This would be insane if true.
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Nintendo Switch paid online coming 2018 ($19.99 a year, Dr Mario w/ online play)
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This would be insane if true.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Why 0 and not free?
Yoshimitsu126
Member
OMG I HOPE SO
Switch off and berate your friend or get them stuck in an endless loop of Mario Bros.
I've played it online back in the 90's and it was actually kinda fun.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Amazing how quickly opinion has turned around on this online service...almost like the Switch as a whole.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Depends on how much better their licensing agreements for third party classic titles are.
I'm old enough to have played Dr. Mario but I never did. Sometimes you can't appreciate something until you experience it.
Projectjustice
Banned
How do you know? You telling me you can see the future? What makes you so sure that from now till launch in 2018 they wouldn't add more features to make it worth $20 a year?
At $60 right now I can Tell you Sony and Ms services don't equal what they are worth.
Uh, I'm pretty sure the other threads today has been pretty vocal about why people don't like their current system. Just because I say one potential good thing of their system doesn't mean only what I say matters.
OricWindstar
Member
I'm thinking that means a rotating selection of games like they originally said, but if it is a steady library that'd be fantastic.
brandonh83
Banned
They should pay users to use it. Drinks all around!
Altered Juice
Member
Smart move when mario kart 8 deluxe's net code is nothing but a pile of dog shit.
Serenitynow
Member
My question is if there will be a VC separate from this. Considering they charged (and people paid) $7.99 for SNES games and $9.99 for N64 games on Wii U, offering their entire library for a year for only $20 seems too good to be true to me.
Nice, more time for me to enjoy Splatoon 2 & ARMS for free. Sucks that it's rolling out so slowly though
yooo
That would be a megaton
yooo
That would be a megaton
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I need the snes version for that or the gba one with 4 players cause that shit was bonkers!
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
Regarding this tweet
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/870445058385821696
Since they are not using the term rotating now, it might be an increasing catalog. We can only guess at this moment though.
If it is an increasing catalog, will we see a good roll out regularly or a shitty slow release?
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/870445058385821696
Since they are not using the term rotating now, it might be an increasing catalog. We can only guess at this moment though.
If it is an increasing catalog, will we see a good roll out regularly or a shitty slow release?
Wowfunhappy
Member
$20 more than online play should ever cost when the money isn't actually going to the companies responsible for game server infrastructure. And yes, Sony and Microsoft can be damned for it to. I don't pay them.
It's Nintendo though, so I'll pay. I'm just going to be really, really, perpetually bitter about it.
It's Nintendo though, so I'll pay. I'm just going to be really, really, perpetually bitter about it.
Wtf that's insanely cool if true.
Wireless chatting on the PS4 doesn't use Bluetooth at all. You have to buy proprietary headsets or go wired via the jack on the Dual Shock 4.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
People gravitate to the use of numbers as the pop more in text. That is a good question though because free does illicit some positive connotation, but I can see how it could mean cheap since people still associate Nintendo with cheap sometimes. I asked 0 since he used 5 though.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Personally I think it's an increasing amount of rotating games per month with a chance to buy them permanently at discount.
freethoughtbubble
Member
I can live with $20 a year. VC service sounds good in theory (let's see in practice). The voice chat "solution" is still stupid, though, but I'll live.
Take back my comment if your able to access a large library of VC games whenever you want, THAT is worth the money.
Jubenhimer
Member
The way it's worded now, sound like it's going to be a single compilation of games with online play, and nothing about it being only for a month. Sounds like they changed it completely.
brandonh83
Banned
I too would rather have a collection that sticks on my console, I like ownership per game.
If it's some rotational thing and there's no separate virtual console where you can buy games individually, meh.
No, it doesn't. You guys are incredibly naive if you really think Nintendo is going to do this and make it cost a measly $20.
OricWindstar
Member
Also, will I be able to download them and have them on my Switch when not online? It seems like such a Nintendo move for the games to be limited to online only.
Yeah, exactly. It's disgusting that you make all those threads for free without getting paid promotional fees. Fuck Nintendo.
Hence why I suggested that it ends up going from 143 combined NES/SNES for the Wii U to about 180 combined for the Switch. Honestly, there isn't a lot on the NES outside of a few Square games like the Dragon
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Don't like this at all but price seems reasonable. No idea how the vc works. More info at e3?
OricWindstar
Member
I really, really hope so, I just don't want to get my hopes up. I'd be (pleasantly) shocked if Nintendo did this for $20 a year.
names2hard4you
Member
Holy shit. I mean I wasn''t too bothered by just having to pay $20 for online services since I've been conditioned by Sony with PS+ and paying for online features. But you add THIS and now we are talking. Maybe this is the reason it got delayed.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Good to see Game Pass already having an influence. Competition is great.
The Netflix style for VC is a great way to do it vs the original plan.
The Netflix style for VC is a great way to do it vs the original plan.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/870445058385821696
Suggests you will indeed be able to download and keep them (as long as you're subscribed, I assume).
SinCityAssassin
Member
You're assuming they won't eventually expand the titles to N64 or even Gamecube or other consoles.
But is it also a revolving library of games?
If they let you gain access to an ever growing library of vc games then I say that it more than justifies the price.
But I recall them saying you only get access to one game for only one month and then it gets removed and changed.
Unless of course nintendo actually took in feedback from the backlash of that initial announcement and made the correct changes.
Would be huge if true, but they could be poorly describing their 2 games rotation thing they talked about already.
OricWindstar
Member
Okay, nice! I'm on the train a lot, so having a backlog of retro games would be amazing.
Nope, don't see this happening. Likely means a few rotating games per month, ie "library".
Not exactly, no, but it sounds promising.