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[Ashodin]

The phone app coming this summer 2017 is another buried lede. It's likely to be there alongside either ARMS or Splatoon 2.

 

[wildfire]

Totally lame feature set. They didn't go the extra mile so I'm less likely to pay for online.

I know most of you guys find this price acceptable but compared to pc gaming options this is hard to accept.

 

[Kinsei]

If we have to pay for online then at least $20 is a good price.

 

[kevin1025]

Super curious what this means for Virtual Console, if it's the supposed Netflix-like service, if it's like PS+ with this subscription, or is full-on delayed to 2018, as well.

 

[Neoxon]

Hopefully the delay can ensure that everything's to our liking when the paid service goes up. That said, $20 for one year doesn't sound so bad.

 

[ffdgh]

Whats incredible about it?

Incredible in the sense that it's baffling.

 

[notaskwid]

What about cloud saves.

 

[duckroll]

The phone app coming this summer 2017 is another buried lede. It's likely to be there alongside either ARMS or Splatoon 2.

That's not news though. It was always the plan. The update is that the service launch has been delayed to 2018.

 

[friskykillface]

Urban champion free game of the month hype

$20 isn't that bad but it better more than Mario kart, splatoon 2, arms in 2018
#FreeSmash

 

[ArchedThunder]

"Nintendo Switch Online includes ongoing access to a library of classic games you can take anywhere!"
That straight up sounds like a Netflix style VC service.

 

[VICI0US]

The phone app thing is incredible, surreal that such a big company is doing that in 2018.

Pretty sure it's a technical choice.

A large chunk of system resources on the xb1/ps4 are dedicated to the OS (only 5GB of the 8GB of RAM is actually available to games, for instance, due to OS bloat)

By farming off functionality to an external device and having an extremely minimalist OS they're able to save as much of the system's processing power as possible for games. I believe only .75GB of RAM is used for switch's OS, for example.

 

[Parapraxis]

wait so we dont get voice chat till 2018?

Just use a chat app, it's pretty much the same thing anyways.

 

[13ruce]

20 is freaking cheap i am in!

 

[Stealthcobra]

I still want to see more details on the lobby integration between the smartphone and switch. Does it start a game automatically for me with the desired people right from the phone?

But one convenience of the app is that it's far easier to do text chat on your phone compared to your console, and probably even the switch in handheld mode.

How is it more convenient? Switch has touch screen typing.

Sounds like you and alot of you are trying to jedi mind trick yourself into this being a good idea... All i can see is... Yo dragon lets go over here to attack... Ring ring... Dragon are you there? Oh I'm sorry had a call.. Well gee thanks.. We just got destroyed while you took your call.

 

[TriForce Hero]

Nintendo is the one that needs to take notes. Sony and Microsoft can justify the $60. Nintendo online doesn't have much to justify more than $20.

Well you can play Splatoon 2 Online.

 

[Cathcart]

$20 a year....I'll take it....

2018 though? Damn....

Are you in a hurry to pay 20 dollars?

 

[Dmax3901]

It's so weird to have online play be free for essentially the first year of a console, then to charge for it later. I'm not complaining... but why not have online play be free forever, and have the $4 a month be just for the games/discounts.

 

[javac]

Balloon Fight Online, the true eSports title has arrived.

 

[Totakeke]

How is it more convenient? Switch has touch screen typing.

Sounds like you and alot of you are trying to jedi mind trick yourself into this being a good idea... All i can see is... Yo dragon lets go over here to attack... Ring ring... Dragon are you there? Oh I'm sorry had a call.. Well gee thanks.. We just got destroyed while you took your call.

Ever touch typed on a larger tablet?

 

[ScientificPizza]

$20 is the right price

 

[Finn]

I believe the services will still launch this year as it says they'll be free until 2018. Not that they won't be available until 2018.

Reading comprehension is hard when you're a Gaffer.

 

[Geg]

Price is right. Hope they add cloud saves.

Glad they're waiting until next year to make it a paid service.

Shit, I forgot about cloud saves. I wonder if this means they're not coming until 2018?

 

[Stone Ocean]

Totally lame feature set. They didn't go the extra mile so I'm less likely to pay for online.

I know most of you guys find this price acceptable but compared to pc gaming options this is hard to accept.

If you want to compare to PC then almost nothing is acceptable.

 

[Stealthcobra]

Incredible in the sense that it's baffling.

Thank you.. Exactly

 

[watershed]

Alright, I'm cool with this. It will be free long enough for me to find out if I even need these features and if I do, $20 for the year is dirt cheap.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

I will take all those compromises for $20/year. That's less than a three month subscription to PS+

 

[SinCityAssassin]

What about cloud saves.

I would imagine Cloud Saves would be implemented as a utility, not as a privilege of the online service.

Does XBL or PS+ do that?

 

[qko]

I was expecting $30 a year and was a hard maybe at that price.

For $20 I'm in

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Well you can play Splatoon 2 Online.

$20 to improve Nintendo's online functions is fine.

 

[clay_ghost]

If it's a Netflix style selection of Nes games, I won't mind trying out the service once if there are still games that I wanna play online then since arms and Splatoon will be out for some time already and I will most likely be playing other offline games by then.

 

[evil monkey]

I was just thinking that the fact we got these details posted so close to E3 might mean their spotlight is already packed with announcements and they decided to post the online details to make room for other stuff. Unlikely but one can hope!

 

[Pepboy]

I still can't believe they are making you work it through your fucking phone.

I believe mic hacking was a huge issue for 3ds, so they are probably super paranoid about allowing you to connect anything that can input sound.

 

[duckroll]

It's so weird to have online play be free for essentially the first year of a console, then to charge for it later. I'm not complaining... but why not have online play be free forever, and have the $4 a month be just for the games/discounts.

Because DeNA wants to get paid.

 

[Yukinari]

So they refocused the original offer of only keeping a free NES or SNES game for a month into letting you own multiple games at once?

I mean paying a fraction of the price of PS+ makes sense cause otherwise it would be even worse.

 

[Madness]

Nintendo is the one that needs to take notes. Sony and Microsoft can justify the $60. Nintendo online doesn't have much to justify more than $20.

This. Like Nintendo offers free online now, so what are they charging $20 for that gives you something special? MS gives you free game downloads, all MS titles use dedicated servers, full party chat, voice chat, cloud saves, onedrive storage, and free twitch and mixer streaming, app support for things like HBO and Netflix, cross game in console chat, achievements, looking for games, clubs etc.

Naturally would I like it cheaper, sure. But you are going from free on Wii U to $20 a year on Switch with little added benefit.

 

[Stealthcobra]

Ever touch typed on a larger tablet?

Yep I'd rather type on the switch if i dont have to use my phone to voice chat

 

[Serenitynow]

"Nintendo Switch Online includes ongoing access to a library of classic games you can take anywhere!"
That straight up sounds like a Netflix style VC service.

Where does it say that?

 

[MrSaturn99]

No filter? Online Balloon Fight?!?

Praise the lord!

 

[Geg]

Are you in a hurry to pay 20 dollars?

According to gaf some people have an insatiable thirst to pay $60 on games they don't want just because it's on a new system they own so anything's possible I guess

 

[Hero]

The Price is Right.

 

[anothertech]

Strange. Without the voice chat and host migration, I wonder what they are making us pay for when going online.

 

[Drkirby]

I can hardly contain my excitement.


I guess Nintendo at least with it enough to announce this 2 weeks before E3, so the media doesn't bother them as much about it.

 

[jobrro]

Want to know more about this Classic Game Selection, is it where you will get one game for a month like stated previously? Do they choose the game or do we from a library?

Hopefully they talk about it more at E3 or in an interview or press release.

$20 for a year doesn't seem too bad. Heck with Nintendo I could probably just pay the $8 for 3 months when a new online game comes out if I don't think I am going to be playing year round.

 

[Fix-It Felix. Jr.]

So, will subscribers get a free VC title every month to add to their personal library, or will it be a new game added to an online library that everyone has access to regardless of when their subscription started? I thought it would be the former for sure based on what we heard earlier this year, but the tweets make it sound like the latter.

Also, $20 is pretty fair price.

I wouldn't read too much into the Classic Games being any sort of Netflix like service. It's probably still a rotating offer of free shit for each month. If they were offering VC as a full library service, it will NOT be 20 bucks a year.

Oh yeah, I guess a rotating library is another option. Seems like the most likely too, unfortunately.

 

[Totakeke]

Yep I'd rather type on the switch if i dont have to use my phone to voice chat

Do you actually touch type faster on a tablet placed horizontally than on your phone? If you do then props to you.

 

[Jawbreaker]

That's $20 more than I was paying before, so I can't say I'm happy about it.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Want to know more about this Classic Game Selection, is it where you will get one game a month like stated previously?

Yep. It seems they changed that detail from explicitly saying only renting one game a month previously.

 

[duckroll]

I wouldn't read too much into the Classic Games being any sort of Netflix like service. It's probably still a rotating offer of free shit for each month. If they were offering VC as a full library service, it will NOT be 20 bucks a year.

 

[toastyToast]

Its free until then

I meant feature wise. Is it still gonna be barebones til this launches?

 

[Ashodin]

It really sounds like subscribing every month to artificially increase your Switch VC sounds like a deal.