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Nintendo Switch Online Launches in September
Posted on 2/1/18 at 6:53 am
Posted on 2/1/18 at 6:53 am
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:21 am to VoxDawg
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Unlike PS Plus or Xbox Live Gold, which lets you keep the game as long as you keep paying, the Switch game will be free only for the month in question. Once the next month rolls around and a new game is featured, the previous offering will be removed.
It's like they keep trying to frick up things already out there that are standard in this generation.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:35 am to musick
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the Switch game will be free only for the month in question. Once the next month rolls around and a new game is featured, the previous offering will be removed.
:puke:
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:39 am to musick
Maybe their reasoning is to try to concentrate online play on a specific game each month instead of stretching casual player base over lots of different games. That’s the type of social engineering decision that Nintendo seems to make.
That being said, I would disagree with that line of thinking for a variety of reasons.
That being said, I would disagree with that line of thinking for a variety of reasons.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:49 am to hogfly
It doesn't immediately sound good, however,....
This is the point.
I'd keep this quote in mind too:
My assumption would be that you can buy the games that you want, but the community will be playing a handful of games free every month. It isn't really a bad plan. If you think you ONLY get to play the game when it's available for free, that does sound like a bad choice. And this seems to be one aspect of it so far, I'd wait for details to judge.
PS and XBOX have to give you free games because their online cost is actually out of whack. I don't think the free games are really that necessary at the end of the day.
ETA: They better upgrade infrastructure and add features this time though, especially with that delay. If all it is is online+free games, total b.s.
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Maybe their reasoning is to try to concentrate online play on a specific game each month instead of stretching casual player base over lots of different games. That’s the type of social engineering decision that Nintendo seems to make.
This is the point.
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That being said, I would disagree with that line of thinking for a variety of reasons.
I'd keep this quote in mind too:
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Though currently free, online play will require buying in the subscription service once it launches. More details are expected later this year.
My assumption would be that you can buy the games that you want, but the community will be playing a handful of games free every month. It isn't really a bad plan. If you think you ONLY get to play the game when it's available for free, that does sound like a bad choice. And this seems to be one aspect of it so far, I'd wait for details to judge.
PS and XBOX have to give you free games because their online cost is actually out of whack. I don't think the free games are really that necessary at the end of the day.
ETA: They better upgrade infrastructure and add features this time though, especially with that delay. If all it is is online+free games, total b.s.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 7:59 am
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:57 am to musick
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Unlike PS Plus or Xbox Live Gold, which lets you keep the game as long as you keep paying, the Switch game will be free only for the month in question. Once the next month rolls around and a new game is featured, the previous offering will be removed.
I thought they changed course on that. That stinks.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:05 am to sicboy
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I thought they changed course on that. That stinks.
They did, or at least it was rumored they did.
If you read this statement it's worded strangely
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Unlike PS Plus or Xbox Live Gold, which lets you keep the game as long as you keep paying, the Switch game will be free only for the month in question. Once the next month rolls around and a new game is featured, the previous offering will be removed.
These two statements contradict each other. Xbox Gold and PSN do remove the offering after the month is up. If this is true, then that seems to imply that it's going to be exactly like the other two and you keep them afterwards
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:08 am to musick
The key wording here is "keep the game". Yeah, the free games for PSN and XBL are only available for the month, but they are in your library and able to be played as long as you maintain a membership. Nintendo is essentially doing a preview program.
Honestly, for the price you pay and the fact that free games are just gravy anyways, this isn't really an issue, I feel. Just another example of Nintendo going against the flow......with everything.
Honestly, for the price you pay and the fact that free games are just gravy anyways, this isn't really an issue, I feel. Just another example of Nintendo going against the flow......with everything.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:13 am to sicboy
I mean, there's so many games to choose from already it's a great system
Posted on 2/1/18 at 9:06 am to geauxtigers87
Less than $2 a month and people still complain.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 9:26 am to sicboy
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Honestly, for the price you pay and the fact that free games are just gravy anyways, this isn't really an issue, I feel. Just another example of Nintendo going against the flow......with everything.
Well look at it from their perspective.
How many casual gamers will purchase online? Probably less than 50%. I'm thinking the non-gamers who play a few rounds of mario kart together per week. The parents who get their kids a console and never touch it. Etc. Would they be comfortable with $9.99/month extra?
For the hardcore gamers with little money.... how many can afford to pay $9.99/month for two different online platforms? And won't they probably choose the one where Call of Duty is?
For the hardcore gamers with money.... they can probably buy all the games anyway.
But it seems they are not trying to price themselves out of being the "Second online system" that people are paying for, while not trying to burden casual gamers who are probably paying $12.99/month for Prime, $9.99/month for Netflix, etc.
Maybe it isn't a comfortable strategy for users, but as usual, maybe their research tells them something different?
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 9:27 am
Posted on 2/1/18 at 11:33 am to sicboy
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I thought they changed course on that. That stinks.
I'm reading in other places that polygon miss reported this and it's a word problem. Just like with PSN and Xboxalive. You will download during and keep after
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:04 pm to Freauxzen
It's not 9.99 a month
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:00 pm to tconle2
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It's not 9.99 a month
I originally read his post that way as well, it worded it funny just like Nintendo! I think he was saying more people would end up paying for the Nintendo Online BECAUSE nobody wants to pay $9.99 for another service anymore - but at $3.99 it seems super cheap, and easy to just join into for almost nothing.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 5:05 pm to BaddestAndvari
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I originally read his post that way as well, it worded it funny just like Nintendo! I think he was saying more people would end up paying for the Nintendo Online BECAUSE nobody wants to pay $9.99 for another service anymore - but at $3.99 it seems super cheap, and easy to just join into for almost nothing.
This. I view $9.99 as the industry standard, therefore if they were to price it and build it to match exactly, it would have to have that price point. And let's just say you have two consoles with two primary level online services. Are you going to pay for both?
If Nintendo was $9.99, honestly, I'd probably drop Xbox Live. I'm sure I'm in the minority on that though. At $3.99, I'll keep both.
Was trying to define this:
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Nintendo going against the flow......with everything.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 5:23 pm
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