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Rumour - Nintendo Italy: Paid Nintendo Switch Online Service Delayed To Fall 2018
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I know it's not a delay. Nintendo said 2018. Like that twitter person said this just gives it a more precise time. Fall sounds good. Shows Nintendo is taking this serious.
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That's probably what it will boil down to. I think Nintendo was surprised by the success of the Switch and they have their hands full developing games for it and no time for stuff like paid online(or better online in this case).
I'm not sure I'd consider it "Nintendo taking it serious" by having their online system not at launch like other systems and it coming out over a year later.
I never said they were good at it. Or we would've have this generations ago.
Honestly, good. As barebones as it is, that's MUCH better than paying for their garbage online ideas. Hopefully this delay will be used towards rethinking their initial approach
But WHAT if they can make more money?
It won't make Switch less popular after all ;)
Makes me think they'll have some big online game to launch beside it? Feels like a lot of big online stuff already came out this year (Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, ARMS) so given the current line up they have for next year, all I can think of is Smash. And maybe, maaaaaaaybe a multiplayer mode for Prime 4?
If its a delay for everyone (it would be weird not to launch it world wide in this day and age) hopefully its because they see no one uses their stupid fucking app to communicate and are creating something more feature rich in the Switches OS.
What if the online service is a Netflix for VC? I can wait for that.
There is a point where you probably just shouldn't charge for it. The longer the delay, the longer the backlash at launch if it's all undercooked. The free online is a benefit I'm sure many would take over whatever features you have prepared for the subscription service.
True just hopin they use the extra time to atleast improve vastly on the switch online service. A messaging system or a party chat system on the switch itself would be awesome. Also adding a better invite system for online multiplayer games would be neat too.
As someone who don't care much for online functionality and just want classic games and maybe cloud saves this is a bummer if true. Hope it's worth it.
They've mentioned that their "Classic Game Selection" will not be released until the Nintendo Switch Online service starts. Being that this feature is touted for this service, I doubt we'll get a "Virtual Console" before then.
What y'all think happened:
"OMG SECRET DELAY"
What actually happened:
Italian web translator changed "Autumn 2017" to "Autumn 2018" instead of "2018" like they were supposed to and here we are.
"OMG SECRET DELAY"
What actually happened:
Italian web translator changed "Autumn 2017" to "Autumn 2018" instead of "2018" like they were supposed to and here we are.
Really strange, if true. Do they honestly think that if they wait that long to launch this paid service, there won't be major backlash from people that were conditioned to have a completely free online service for over a year and a half??? Also, what does this mean for the "Instant Game Collection" or whatever it was called? I'm doubtful at this point that we're getting a fully fledged VC like past systems, but I still want some kind of retro Nintendo goodness on my Switch. :(
Pretty sure this is a big ole nothing news. But either way if t WERE delayed, then I'd be ok with it as it presumably means they realized whatever they had lined up wasn't cutting it.
Tho 2 years for a modern console to have an online infrastructure, holy shit haha. It's not like they just started looking into it at switch launch either.
Tho 2 years for a modern console to have an online infrastructure, holy shit haha. It's not like they just started looking into it at switch launch either.
I probably won't use it. I never online gamed on my wii u.
It's probably going to be a mess but still have tons of subscribers.
It's probably going to be a mess but still have tons of subscribers.
Well yeah, you need it to play games online whether you use the service or not.
You know, you're not wrong, but I much prefer the route they took of having a bulletproof core console and getting the online out the door late than a half-assed online that the system OS relied on heavily. At least what you get for now works, and works well.
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