http://kotaku.com/nintendo-details-switch-online-service-will-be-20-yea-1795743981
Apparently a little more has been released about the upcoming Nintendo Switch online service - according to reports it's set to launch next year and the cost will be $20 per year with 1-month and 3-month short subscriptions offered for $4 and $8 respectively. I'm assuming this will also be available globally and re-priced for various regions.
The thing I'm interested in is the classic games - in a slight change to the original plan of monthly games [http://kotaku.com/subscribers-to-the-nintendo-switchs-online-service-get-1791150690] instead subscribers now get access to the billionth re-releases of Nintendo's NES games with the company apparently considering whether or not to add SNES games to this library as well.
Any thoughts? This changed anyone's mind as to whether or not to get a Switch subscription? Or does it just not matter to you (which is fair enough, I appreciate it's hardly the main draw of the subscription)
I mean, I still think the classic game stuff is a huge ripoff - $20 a year to play Switch online I guess is fine if you have the games for it but I still feel like Nintendo are continuing to overprice what are essentially 20-30-year old ROMs but now you get the option to rent them instead of buy them at the ridiculous price they go for now on the various Nintendo online storefronts. And the added online components to it is baffling to me - how exactly does one play Super Mario Bros 3 online and what value does it add? On top of it it looks like we'll be seeing a continuation of Nintendo's archaic approach to game availability - the only 3 games cited so far are Super Mario Bros 3, Dr. Mario and Balloon Fight though I'm sure there'll be more at launch - but it's a pretty safe bet when it comes to Nintendo that the company will be a bit slower on adding other games outside of the mainstays; and why the SNES releases are merely "under consideration" is mind-boggling as if Nintendo are concerned no-one wants to play some of the best games from the 1990s. Obviously it could be great but it does depend entirely on the size and quality of the library that Nintendo decide to put up.
Apparently a little more has been released about the upcoming Nintendo Switch online service - according to reports it's set to launch next year and the cost will be $20 per year with 1-month and 3-month short subscriptions offered for $4 and $8 respectively. I'm assuming this will also be available globally and re-priced for various regions.
The thing I'm interested in is the classic games - in a slight change to the original plan of monthly games [http://kotaku.com/subscribers-to-the-nintendo-switchs-online-service-get-1791150690] instead subscribers now get access to the billionth re-releases of Nintendo's NES games with the company apparently considering whether or not to add SNES games to this library as well.
Any thoughts? This changed anyone's mind as to whether or not to get a Switch subscription? Or does it just not matter to you (which is fair enough, I appreciate it's hardly the main draw of the subscription)
I mean, I still think the classic game stuff is a huge ripoff - $20 a year to play Switch online I guess is fine if you have the games for it but I still feel like Nintendo are continuing to overprice what are essentially 20-30-year old ROMs but now you get the option to rent them instead of buy them at the ridiculous price they go for now on the various Nintendo online storefronts. And the added online components to it is baffling to me - how exactly does one play Super Mario Bros 3 online and what value does it add? On top of it it looks like we'll be seeing a continuation of Nintendo's archaic approach to game availability - the only 3 games cited so far are Super Mario Bros 3, Dr. Mario and Balloon Fight though I'm sure there'll be more at launch - but it's a pretty safe bet when it comes to Nintendo that the company will be a bit slower on adding other games outside of the mainstays; and why the SNES releases are merely "under consideration" is mind-boggling as if Nintendo are concerned no-one wants to play some of the best games from the 1990s. Obviously it could be great but it does depend entirely on the size and quality of the library that Nintendo decide to put up.
