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Nintendo Switch Online launching in second half of September
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It's almost definitely because TPCI don't want the chance of people duplicating Pokemon and devaluing imaginary animals in a videogame
I find it annoying they've basically refused to put these games on the eshop. And now they're probably locking them behind their online subscription service. At the very fucking least put out SNES and NES games, don't make us wait a year or two smfh.
Once they add more games to the library, I might consider it, but I don't play online often enough anymore to warrant purchasing the service.
I'm curious to see what the special offers are about. Hopefully it's better than their typical sale prices.
I'm curious to see what the special offers are about. Hopefully it's better than their typical sale prices.
The most mindboggling thing is launching this half-ass service when your biggest holiday game (Smash Ultimate) for which online multiplayer is playing a big part in is coming soon and this will only hinder it. Not by a majority but still.
lol yup
Even after all the delays they're still barely going to hit the date.
I literally thought this exact same thing.
As time has gone by and I've been more and more disillusioned with Nintendo's online plans, I realized that basically the only reason I still wanted to get it would be to play SMB3 on my Switch.
So then I asked myself if SMB3 was worth paying $25 CAD per year, and the slightly shameful answer I came to was "Yes".
If nintendo thought it was worth it, they wouldn't have to tie online play to the subscription.
They are because they know a large fraction of people don't care at all for the games and only buy the service to get backwards was previously free (c.f. PS3 and 4 ps+ numbers)
Why would they have to up the cost? It is 100% free for everyone on Xbox with or without gold. I thought this was a system level feature.... So we will still be worried about many saves even after paying for what we thought would be protection across all games... good lord
Nothing about this says it isn't a system level feature. Some of you must be intentionally trying to twist this around. I don't know why though
Uh oh.
It says Save Data backup IN COMPATIBLE GAMES. Meaning, not ALL of the games can be cloud saved.
UNNNGH
It says Save Data backup IN COMPATIBLE GAMES. Meaning, not ALL of the games can be cloud saved.
UNNNGH
Maybe if netflix only had like 20 movies total this comparison would be apt. 20 games a year, NES games at that, are a piss poor deal.
Probably for stuff like Minecraft where world saves can be gigabytes in size.
They still didn't even offer basic stuff like if you can have a family account with people from other regions or how region changing would affect it
Netflix never started out with just 20 instantly streaming video content or even just 20 DVDs you order by mail.
Probably just covering their asses in the case of a game that can't allow it for some reason, like an MMO which would be using its own save system and not this one.
Edit: or Minecraft as suggested above. Or something else with obscenely large save file sizes.
This was literally the only appealing thing about this mess. If it's on a game by game basis then there's even less reason for me to pay for this shit.
Outside of "compatible game" cloud saves (1st party titles), some NES games we all already have, and maybe a "it's your birthday here's 5% off one estore purchase" what's actually going to change here? Is Nintendo going to roll out a whole bunch of of Azure servers for better online gameplay? Something tells me nothing will change, especially with the low entry pricing.
Is this a guess or a leak?
Edit: oh or is it meant to be a joke with '19 meaning 2019
As with ps+ and Xbox live, the point is to pad out Nintendos stack of cash for as little extra effort as they can get away with. Actually investing the money would run counter to that goal.
Man the "compatible games" part is pretty silly even for Nintendo. But hey, I get NES games at a dollar a piece so I won't complain.
The reason it's $20 is because, no, nothing on the online side is really going to change. You're paying for the same online functionality you enjoy today + some NES games + cloud saves. That's it. It's fine I guess, but it could have been so much more.
They most likely are hoping that people will pay the ransom like I did with PS+ for Monster Hunter World online. So, it's exactly because of Smash that they're doing this.
To be honest, I think the cost isn't so bad if you can find people to chip into the family plan.
... That's what I keep telling myself because I'll likely need to pay the ransom, as my gf loves her Overcooked.
Very easily. I play FFXIV on PS4 and you have a settings file that is basically required to upload to the cloud because if something happens and you have to reinstall the game or your HDD gets damaged, if you don't have that file saved then you have to set up every option and hotbar for all your classes again. It uploads to the PS cloud like any other save file would.
It says compatible games... suggesting games have to support it. I do not consider that a system wide feature. If it requires games to be patch to use it that is news to me.
So you don't consider screen shots or video capture a system wide features either?
We know basically everything actually. All we don't know is the remaining 10 NES games, the exclusive deals/discounts, and the actual process for backing up saves. Everything else is spelled out pretty clearly on the website.
It was known. From the OG PR
- Save Data Cloud Backup: By using Nintendo Switch Online, a backup of Nintendo Switch save data for most Nintendo Switch games will be stored online for easy access. This is great for people who want to retrieve their data if they lose, break or purchase an additional Nintendo Switch system.
So like videos and screenshots, game saves aren't a given. Nintendo are seriously the worst when it comes to operating systems. Just fucking terrible.
They're talking about games with their own servers and free like Fortnite or Minecraft.
Ehoavash has seemed to provide inside info before so maybe..
We know almost everything. It's a very basic service. Nothing else announced is likely going to change your opinion on whether it's worth $20 a year or not.
Okay but you aren't putting your "save data" onto Nintendo cloud, which is my point.
Only compatible games? What in The Fuck?...lol Why is there always some limitation with Nintendo? What's the bottleneck on why it can't be for EVERYTHING!?
That's the whole point of paying for it though. If you have to pay for a feature that doesn't work when it'd be the most convenient... what's the point. (Besides I doubt that's the actual reason, they'll probably leave the choice to support the feature up to devs or something stupid like that)
I think that "what's the point" could actually sum up the whole approach Nintendo has had to online ever since Gamecube days.