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Rumour - Nintendo Italy: Paid Nintendo Switch Online Service Delayed To Fall 2018
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That's not true. It was only supposed to launch in NA in the Americas. That was the "USA, Canada and Mexico" disclaimer in the NoA page.
It was announced for Europe since the beginning.
Maybe this will allow their online to be improved and not be from the early 2000's? Maybe? Please? :(
Or the delay of
-Classic Game Selection that has online play.
-More features of the Switch online app as they've stated the app we have now is "limited".
-Potentially online save data backup.
-Potentially voice chatting and text messaging via the system itself since we'll be paying.
Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds is also a game that has it's online delayed for the online service.
I feel so weird being bummed by this, I want my classic games.
Can we just get the Virtual Console seperate from that in Spring?
Can we just get the Virtual Console seperate from that in Spring?
I'm pretty sure we alreadly got one the first time the delay hapened, lol
This comes off as sloppy if true. The delay of a planned subscription service and what has become a core Nintendo online feature (VC) demonstrates the difficulties they're having with online services.
But don't get me wrong, I'm happy not to pay for online. And I hope this doesn't mean Smash Switch can't release before Fall.
But don't get me wrong, I'm happy not to pay for online. And I hope this doesn't mean Smash Switch can't release before Fall.
Companies do this all the time, start low ramp up here. The winning formula.
yay I am not a fan of paying for online services. But could use a Cloud upload feature at bare minimum
I have no intention of paying for their service in the current state. Maybe they know others feel that was as well.
On hand, it's more time to play online for free. However, Switch really needs some QoL improvements. It's lacking basic features that consoles a decade ago had. If it is being delayed, then maybe it's a good thing as it'll give them more time to get it right.
Yeah we wouldn't be paying for it. We would be paying for more features instead.
I don't see them launching it without a banner online multiplayer experience to push it (i.e. Pokémon or SSB, and maybe Animal Crossing) and will delay until such a game is ready to get out the door. By the time this launches, Splatoon 2 may have stopped receiving content updates and become dependent on Splatfests for life support. We've received fair warning of the transition to a paid subscription, but nothing so far has sold the value of a prospective subscription service.
Personally—and perhaps too optimistically—I wouldn't write off the thought that at this point, with the roaring success of the hardware, the threadbare online offering (that may or may not be reflected in low usage statistics for services like Splatoon's voice chat), and no new pushes for first-party online multiplayer in sight apart from the vague indication of NES ports like Balloon Fight, somewhere in the board meetings they are rethinking whether to go ahead with their ill-received paid online strategy at all.
Personally—and perhaps too optimistically—I wouldn't write off the thought that at this point, with the roaring success of the hardware, the threadbare online offering (that may or may not be reflected in low usage statistics for services like Splatoon's voice chat), and no new pushes for first-party online multiplayer in sight apart from the vague indication of NES ports like Balloon Fight, somewhere in the board meetings they are rethinking whether to go ahead with their ill-received paid online strategy at all.
An online service in 2017/18 must have the following:
1. Voice Chat
2. Account Name
3. Friends list
4. Party Chat.
5. Native on console no smartphone application
Also I was hoping for a spring Smash announcement-Wii U port. I know several people who are waiting for Smash before they buy the console.
1. Voice Chat
2. Account Name
3. Friends list
4. Party Chat.
5. Native on console no smartphone application
Also I was hoping for a spring Smash announcement-Wii U port. I know several people who are waiting for Smash before they buy the console.
Ok, what features? As far as I know, they haven't said anything concrete, and doesn't really instill confidence.
Just because it's 'more' doesn't mean it's worth paying.
I just hope it's worth it once it's all said and done, but with what they've implemented so far it seems so so so off the mark.
If this is true and they don't have it ready for summer I think they should offer both, free and paid services. I know they have been disclosing how it's eventually going to become paid, but there are millions of Switches out there and the general public doesn't keep up with this kind of news like we do. They're not going to like it when the functionalities they've had all this time suddenly get put behind a paywall. I mean Splatoon 2 would become useless if you don't pay for it.
I mean, Nintendo's VC has never been great and as far as we know they're only NES games.
Seriously. I'm good with free P2P play for my online games. They can take their time.
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