5 to 10 is incredibly optimistic.
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Nintendo Switch paid online coming 2018 ($19.99 a year, Dr Mario w/ online play)
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5 to 10 is incredibly optimistic.
If PS+ and XBL offers so much more than they can add one more thing. Pay for online play only. I don't care about the PS+ games. I've been a subscriber for 5 years. I've probably played one or two PS+ games.
About this Nintendo Online service. $20 a year for online play is fine. I don't care about the NES games either. And I don't understand the app. It should've been a native app. Not sure what Nintendo were thinking. Since the app is coming this Summer, it's here to stay......
It says "games such as" not "these are the games you'll get on launch"
Kikorin
Member
Lol no way they are giving 5 or 10 "free" NES games for month, more probably 2 games for month.
Frankfurter
Member
$20 is a nice price. I might actually consider spending that for online gaming.
TalentAlwaysWins
Banned
I mean if you look in this thread there's a lot of fans ok with this so I don't think Nintendo will budge
Linkstrikesback
Member
And there is zero chance this happens. Being a smug ass won't change that.
What is your strange little thought pattern are you expecting Nintendo to patch in to justify suddenly charging money for? Obviously there will be some system level compatibility with the phone app, but what beyond that is going to be added to Mario kart?
The app that allows matchmaking/friending via Nintendo Account, game invites and game scheduling, etc. But some of what's done in the app still has to route through the Switch to a certain degree to make it function, the app just provides the mechanism for controlling all that, and thus would need a software patch to play nice with it.
I don't know why you'd compare something offered for free to something paid for, especially when My Nintendo barely acknowledges the existence of the Switch at this point in its life cycle.
And retail will always be a better price offering than digital discounts, regardless of the platform.
I'll see what's offered when it's offered, I won't take the pessimist view. I mean, if pessimism won out, we'd be paying $50 for this online service, wouldn't we?
Nintendo Account is the better forward-thinking solution that they're heavily promoting the utilization of through the entirety of their future online service, perhaps.
We know of what will be on offer in theory and in part. Until it's out, it's quite mercurial. The change in the retro gaming offering speaks to that being the case.
Nintendo won't patch games to include new features that would add more functions to the online play experience* to entice people to pay the $20? I thought we were talking about a corporation here. Did corporations stop trying to entice people to spend their money when I wasn't paying attention?
Shotgun Kiss
Member
You joke, but the fact that's probably overly optimistic is quite sad.
Haunted
Member
Considering what's being offered... not sure this is true.
However, if all you want out of these paid services is to play online then yes, Nintendo's is the cheapest. Sony quickly understood that's not enough for many of their players, though, hence the additional offerings with IGC and PS+. Looking at Nintendo's history... it'll be tough to come anywhere near what the others are offering in terms of value.
Good price and smart move delaying it to 2018.
I would assume those bundles will include at least some time period of free online.
Ah the old paywall going up just after a load of kids get a Switch at Christmas with Mario Kart, ARMS and/or Splatoon
I would assume those bundles will include at least some time period of free online.
I would honestly guess 6 games a year. They're more like the instant game collection than ps plus.
Considering it was one game per month before, we should be able to expect more than 6 games per year.
cireza
Member
My point is that I personally don't find this is great, but if people are happy with it, then no problem.
I sure hope that Nintendo will be making more efforts towards online services with the money they will get from the subscription.
Yeah but the proposition has changed. You rent 12 games or you get to keep X number. X is likely to be fewer. Even if we only got 3 games a year, for $20 I'd be buzzing.
In this instance, you can't really look at Nintendo's history for any of this, as this is the first time they have rolled something like this out. I think it is more than fair, 20 bucks a year is a great price. I think people are going to be surprised with the online service. Let's not forget that it's Dena thats handling their online this time. And we all know that Dena has plenty of experience with this sort of thing. So for those of you who are picking this apart, and doing all your nay saying,just wait and see.
That's not how it works.
You can already do that. You just need their number.
The strangest part for me is how crystal clear that added statement was, it's not ambiguous at all. Nintendo, with strong messaging, what on earth changed?
Wat. Bit early to say when it's not even properly launched wouldn't you say?
Wat. Bit early to say when it's not even properly launched wouldn't you say?
It isnt clear to me if those games are yours forever (as long as you have a subscription active) (meaning: like PS+ free games) or if you will be able to play a list of games while you are subscribed (with that list changing every now and then) (meaning: like the new Xbox subscrition service)?
No. It's something for a lot of people. Maybe not to me and you, but to a lot of people.
It might be fewer, but I doubt it's half of the initial idea.
It's likely their approach changed due to the overwhelmingly negative feedback they received and you don't improve potential customers' acceptance by making the proposition even worse than before.
In the end, we can do nothing but wait and see.
That would be the case for any other company, but Nintendo doesn't listen to its customers. If this has changed, its likely because they no longer feel like they can do 12 a year.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Maybe they're keeping more VC stuff to give SNES mini classic room to do its own thing?
To people who make ends meet, yes, it's means a lot to those people. To people who play videogames, it's not a lot of money. Gaming is a luxery, not a necessity.
JetSetRadio
Banned
These MK8 errors with a wired connection are just ridiculous.
epicnemesis
Member
Maximum 2 games a month and SNES gets added in once the snes mini gets discontinued.
I can still play Xbox 360 games online over Gold, because Microsoft has a monetary incentive to keep the service active.
King Gilga
Member
What a joke.
I'd much rather have control of which specific titles I want, and that I can play them whenever I please, regardless of if I have a subscription or not.
I think about the future, too. Like how I can go to any of my old Nintendo consoles and handhelds and play any of my games I own. What will happen when a successor to the Switch arrives? Will they stop the online services for switch somewhere down the line? Will that cut off access to the old games I want to play on Switch?
I'll wait and see how Nintendo handles VC on Switch, but this announcement still has me very cautious.
This is the main thing I want to know, along with whether or not we'll have the option to actually buy VC games separate from this service.
Can you still play Xbox (the very first Xbox) games online over Gold? That also was a paid service.
I agree, I can't believe that they're giving us more time to use the service for free and are improving the offerings in the meantime.
It is good from our point of view, but it is a joke that they can't get their full online service up and running in what any sane person would consider a reasonable time.
I don't really value what the full online service is likely to offer, and I would expect that is true of most people who own a Switch at this point, so for me I'm happy. But it definitely doesn't reflect well on Nintendo as a company.
It is the year 2017.