. Nice topic for haters gathering.
Nintendo Online is indeed quite hideous for now but I see an awful lot of very childish attacks beside.
Good job trolls, you know when and where you can strike.
It's telling that a corporate apologist came into this thread and made a false statement with the completely reasonable assumption that it was possible to locally back up Switch saves.
If anything is clear, it's that there's confusion within the different branches of Nitnendo has to what the hell is going on within their online service. Perhaps the Japanese and EU branches do not offer a grace period, whereas NA does? Even typing this, it doesn't sound realistic to me, but ...
If anything is clear, it's that there's confusion within the different branches of Nitnendo has to what the hell is going on within their online service. Perhaps the Japanese and EU branches do not offer a grace period, whereas NA does? Even typing this, it doesn't sound realistic to me, but ...
You don't have to imagine it, they will gleefully pay 20 bucks for something that will be taken from them like they never had it.
I'm pretty sure if you go through the thread, I am the loudest person "complaining" by a fairly large margin.
Here's my Switch
But sure, pretend that the people posting the problems with this are just people who don't have an interest in Nintendo and are using it to score points.
Meanwhile, I'll be arguing that Nintendo could be improving the experience of many owners rather than taking away the few features we should already have and charging for it.
IIRC it's $20 for 12 months. Not $20 for life cloud saves. They're not robbing anyone.
Maybe they could make it free like MS, but if you unsubscribe from Gold or Plus then online multiplayer and access to free games is taken from you like you never had them.
At least be consistent
It's the most Nintendo thing ever to be 18 months late with an online service and have it be shit
If you unsubscribe from PS+ or GWG, when you go back your games and saves (for Sony) comes back as well.
We keep saying this every gen.
The amount of FAIL coming from Nintendo online policies and architectures shouldn't surprise anyone anymore. I hope this online endeavor is met with super lukewarm responses.
Meh. I've never had to use a cloud save on other platforms so this doesn't bother me that much.
The only reason why I'm paying for it is because I have no choice if I want to play online.
Thank god Nintendo wasn't crazy enough to charge a full $60 for this.
Well, it isn't a problem until it is. And the other platforms allow you to backup saves locally.
You forgot that cloud saves aren't even universal. You're SoL if you want your Pokémon or Spatoon saves to be protected.
Funny, because my Switch got stolen and a proper Cloud Save system could have easily saved the save files in the cloud...
But hey. That doesnt really happen often, so its okay.
If that system would be in place I should have the whole subscription running before I buy a new one just to access my cloud saves.
-Nintendo being vague about the topic we're discussing, the uncertainty of cloud saves, changes everything
-This thread serves no purpose other than to gather haters and trolls
-You think Nintendo's online service is "quite hideous"
Do I have this right?
Someone actually posted here that if you wanted to keep your saves you can just pay the sub until you get your new one.
Yeah. Pay the sub. For online services on a device you don't fucking own because your previous one was stolen. When literally every other platform either has effectively endless cloud saves without payment, or a guaranteed grace period so you don't really need to worry about doing that.
As someone else who had a device without cloud saves stolen, I feel for you man.
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I'm really just buying this for the cloud backup. Most multi-player games that I play on the switch are just played locally.
I just want my saves backed up and I really don't trust this cloud service to not have any problems..
I just want my saves backed up and I really don't trust this cloud service to not have any problems..
This is a Fox News level argument FOH with your conspiracy nonsense.
Dude get the heck up outta here with this bull
I have 8 joycons and every switch game from year 1
When will you people realize stupid is still stupid, no matter who does it?
You're cray cray. Sony have always said they'll keep them for six months but there's posters in this thread who've re-subscribed over a year later and their saves were still all there.
Pointing to Sony and saying "what about them" is ridiculous anyway because, unlike Nintendo, they let you back your saves up locally.
No.
I didn't say that.
It's part of it.
Not ALL the people conplaining are trolls. I conplain about it too : /.
Thought it was clear.
"Changes everything also doesn't mean "terrible or perfect".
But the degree of bad is completely different if saves remain kept for months/years compare to days.
That's all. Why going that far negatively about my message ?
Gathering =/= everyone.
A group can still exist in a crowd.
Doesn't mean the whole crowd is part of the group.
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Irrelevant comparison even if true since you can copy your saves to a usb.
Just to clarify, your main complaint is that the cloud services are inside a paywall, correct? Your post does not directly go against my unless you're saying that nothing shouldn't happen to your account if you stop paying them after a certain period of time.
The amount of downplaying here is weird. Like what do you get out of it for defending this service?
I'm pretty sure if you go through the thread, I am the loudest person "complaining" by a fairly large margin.
Here's my Switch
But sure, pretend that the people posting the problems with this are just people who don't have an interest in Nintendo and are using it to score points.
Meanwhile, I'll be arguing that Nintendo could be improving the experience of many owners rather than taking away the few features we should already have and charging for it.
You only have Oydssey? I'm sorry, but you need at least 5 retail Switch games to be allowed to complain.