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Nintendo Switch Expansion Pass priced at $49.99 a year, increasing the price by $30 a year
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Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Good luck. Too many licensing hurdles to jump over.
Interestingly enough, there was a Goldeneye Remastered in the works for the Xbox with a Wii U release on the VC, but supposedly Nintendo backed out of the agreement at the last minute.
Kataploom
Gold Member
It's already not even half tbh, the like/dislike ratio is already in favor of dislikes and the gap is growing by the hours
93xfan
Banned
Then why not make it $120 a year to play n64 games? I mean, what’s $10 a month?
belteshazzar
Member
LOL. Hard pass from me, even though I'm a huge Nintendo fan. I have no idea where they are getting that extra 250% increase in price value from. This is ridiculous. The SNES update was free. This should've been too. At the very most I would've accepted a $10 increase. But $30? Don't make me laugh.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
"Fuck my wife? No thank you, I've got 11 WOW characters that need my attention"
*Pops a BlueChew*
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Ezquimacore
Banned
all I'm saying is the marketing would look prettier if people had a choice to not spend $50 right away. Cause $50 yearly is not a lot of money, but we don't even know if is going to be worth it, it ain't worth it right now.
Sleepwalker
Member
Not upgrading, turned off autorenewal instead. Not once played the nes/snes games and dont really play online anymore
newtypepilot
Member
this is what nintendo thinks of its customer base hahahahahah
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
01011001
Banned
I can literally play Mario Kart 64 online on my PC... same with almost any game out there released on any classic Nintendo platform
and I would rather amputate my hands than use an N64 controller if I can avoid it.
edit: lol I was curious and looked how many people play Mario Kart 64 online through Retroarch at the moment, and there are 3 servers up... not bad for looking randomly IMO so I could have clicked on one of them and be right in that online lobby right now if I wanted... but I suck at mario kart 64 so... better not lol
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Prediction
When Switch 2 launches they will only have the $50 option basically needing to pay $50 if you want online play. They would probably add Gameboy and Gameboy Advance in the mix so people don't go up in arms but I definitely can see $50 being a requirement for online play for Switch 2.
When Switch 2 launches they will only have the $50 option basically needing to pay $50 if you want online play. They would probably add Gameboy and Gameboy Advance in the mix so people don't go up in arms but I definitely can see $50 being a requirement for online play for Switch 2.
Elbow Identity Shallow
Member
I could do with a dozen of those N64 controllers to replace the sticks on my real N64 controllers as the third party reproductions have always been terrible.
I pay £13.99 for twelve months in the UK for Nintendo Online so if I could upgrade with the same type of code it doesn't seem too bad for the content, I'd happily drop the Mega Drive games if possible though we have a couple of the Analogue Mega SGs to play Mega Drive games on.
I pay £13.99 for twelve months in the UK for Nintendo Online so if I could upgrade with the same type of code it doesn't seem too bad for the content, I'd happily drop the Mega Drive games if possible though we have a couple of the Analogue Mega SGs to play Mega Drive games on.
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Zannegan
Member
I don't have a regular sub (which already fslt like a little steel, IMO) but a family plan that I share with a few others. What's the hike on that, I wonder? Divided up, it might not be so bad, though I would 100% prefer to have the option just to buy.
EDIT: It's $80 per year, if you were curious. Maybe someday it'll be tempting, but I think I'm good where I'm at, perennial FOMO notwithstanding.
EDIT: It's $80 per year, if you were curious. Maybe someday it'll be tempting, but I think I'm good where I'm at, perennial FOMO notwithstanding.
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01011001
Banned
you assume that the connection points will be the same and the stick outputs the same values as the original one.
Elbow Identity Shallow
Member
I don't.
GeneralKird
Member
It doesn't matter, it's being brigaded now. This happens with TV shows and movies online all the time to artificially get people to vote in a certain direction by bringing attention to it. It doesn't mean more consumer are now no longer going to get it. If I had kids and you told me I could spend $30 so they could get to play some of my favorite games from my childhood and it would save me having to spend $60 on the latest spongebob game - i will get the NSO expansion pass any day of the week. The votes by a diehard internet mob won't change that.
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Umbasaborne
Banned
Ill pay 50 bucks to play dk 64, diddy kong racing, and paper mario
MacReady13
Member
I'm not talking about the controllers dying, i'm talking about the fact they work with the Switch N64 games. Once that service is done, what use are the N64 controllers?
Kenpachii
Member
60-70, they won't stop here.
I saw this shit coming from miles away when they originally started to talk about paid online. Moved to permanent emulation over using the switch.
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Yselacrey00
Banned
I don’t even pay that for Ps plus. I usually pay 30 a year with all the discounts they offer.
so if you get the expansion is the animal crossing DLC permanent or is it effectively a subscription dlc as that would be a new low for mtx bs.
if the expansion pass is a permanent purchase the expansion pass price is okay for people that want the animal crossing dlc and 64/genesis games, but boy they made that a product aimed at a weirdly small niche
hope this one backfires on Nintendo because that is such a stupid price if you don't want the animal crossing dlc
if the expansion pass is a permanent purchase the expansion pass price is okay for people that want the animal crossing dlc and 64/genesis games, but boy they made that a product aimed at a weirdly small niche
hope this one backfires on Nintendo because that is such a stupid price if you don't want the animal crossing dlc
Huevos de Oro
Member
that's something else
The AC xpac makes this seem more expensive if you aren't interested in the AC xpac. Ok maybe it would still feel just as expensive.
if I was going to play N64 games a lot then I wouldn't care so much about the price. But $45 extra for expanded family plan when we wouldn't play AC and would only dabble in the N64 games is pricey. We barely touch anything on the base NSO tier as it is.
maybe they could make a casual tier of NSO. Limit it to ~5 hrs for one person or ~15 hrs for the family for the included games. And price the thing maybe cheaper than the current base NSO?
if I was going to play N64 games a lot then I wouldn't care so much about the price. But $45 extra for expanded family plan when we wouldn't play AC and would only dabble in the N64 games is pricey. We barely touch anything on the base NSO tier as it is.
maybe they could make a casual tier of NSO. Limit it to ~5 hrs for one person or ~15 hrs for the family for the included games. And price the thing maybe cheaper than the current base NSO?
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Huevos de Oro
Member
I'm interested in the AC pack but not on the other games so I'll get the pack separately and not upgrade my plan. So yeah like MrA said it's a pretty specific demographic.
TLZ
Banned
Very disappointed. I expected $10-15 more. But not this. I was really looking forward to buying the N64 controller and playing N64 games, but this is too much.
Can't they separate N64 and Sega games? Make them $15 each, then I'll subscribe. I don't give a f about Sega's games. I have the Sega mini for that and the collection on other platforms.
Or should've gave us GB and GBA instead.
This sucks.
Can't they separate N64 and Sega games? Make them $15 each, then I'll subscribe. I don't give a f about Sega's games. I have the Sega mini for that and the collection on other platforms.
Or should've gave us GB and GBA instead.
This sucks.
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Oh, sorry my misunderstanding then.
Honestly? Outside of use with any possible future console or N64 ports (like Turok), not much. Give it a week ro two and you will be able to use them on PC too for any personally dumped physically owned games you have.
Captain Toad
Banned
It's technically only a 150% price increase.
TLZ
Banned
At least allow me to just sub to N64 for a cheaper price. Sega's games have 0 value to me.
Cutty Flam
Banned
I'd say it's worth it. N64 has a lot of classics. A handful are even timeless classics. But have we heard if there is matchmaking for any of the games like Mario Kart 64? Or is it still we can only play with those on our friends list?
Nintendo really needs to match the services that Xbox Live offers, and soon. They're still way behind in that area
Tams
Member
I like me some NES/SNES/N64 games and they are very nostalgic. But they are old and look like shit.
Replaying Goldeneye completely killed retro gaming of what were the most powerful consoles of their time for me. Handheld console games are sometimes a bit different as they were already working with limited resources so designed the games to look good even with little power.
So I have no reason to get this extra subscription. It offers nothing I want and I really don't want another subscription (everything is a damn subscription now).
Replaying Goldeneye completely killed retro gaming of what were the most powerful consoles of their time for me. Handheld console games are sometimes a bit different as they were already working with limited resources so designed the games to look good even with little power.
So I have no reason to get this extra subscription. It offers nothing I want and I really don't want another subscription (everything is a damn subscription now).
Rhazer Fusion
Member
This has to be a joke. So they want gamers to pay $50 to play a handful of decade old N64 games and a few Genesis games that has literally been on every console available in history? They are to close to PlayStation and XBOX subscription prices and look what they are offering compared to Nintendo.
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TexMex
Member
They don’t offer any discounts, and never have. Don’t give them credit for you finding a year of Plus on a Black Friday sale somewhere.
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
I don't have any confidence in the add-on given what few and often shitty NES and SNES games Nintendo makes available for their service already.
Besides, I'm not a fan of the N64 library. Probably played a little bit of three, maybe four games on that system and didn't care for any of them.
Besides, I'm not a fan of the N64 library. Probably played a little bit of three, maybe four games on that system and didn't care for any of them.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
That's a bit expensive to play... SUPERMAN 64.