Or any of their services outside of video game development apparently.
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Rumour - Nintendo Italy: Paid Nintendo Switch Online Service Delayed To Fall 2018
- Thread starter Kolx
- Start date
- Status
Or any of their services outside of video game development apparently.
The VC subscription service type thing and supposedly better online features including playing online. Just stating what is on the website.
edit: when I think about it this isn't technically "delayed" as most sites have it stated as just 2018.
I want to repost this near the top of this page so people can see. The Nintendo website removed any mention of "Autumn", and it now just says "2018". It appears to have just been a mistake.
https://www.nintendo.it/Nintendo-Switch/Nintendo-Switch-Online/Nintendo-Switch-Online-1183143.html
https://www.nintendo.it/Nintendo-Switch/Nintendo-Switch-Online/Nintendo-Switch-Online-1183143.html
There will be backlash. People will cry and moan. People will pay. Just like with MS and Sony, It was free until It wasn't. I don't understand how is worst having around a year of free online than paying day one.
Y'all really still think we're getting VC on Switch? I gave up on the idea, and just assumed Nintendo wanted to keep pushing them Classic Consoles (the subscription thing doesn't really count unless it's more than just a couple NES games every month). I'd love to be wrong, tho. Portable VC would've been amazing.
Delayed again? Nintendo really wasn't prepared for this at all. Hopefully by the time they do roll it out there are very comprehensive features and attractive reasons to subscribe beyond just "online play". Being able to plug a mic into the system without using a stupid phone app would be a huge plus too.
At this point all I care about is cloud saves. I would happily pay £20 just for that. SO anxious about losing my Switch etc.
Yeah, I starting to believe we won' be getting VC in the traditional sense on the Switch. I may be in the minority with this, but if no VC equates to stronger indie support than I have absolutely no problems
If they don't.. that would be such a huge wasted potential. Portable N64 and Wii/Gamecube games is still the biggest feature I'm interested in. And I want to purchase them individually, not subscribe to them please.
I'm happy since if this also applies to every country I can continue playing Splat2.
It does bother me that eventually all console multiplayer experiences will be behind a pay wall.
Nintendo continuing to support multiplayer for wii u games shows that multiplayer can be free like it continues to be on pc.
It does bother me that eventually all console multiplayer experiences will be behind a pay wall.
Nintendo continuing to support multiplayer for wii u games shows that multiplayer can be free like it continues to be on pc.
Well, they have a working account system now, which is free, they have working multiplayer in all the games that require it, there is a working screenshot feature, and video on selected games. It's not all bad and they clearly know how to implement online features. The problem for them is rolling out a service that people want to pay for that doesn't look embarrassing compared to the competition. They originally wanted to go for "so cheap and barebones you can't even compare it", but I guess they looked at it and realized if you did that, people would ask why there is a payment required to begin with, if it's just low and has no value-added benefit.
This is honestly something I would like Nintendo to delay until they get it right, as I feel this is probably the last chance the industry, as a whole, will give Nintendo. Do it correctly, or to the best of their know how, and make the Switch an even more desirable proposition to the consumer, and publisher/developer alike.
I've been kind of wondering if this will just be quietly canceled now that the Switch is a big success.
I figured it was an alternate revenue stream to exploit hardcore Nintendo fans, should the Switch have failed. There'd be no need for that now.
I figured it was an alternate revenue stream to exploit hardcore Nintendo fans, should the Switch have failed. There'd be no need for that now.
I'm still not clear on what people are paying for with PSN and XBLive. Aside from the ability to play over a network not sure what it is of value they are providing.
Free games, deep discounts, advanced streaming/sharing features, expanded chat functionality, lots of social hooks. It's just really about having a fully featured social network filled with features and charging a membership fee for premium perks. No different from how people subscribe to Amazon Prime for example. The idea of a premium service is more attractive when the service is actually robust. Nintendo has never had this so they need to build it up to make it attractive or interesting to consumers.
Ah, I guess I don't find much value in those types of features, especially the discounts on digital as I buy most my games physically. But hopefully Nintendo can learn to provide those features to people who want them and still provide networked multiplayer to those who don't.
Yeah I mean I don't subscribe to PS Plus anymore either, although I might when MH World is out because friends want to play it, but I can understand the appeal that it has in this day and age for the modern gamer who grew up on social media services. That's definitely something Nintendo needs to understand better moving forward. They nailed everything else with the Switch.
I would have easily paid a smaller free for online multiplayer, some extra eshop discounts, and a few free VC games a month. They'd need to get VC in place first. I don't mean those reworked NES games either. Just give me VC spanning NES to Wii, including the handhelds.
Man I really hope Virtual Console will happen! Seems such a massive shame not to have it. I never underestimate a big company's opportunity to exploit nostalgia though.
It's just like Nintendo to not have an expected feature then make it a big PR opportunity when they finally add it in (or more likely when they've worked their way through systems to do a stupidly overpriced "Classic" version of)
It's just like Nintendo to not have an expected feature then make it a big PR opportunity when they finally add it in (or more likely when they've worked their way through systems to do a stupidly overpriced "Classic" version of)
Nintendo has a different fanbase and is right to be cautious.
Last chance? You're wild
Sigh.... lets just say that classic consoles and classic games on Switch are two entirely different thing and that you assumed wrong ok? We DO get classic games in 2018.
Good good keep delaying it... Forever. There's genuinely no reason the consumer should pay for this given the state of their online services.
Nintendo subsidiaries aren't often the best source for rumors, but I also don't think a delay is a stretch.
Honestly, too early in 2018 doesn't seem like a good business strategy. Tons of Switches and copies of online-heavy games like Splatoon 2, Mario Kart, Rocket League and ARMS were undoubtedly sold over the holiday shopping season -- hitting the average consumer with an additional paywall out of nowhere a few weeks after their purchase would not generate very much goodwill.
Honestly, too early in 2018 doesn't seem like a good business strategy. Tons of Switches and copies of online-heavy games like Splatoon 2, Mario Kart, Rocket League and ARMS were undoubtedly sold over the holiday shopping season -- hitting the average consumer with an additional paywall out of nowhere a few weeks after their purchase would not generate very much goodwill.
They may just bite the bullet and keep online multi-player free, but charge for a prominent subscription service (monthly complimentary games, virtual console games,... etc). Would be crazy to suddenly force people to pay for multiplayer after having it for free on the same system for a significant time.
I wonder how long ago the nintendo.it page was quietly changed to say only "2018" while this conversation merrily trundled along, oblivious.
Edit: I additionally wonder how long the conversation will trundle along, oblivious, after this observation.
Edit: I additionally wonder how long the conversation will trundle along, oblivious, after this observation.
Last edited:
I can't say this is good news.
It's great that their taking their time to give us an online platform that's actually worth using, but people bought a switch with the promise of proper online functionality at the top of 2018. I can see quite a bit of backlash if this is true.
It's great that their taking their time to give us an online platform that's actually worth using, but people bought a switch with the promise of proper online functionality at the top of 2018. I can see quite a bit of backlash if this is true.
The only thing I see is a generic 2018 date.
There is no mention of fall.
(I'm Italian)
Edit: never mind jusr saw rhe original vwrsion if the webpage. they probably updated the website and took autumn away
There is no mention of fall.
(I'm Italian)
Edit: never mind jusr saw rhe original vwrsion if the webpage. they probably updated the website and took autumn away
Last edited:
It's never wrong to be cautious and sure, a good part of the Nintendo fanbase never paid for online (myself included). Back in time that was the case for Xbox and Playstation too. Nowadays paying for online on consoles is an accepted evil the same way DLC's and season passes are. We would prefer them to be free, we don't like to pay for them, but what are you gonna do?. It will also help that they will ask for 20$ instead of 60$. Heavy hitters like Splatoon 2 and MK 8 DX are strongly focussed on online and I would bet that the new Pokemon game will have online as well as (probably) the new Metroid game. I will probably end grumbly paying it and I'm totally against the concept itself.
That said, I hope that they have been delaying this in order to step up their game. Aside from some basic functionality like cloud saving, being able to message friends and send them screenshots or videos and so on, I would really like competitive discounts and some kind of fidelity program where buying a lot of games is significantly rewarded. I don't care about voice chat, I only used it with friends and have been using third party apps for that for a long time, but the phone app is embarrassingly bad. They sould just forget about it and partner with someone like Discord to offer the service.
Fuck its going to be Pokemon and they are going to charge for basic trading/battling services isn't it..
-_-
and yeah +1 delay this indefinitely lol
I remember to have read Autumn 2018 also in the past months, but it was clearly a mistake made when they update the date from Autumn 2017 to 2018; they forgot to change the month.
I edited my post.
I just saw the original version of the webpage (pucture in the op) and it does mention autumn.
- Status