Baron Doggystyle von Woof
Member
This is the only reason I'm going to skip the switch. Also the reason why I skipped ps4/xbone.
I am not playing for online gaming.
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Nintendo Switch: Online Service Features
- Thread starter Derphoof
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This is the only reason I'm going to skip the switch. Also the reason why I skipped ps4/xbone.
I am not playing for online gaming.
Sword Of Doom
Member
This is such a huge mistake on their part. Way to sour the positive feelings for your new console.
I honestly don't care what features it has or doesn't have. Besides splatoon I haven't used my Wii U for a single online game. I guess Mario maker also counts
Sucks knowing if I want to play Splatoon 2, I'll have to pay a monthly fee.
I honestly don't care what features it has or doesn't have. Besides splatoon I haven't used my Wii U for a single online game. I guess Mario maker also counts
Sucks knowing if I want to play Splatoon 2, I'll have to pay a monthly fee.
Portugeezer
Member
No you just pay the Nintendo online fee to unlock.
MaximumSpider
Banned
I'm going to cry now because eventually I will have to buy this thing.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Really though, what the fuck is this weird mobile nonsense? I have to download Nintendskype on my iPhone for party chat or some shit? Huh?
Sword Of Doom
Member
The wording of "free version with limited features" makes it seem like the app is paid. Which is insane to me
DrROBschiz
Member
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
Wait, so your free monthly game disappears after a month? You don't even get to keep it for as long as you're a subscriber?
friskykillface
Banned
So I use my neck to hold the phone while tilting my head to talk to people or put it on speaker mode?
Water you doing Nintendo
Water you doing Nintendo
Nintendo are doing this wrong by basically copying everyone else.
Free
Online multiplayer
Hosted by publisher
Online lobby and voice chat
Dependent on publisher
Subscription
Online multiplayer
Hosted by Nintendo
Guarantied support even after 3rd parties end it.
Online lobby and voice chat
All games centralized by Nintendo
Cross multiplayer with PC/Android and IOS platforms.
Cloud storage space 2 Terabytes
Access to modding tools rolled out a year after game launch.
Streaming Switch games to PC, Android and IOS supported devices. With the ability to enhance your streamed games with 3rd party apps on these platforms.
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This is how you differentiate yourself and offer a service that doesn't feel like BS.
Free
Online multiplayer
Hosted by publisher
Online lobby and voice chat
Dependent on publisher
Subscription
Online multiplayer
Hosted by Nintendo
Guarantied support even after 3rd parties end it.
Online lobby and voice chat
All games centralized by Nintendo
Cross multiplayer with PC/Android and IOS platforms.
Cloud storage space 2 Terabytes
Access to modding tools rolled out a year after game launch.
Streaming Switch games to PC, Android and IOS supported devices. With the ability to enhance your streamed games with 3rd party apps on these platforms.
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This is how you differentiate yourself and offer a service that doesn't feel like BS.
That is part of the capture button. They said that was coming later.
MaximumSpider
Banned
I'm going to cry now because eventually I will have to buy this thing and probably online...
DrROBschiz
Member
Nydius
Member
Back in the thread that was all the rage a couple weeks ago about console paywall multiplayer, I believe I said that the one thing Nintendo could do that would sour me on the Switch entirely was to start their own paywall multiplayer system.
I'm already nonplussed about paying for PS+ but at least I play enough multiplayer games online to somewhat justify it. I'm NOT paying for Nintendo's paywall multiplayer just to play Splatoon 2 and whatever Mario Kart comes out. Plus, most of these planned features seem very poorly thought out.
As much as I like Splatoon as a franchise, I'd rather just stick to the Wii U version until they shut it down than have to deal with yet another multiplayer paywall.
I'm already nonplussed about paying for PS+ but at least I play enough multiplayer games online to somewhat justify it. I'm NOT paying for Nintendo's paywall multiplayer just to play Splatoon 2 and whatever Mario Kart comes out. Plus, most of these planned features seem very poorly thought out.
As much as I like Splatoon as a franchise, I'd rather just stick to the Wii U version until they shut it down than have to deal with yet another multiplayer paywall.
No publisher is going to agree to that. EA and Activision want people to move to new Battlefield and COD every year.
My concern too. it seems yet again they may have inferior online.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
More or less...
There is no way Nintendo will provide a service that is even on par with PS3 PSN at the least. Especially if they won't even have it ready for all territories when the service actually launches!
I can totally believe it based on everything I've heard about this console now.
Agreed on both counts. I might get a PS4, but if I do I won't touch PS Plus with a ten-foot pole. Which is more than I can say for the Switch, which I won't be picking up at all.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
wat
Activision almost never shuts down COD servers and when they do it's only on platforms like the Wii. Battlefield games have live servers for years. This post is nonsense.
Like, fuck. The fact that Pokémon is now behind a paywall suddenly hit me like a truck. Awful, awful.
Devilgunman
Member
Well, everybody has a phone, right? what's a problem?
Seriously, if this is true I can't imagine the amount of backlash they will get. The system is not ready for launch. They push the March launch so that they can include to the fiscal year.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
If you seriously need a smartphone app to voice chat with a paid subscription service... that MIGHT be the craziest thing Nintendo has done.
No indie games either?
Gotta wonder the price of this... even xbox and ps give you full games from the current generation.
PotionBleue
Member
Fun fact is that Monster Hunter 3's online multiplayer mode on Wii required a monthly fee in Japan so I guess it's a possible scenario.
Yes they don't shut it down, but they are not going to agree to bullshit like that in case they do find themselves in situations where people are not upgrading to their new games.
DrROBschiz
Member
Yeah im losing my mind over this
DieGo2SHAE
Member
Like Donny Mattrick says: "Luckily they have an offline product for you, it's called the Nintendo Wii U"
QuixoticNeutral
Member
I never asked for voice chat or smartphone integration and would gladly have done without them if it meant there were no subscription involved in playing Splatoon. Guess I'll have to get my fill of its online play before the fee comes in.
My thoughts exactly. This may have sealed the fate of the Switch as a single-player and local multiplayer system for me—which, to be fair, was already the case with the Wii and Wii U apart from Mario Kart and Splatoon. But I am dismayed at what it means for Splatoon 2 or even for leaderboard/replay features like the one so elegantly integrated into DKCTF.
My thoughts exactly. This may have sealed the fate of the Switch as a single-player and local multiplayer system for me—which, to be fair, was already the case with the Wii and Wii U apart from Mario Kart and Splatoon. But I am dismayed at what it means for Splatoon 2 or even for leaderboard/replay features like the one so elegantly integrated into DKCTF.
DrROBschiz
Member
I would happier with the WiiU setup where voice chat is possible but has to be done per game
I preferred a party chat option
And not just voice chat; voice chat in online matches in compatible games. It's not even a party chat. Like, it's Wii U-level voice chat...except not even built into the system anymore.
UnemployedVillain
Member
It sounded like a companion app to me
So good.
Forearm Star
Member
DrROBschiz
Member
Its worse than WiiU
The WiiU tablet had a mic and speakers. You didnt have to use anything else to playbonline and chat other than the tablet itself
Voice chat wasnt there at the OS level so in MH3U it had to be provided by a patch that Capcom made
Switch? I dont even know if it has a Mic
I'm not defending it, it sucks, but now I know I won't be re-newing my PS+ beyond 2017.
I hate that MS have led us down this path, but they have, and I'm not going to maintain two gaming subscriptions. I dropped XBL for PSN, and I'll be dropping PSN for Nintendo Online.
The VC games aren't a big deal (though added online play might change that depending what they are), but I guess it helps soften the blow a little. I've only had a handful of PS4 PS+ games I've cared about since launch, so I certainly don't include that as part of the 'value'.
fabricated backlash
Member
I'm still getting it for the single player games, but man... hopefully Splatoon2 can be played locally... would hate to miss out on the sequel to my favourite game of 2015.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
2017: In which Nintendo learns that they are not Sony
BananasWithGuns
Member
This is definitely sounding like a train wreck. The fact that it seems like you need an external app just to be able to use what most people would consider basic features is pretty mind blowing.
Especially when all the graphics looked like Wii U graphics.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
More like Nintendo learns they can't half-ass being Nintendo and Sony at the same time, to be honest.
Same here. Today Nintendo killed what was left of console gaming for me.
OrbitalBeard
Member
This either better be really cheap or Nintendo had better stepped up their online game a million fold since Wii U.
MasterOfNone
Member
From the Splatoon 2 Nintendo Product Page:
I basically think all social features won't be native to the console and wrapped around the smartphone app. Is this Nintendo being super scared of piracy?
Edit: Taking this one step further it seems most of settings and console UI will be done on a smartphone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYGhNu5D688
I basically think all social features won't be native to the console and wrapped around the smartphone app. Is this Nintendo being super scared of piracy?
Edit: Taking this one step further it seems most of settings and console UI will be done on a smartphone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYGhNu5D688