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Nintendo Switch: Online Service Features
- Thread starter Derphoof
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Granted we don't know everything yet, but this is Nintendo we're talking about.
Ocarina_117
Banned
boiled goose
good with gravy
Ay Nintendo.
Anyway, as I said before I'm not interested in the online service so this doesn't affect me. What I will say is that I expect this to be the last time I buy NES/SNES/etc classics. This shit better be properly tied to my account from now on, with no bullshit. You've been warned, Nintendo.
Ever since I got burned on Wii, haven't bought anything digital on Nintendo. Nothing on 3DS, nothing on WiiU. No account, no buy.
As a fellow WP owner, I share your pain.
Luckily, everything else in this thread is convincing me that I won't miss the features that won't be available on my phone.
Starwolf_UK
Member
This has been discussed to death. At launch refers to when the subscription service launches. Other regions don't mention anything about it being USA, Canada and Mexico only NOA do (who distribute in USA, Canada and Mexico...coincidence)
I wonder how this paid service will be on other countries, MS and Sony have been ok with me buying the service through Amazon.
Will Nintendo block it if I'm not in US, Canada or Mexico? Will they sell digital cards?
Pretty happy that I kept my Wii U so I can play Zelda while this mess is done.
Edit: I mean, as a LATAM user, will this mean I won't be able to use the console online?
Will Nintendo block it if I'm not in US, Canada or Mexico? Will they sell digital cards?
Pretty happy that I kept my Wii U so I can play Zelda while this mess is done.
Edit: I mean, as a LATAM user, will this mean I won't be able to use the console online?
I'm still mad that I never got the chance to buy those GBA games on 3DS. Meanwhile, Nintendo is trying to force me to pay for something I don't want. Ridiculous.
Same here. Last night, right after the conference, I was feeling pretty excited still. Now, the more I think about it the less I care for the Switch. I believe I'll get one eventually, but yeah, this is one ugly mess, and a completely unnecessary one, even.
FourSerioux
Member
How do they think giving people one month of access to a 20-30 year old game would be viewed as value?
They can't escape comparison to PS+ and XBL Gold, so I certainly hope that given some time they turn this into something worth it. Hopefully by the time I actually buy a Switch.
Too bad that I know once I buy one I'll want to be playing Splatoon 2 online...
They can't escape comparison to PS+ and XBL Gold, so I certainly hope that given some time they turn this into something worth it. Hopefully by the time I actually buy a Switch.
Too bad that I know once I buy one I'll want to be playing Splatoon 2 online...
LKD claiming the Switch also won't have BBC iPlayer, which is one of the most basic video streaming services any device should have (if in the UK, obviously)
This bodes very poorly.
What is going on at Nintendo? Baffling.
Rowleyfan3620
Member
$10 less than what the competitors are offering is cheap?
Tallshortman
Member
Lobbby and voice chat aren't going to be in place at launch and they're charging money for this? Nintendo must be bullish as hell on their own console for the overall pricing strategy for the switch.
I mean, Vita has cloud saves...
technically they aren't charging money for it until it is in place since its free until the fall, but yes any complaints, frustrations about how ridiculous their service setup is on this thing is warranted.
$49 per year for 12 random NES/SNES games you're only allowed to play for 30 days each isn't cheap, it's a ripoff.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
at that price you might as well get an nes classic if you could find one
Da-Kid
Member
There's no information on these things, so that's the source.
VITA using same architechture build from early days of PSP and PS3. While none of Nintendo Machines has it.
no surprise.
Ha! That's perfect.I made small gif
100% speculation on my part and I don't know if anyone mentioned it before. Free trial until Holiday 2017 seems pretty long and specific. It might be that Nintendo is waiting for 3rd parties to come. If they can't sign any interesting multiplayer games they might do 180 and try to gain some positive PR by offering a PS3 PS+ like service with various benefits for paid subscribers and free online play for everyone. Then they might try again with future iterations of Switch.
mrhyderager
Member
It's not just NES, though. Nintendo knows their power is in their legacy. They still make a killing off of titles that have been around for decades because people have continued to pay for it. They're still getting $10 a pop for Pokemon RGY. Old school video game stores like Game Swap sell N64s for more than they were worth at launch and are getting $50-$100 on N64 cartridges. If Nintendo can't see that the way forward is giving away some of their past to make a future then the Switch might be the end of the road.
Raptomex
Member
No argument there. I collect games, myself and have a ton of ways to play stuff. I'm simply saying I would love if they focused on their other titles like SNES, N64, and even GCN. They made other games besides NES titles. Advertising NES titles is nothing new. At least we're seeing SNES games at launch this time.
Starwolf_UK
Member
If its any consonance iPlayer also took an eternity to launch on Wii U. No idea why it is discontinuing though.
DeviousAngel
Member
Wait are these things actually confirmed or are you just making stuff up?
JayWood2010
Member
Im sure this has been posted already but
Regular Chris KohlerVerified account
‏@kobunheat
Confirmed by NOA: Monthly free classic game on Switch is indeed only available for that month. More deets on Virtual Console before launch.
Regular Chris Kohler ‏@kobunheat 1h1 hour ago
Sheesh, even my explanation was unclear. Sorry.
After a month, you can no longer PLAY the monthly Switch online classic unless you buy it.
https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/819956802741747712
Regular Chris KohlerVerified account
‏@kobunheat
Confirmed by NOA: Monthly free classic game on Switch is indeed only available for that month. More deets on Virtual Console before launch.
Regular Chris Kohler ‏@kobunheat 1h1 hour ago
Sheesh, even my explanation was unclear. Sorry.
After a month, you can no longer PLAY the monthly Switch online classic unless you buy it.
https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/819956802741747712
JaseMath
Member
When were any of those things confirmed?
Suburban Thug
Member
Straight lunacy. Anybody who pays for their online service is getting robbed.
When you aren't clear with an announcement and a lot of the other announcements have been negative a narrative starts to form that's believable enough, whether its true or not, that can seriously damage the brand. This is just like when all the xbox one news was coming out and all the bad news started to pile up and people just ran with anything negative. Nintendo is digging themselves into a hole to start off again and they should be out there clarifying all this stuff.
Count of Monte Cristo
Member
So let me get this straight, if I wanted to talk to someone while playing the switch, I would have to whip out my phone and possibly enter a code, (maybe numerical like those damn friend codes), and I have to pay for it, just to chat with someone?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
We don't know. Nintendo is being crappy again with full details, creating the impression that just like the Wii U they don't have their online system ready for launch.
The bullet list of missing features posted in this thread is misinformation, most of that hasn't even been talked about by Nintendo.
Obliterator
Member
It's actually a huge issue for me, and just further evidence of how out of touch Nintendo is with modern gaming
Prisoner KSC2-303
Member
That's absolutely nuts. At this stage it'd be easier to believe deliberate sabotage rather than this being a group of talented individuals' plan for success.
Probably just to entice early adopters. Yeah we dropped the price but at least you got to play free online for the few games in the library!
Wolfgang Jr
Banned
In sales, if you have a feature, you show it.
This is the same BS excuse we used for there apparently being no touchscreen when that wasn't the case. Just because they haven't talk about some things doesn't mean the Switch won't have it. Like a web browser for example, are you people seriously saying the Switch won't have something so basic just because they haven't announced it? Come on now.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Even then the 1 month only rule would still be garbage, but yeah, at least GameCube games and what not would be more of a bone than SNES and freaking NES games. Who the hell doesn't already legally own every NES game they'd ever want anyway? Across the VC on 3 consoles, the Ambassador thing, Animal Crossing, the eReader, the Classic series on GBA, various other unlocks and ports, and of course the freaking NES Classic console, as well as remixes and twists in WarioWare and NES Remix Nintendo fans have gotten everything like a dozen times already. But no, here you go, one month of "Baseball". Woooooooo...
cooljeanius
Member
No Miiverse = no sale. I need to stay in touch with all of the friends I've made on it.
Smooth Operator
Member
Nintendo Switch wont have Miiverse or StreetPass
No Miiverse. Wow.
No Miiverse. Wow.
This might do worst than the Wii U.
This service sounds terrible,especially in contrast of PSN. I mean 2 NES/SNES games that you can only play for a month? What? PSN you get one PS4 game, one PS3 game, one PSVita game, and you can play as long as you're subscribed.
There also isn't Miiverse or communities or street pass, instead you need a smartphone app to voice chat, which you have to pay for the service to even use fully.
Will Nintendo's service offer cloud saves? Will games be tied to the hardware again? I dunno but with what is already detailed I expect the worst.
There also isn't Miiverse or communities or street pass, instead you need a smartphone app to voice chat, which you have to pay for the service to even use fully.
Will Nintendo's service offer cloud saves? Will games be tied to the hardware again? I dunno but with what is already detailed I expect the worst.
You have it backwards. It's 1 NES/SNES game a month. And 2 PS4/PS3/Vita games a month.
So yeah...even worse.