Got Switch Online?
Nintendo's Online service launched last week for Switch, and we would like to know how many of you have signed up!
Please answer the poll and comment on what you think of Nintendo's new paid Switch Online service.
Servers? Pff, it's peer to peer for god sakeI haven't, but only because I have nothing to play online. Once Smash Bros comes out I definitely will. It's not very expensive. Like $25 for a year? lol.
Would be nice if they actually improved their servers with this new source of revenue.
I thought they expressed interest at one point in adding SNES games, no? I'd assume the L and R buttons are for forward compatibility for anything they might plan to do with them later, like SNES games.It was only $20 for an annual sub. I figured why not, after all if they make money on the service, I would expect them to go ahead with additions to the service in the future.
Related topic: anyone know why the Nes controllers you can purchase have l and r buttons if they are only usable with the new games? We know those were added in the snes controller .maybe a sign?
To access the menu. ZL+ZR is the combo to bring it up.It was only $20 for an annual sub. I figured why not, after all if they make money on the service, I would expect them to go ahead with additions to the service in the future.
Related topic: anyone know why the Nes controllers you can purchase have l and r buttons if they are only usable with the new games? We know those were added in the snes controller .maybe a sign?
Maybe so. I just found it silly to limit it to the new games and still include the buttons. Then again, attaching them like joy cons seems silly also. A USB port would have made more since to me. Well, here's hoping we get more bang for our buck in the coming year.I haven't paid yet, but I'll buy the family pass for my brother and I once the week is up. My brother has a couple friends who are willing to split the cost, so I'll just be charging 'em all $5 each 'till we hit 8. If we don't hit 8, I'll just absorb the remainder cost so it's a flat $5 from everybody.
It's still exceedingly stupid that we're forced to pay for essentially nothing. Nintendo doesn't even have proper servers in their games, everything's peer to peer.
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I thought they expressed interest at one point in adding SNES games, no? I'd assume the L and R buttons are for forward compatibility for anything they might plan to do with them later, like SNES games.
I really wasn't think of that. Makes sense. Just killed hope for she's. Thanks....To access the menu. ZL+ZR is the combo to bring it up.
samewaiting for smash first, i dont want to waste 2 months of online for nothing.
Nice shitpost. Got anything that actually is meaningful?Defenders in a nutshell:
"But it's so cheap!"
Stop.
It's all about making sacrifices. Sacrifice a new game to pay for Online. If you can't sacrifice a game then I have no idea how you are paying for this expensive hobby.So your solution is to stop doing what I love because I find it hard to afford paying for an online service that brings nothing to the table apart from 30 years old games?
No 1/3 of an AAA game is not ''a lot'' of money if they can justify it, but it is a lot of money for being able to connect to the servers.
If you are wealthy enough to afford paying, then awesome for you dude. Feed them with your wallet so that they never improve.
I on the other side can't and thats ok.
Oh, when I was in my early-mid teens, most of my money went towards my parents to help them out of debt so theres that. I have no savings from back then but I have good memories
U.S. is pretty well off in material terms. What we call the Poor in United States is what they call Upper Middle class in Mexico. And it looks the the guy lives in the U.S.Not all countries have the same minimum wage, you know?
Living in North America sure has that benefit over it, but Latin America has it rough for such costs, given how absurd the minimum wage is, and add to it the fact that the price of msot LA countries' money against the dollar is at its lowest it has been in decades.
Even if the price seems cheap for people in NA/EU, other countries do struggle to even pay for one $20 bucks game, much less a full $60 dlls game, which in some countries that translates to a week-and-a-half to 2 weeks of minimum wage paid work.
I agree, it's all about making sacrifices. You can't have everything you want.Then gaming is a terrible hobby to have, because it's not cheap. 1/3 of a new game's cost per YEAR should not be difficult for anyone. Even as a 11 year old kid I was making enough with my paper route per month to pay for a year of sub.
Reread what I wrote.It's all about making sacrifices. Sacrifice a new game to pay for Online. If you can't sacrifice a game then I have no idea how you are paying for this expensive hobby.
U.S. is pretty well off in material terms. What we call the Poor in United States is what they Upper Middle class is in Mexico. And it looks the the guy lives in the U.S.
I agree, it's all about making sacrifices. You can't have everything you want.
You're getting online. It's not nothing.Reread what I wrote.
Sacrifice a game to gain basically nothing? Thats a bit stupid dont you think?
I could get a Hollow Knight and Celeste for that money and probably enjoy both games for several months.
Online? You mean that no regulations, no voicechat, no invite system, no proper anticheat system, full of hackers and dcs, p2p, thingy?You're getting online. It's not nothing.
I suggest you not to share that kind of thingI've subscribed for a family account because I play MK8 nearly every day.
And... hopefully Nintendo will work on the Netcode if we have to pay for it.
Btw: I anybody wants to save some money, I have s few slots in the family account open. The more people are in, the lower are the costs for it.
It's a crappy online, either buy it or don't if you don't like it.Online? You mean that no regulations, no voicechat, no invite system, no proper anticheat system, full of hackers and dcs, p2p, thingy?
I highly doubt that to be honest.I suggest you not to share that kind of thing
IDK if it works that way, but I guess if one of your subscriber hack his console, maybe all subscriber to your account will get banned
As I said, IDK if it works that way