Nintendo Switch Chat Thread Too

[Qikz]

Nintendo Life has suggested that "free to play" online games will not require the user to purchase a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

I think Nintendo may have to work hard to get most users to sign up. Sure, it's "only" £18... but you seem to get very little for that money. Users who have already played on the console for nearly eighteen months may not find the new charge to be very attractive when, until September, they have been able to play games like Kart, Rocket League and Splatoon online for "free".

I have to say that I feel a little begrudging about it... yeah, it's not a huge amount, but it seems like "money for nothing" for Nintendo; more so when their online service is flakier than other console online services and the chat function is so weak.

Tl;dr I may be a rebel and hold off from the Online subscription. therearedozensofus.gif etc.

Gotta remember it's got less features but it's significantly cheaper.

[OrangeRKN]

I hope it doesn't affect leaderboards. It'll probably put an end to my very occasional Infinite Minigolf-ing too

[Poser]

Nintendo Life has suggested that "free to play" online games will not require the user to purchase a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

I think Nintendo may have to work hard to get most users to sign up. Sure, it's "only" £18... but you seem to get very little for that money. Users who have already played on the console for nearly eighteen months may not find the new charge to be very attractive when, until September, they have been able to play games like Kart, Rocket League and Splatoon online for "free".

I have to say that I feel a little begrudging about it... yeah, it's not a huge amount, but it seems like "money for nothing" for Nintendo; more so when their online service is flakier than other console online services and the chat function is so weak.

Tl;dr I may be a rebel and hold off from the Online subscription. therearedozensofus.gif etc.

I don't play online anywhere near enough to justify paying for it, sadly. Same goes for PS+, or it would if I hadn't already stacked a further 18 months' worth of membership.

Thing is, the only value I have in Mario Kart (for example) is the online, so it's a bit annoying that that would be taken away from me.

[jawafour]

Gotta remember it's got less features but it's significantly cheaper.

I really don't want to see Nintendo falling back on that argument; I'd rather pay more for something desirable rather than spend a little on something a bit pony.

[Tomous]

Nintendo Life has suggested that "free to play" online games will not require the user to purchase a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

I think Nintendo may have to work hard to get most users to sign up. Sure, it's "only" £18... but you seem to get very little for that money. Users who have already played on the console for nearly eighteen months may not find the new charge to be very attractive when, until September, they have been able to play games like Kart, Rocket League and Splatoon online for "free".

I have to say that I feel a little begrudging about it... yeah, it's not a huge amount, but it seems like "money for nothing" for Nintendo; more so when their online service is flakier than other console online services and the chat function is so weak.

Tl;dr I may be a rebel and hold off from the Online subscription. therearedozensofus.gif etc.

Gotta remember it's got less features but it's significantly cheaper.

It's missing some very basic functionality that even the first Xbox had 15 years ago though.

Less features is expected but they're below the bare minimum at the moment.

[Victor Mildew]

I don't play online so the only value is cloud saving.

[kazanova_Frankenstein]

Same here. I don't really take my Switch anywhere so its probably a bit unnecessary for me. But then you hear reports of them just going horribly wrong for seemingly no reason, so im not sure whether i will get it for the peace of mind, or keep procrastinating until mine does go wrong and then its too late. Its almost certainly the second option tbh.

[Jenuall]

I play little online beyond MK Mondays and the occasional Rocket League on here but I'm happy with what Nintendo are offering for the price.

Undoubtedly it could be better and is missing lots compared to the competitors (albeit with the caveat that they charge significantly more) so I understand why some would be disappointed.

[Jam-Master Jay]

Doubt I'll even bother with the subscription. I haven't played any online Switch games since last year when Splatoon 2 came out and that's full of cheating scum now.

[Fisher]

played mario kart 8 and zelda.

[Hypes]

I expect I'll subscribe, even though I don't want to and it's likely rubbish, just to be able to play online occasionally

[Robbo-92]

I'll more than likely subscribe. The cloud saves are good (but still not sure why we actually have to pay for them as I believe the others offer them for free?), I expect I'll be using Pokémon Let's Go online features a bit though and with it coming out after the service launches you'll obviously need it and eventually for Pokémon bank down the line as well.

I do hope it has more to offer in the future though as in general it seems a bit lacking.

[kazanova_Frankenstein]

I'll more than likely subscribe. The cloud saves are good (but still not sure why we actually have to pay for them as I believe the others offer them for free?), I expect I'll be using Pokémon Let's Go online features a bit though and with it coming out after the service launches you'll obviously need it and eventually for Pokémon bank down the line as well.

I do hope it has more to offer in the future though as in general it seems a bit lacking.

Sony doesn't offer free cloud saves (need PS+), but you can transfer saves through USB etc. I would settle for being able to save to micro SD on Switch and then transferring onto PC as a manual backing up solution (i believe you can do this on 3DS), but even this option is not available on Switch, so cloud save really is the only security available...

[Robbo-92]

I'll more than likely subscribe. The cloud saves are good (but still not sure why we actually have to pay for them as I believe the others offer them for free?), I expect I'll be using Pokémon Let's Go online features a bit though and with it coming out after the service launches you'll obviously need it and eventually for Pokémon bank down the line as well.

I do hope it has more to offer in the future though as in general it seems a bit lacking.

Sony doesn't offer free cloud saves (need PS+), but you can transfer saves through USB etc. I would settle for being able to save to micro SD on Switch and then transferring onto PC as a manual backing up solution (i believe you can do this on 3DS), but even this option is not available on Switch, so cloud save really is the only security available...

Ah I thought they offered them for free! Still a physical solution of saving saves to the SD card would be better then feeling you have to pay just to have cloud saves.

[Rex Kramer]

It's probably not going to happen but it might be and that's enough for me at this moment.

twitter.com/nintendolife/status/1025286408477519872

[jawafour]

I expect I'll subscribe, even though I don't want to and it's likely rubbish, just to be able to play online occasionally

That's pretty much my thinking as well, Hypes, as I'll still want to Kart, Rocket and Splat.

(Endless Ocean might be coming to Switch)

Go Vacation... Carnival Games... Endless Ocean... and now Ubi's Sports Party. Never mind Wii U ports, we're now in the era of Wii ports .

[Rax]

I have zero interest in playing online but if the retro game offerings are decent I might be tempted. They probably wont be though and I wont bother with it, well see though.

[Rex Kramer]

I expect I'll subscribe, even though I don't want to and it's likely rubbish, just to be able to play online occasionally

That's pretty much my thinking as well, Hypes, as I'll still want to Kart, Rocket and Splat.

(Endless Ocean might be coming to Switch)

Go Vacation... Carnival Games... Endless Ocean... and now Ubi's Sports Party. Never mind Wii U ports, we're now in the era of Wii ports .

Dude, don't sully the gloriousness of Endless Ocean with those other Wii 'classics'. It's a stone cold 10/10 and it's about time we got EO3.

[jawafour]

Dude, don't sully the gloriousness of Endless Ocean with those other Wii 'classics'. It's a stone cold 10/10 and it's about time we got EO3.

Yeah, don't get me wrong, EO was ace. And I'd totally forgotten that there was an EO 2! I think it arrived pretty late on in the Wii's shelf life and I never found a reasonably priced copy.

[Jazzem]

I remember using the custom music feature on Endless Ocean to play to the Mario 64 Dire Dire Docks theme