Nintendo Switch Online to launch in the second half of September

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With the launch of Nintendo's first premium online service impending, it has today been confirmed it will be launching in the second half of September, adding a little more information to their previous prediction of just the month itself. The service will give users access to online play, a selection of online-enabled NES games, and a much anticipated online save data backup feature.

Will you be buying a Nintendo Switch Online subscription when the service launches? Are you hoping Nintendo will add something more to sweeten the deal? Let us know your thoughts.

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I can't wait to pay $20 for Peer 2 Peer online! Thanks Nintendo!

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I don't see why people are complaining. It's not like it's $50/month. This isn't like the shit Microsoft or Sony are pulling. I'll gladly pay for this service!

Because unlike you not all of us are corporate slaves, we shouldn't have to pay a dime to play on P2P servers

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Nintendo's Reggie already said that the service will NOT be worth it at launch but will be in the near future.

So with that said why don't most people just wait it out for now rather then bitch?
Sow why can't they release it when it has actual features and not just rush it out?

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I pity those who say that can afford a $300 console but not spend the equivalent of $1.67 every month to play online.

Maybe you should realize that having online servers that won't run like garbage and neutralizing cheaters cost money. Everyone is doing it for at least double the price, so why are you being so harsh on Nintendo? If you ever owned a DS you'd know how much cheaters ruined online gameplay.

Are you complaining about getting free, online-enabled NES games? Would you rather want free Switch games? That would cost a lot more than $20 per year. And seeing how much garbage there's in the Switch library, it's safe to assume that you won't get to play any Splatoon.

As for me, yes, I will subscribe. Hell, maybe I'll even buy multiple years at once because of how cheap it is. I love online gaming and I hate cheaters.
Here's the thing, Online Nintendo games don't have servers, it's all P2P, and you're gonna be paying for that with no other features to offer. Never seen so many corporate slaves in a single forum before
 

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But still.. why pay for something you already own? Nintendo isn't steam! Valve isn't charging me $20 a year for CS1.6 online servers that other people host to this very day. Nintendo is charging you for p2p servers that they themselves don't even maintain!

Secondly, everyone seems to be saying "I'll pay for online services if it means no cheaters".. Ahahaha if you think that will even help remotely, you're dead wrong. The switch is a hacked console. It's only a matter of time until someone figures out a way.

Subscription models are garbage.. Good for business, bad for consumers but everyone seems to be into it. Do you really want a netflix model for gaming? Do you really want to subscribe to stream or watch game streaming? Pfft. This is literally the patreon of jailbreaking. Back in Pokemon blue and red days, I didn't need online subscriptions. For CS1.6 and Go, I don't have to subscribe.. For any game on PC, it's free (with the exception of WOW and Runescape and the like).

Why are these consoles any different lol and why are people defending this shit.. This new generation of gamers don't even game because they like gaming.. they game because they like getting "likes" on their little twitch streams and youtube channels and making money off of some of you guys.. and the girls don't even game with a t-shirt on for more views (not that I'm complaining about free-tits.. but still).

Pay your rent, not subscriptions. lol.

I'll pass on the subscription. Thanks.
 
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Xbox PlayStation yes you pay but you can access more than shitty online gaming features . Where the fuck is you tube netflix and mkv support . Pay to backup game saves . Ninty can suck a ma balls .
 
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But still.. why pay for something you already own? Nintendo isn't steam! Valve isn't charging me $20 a year for CS1.6 online servers that other people host to this very day. Nintendo is charging you for p2p servers that they themselves don't even maintain!

Secondly, everyone seems to be saying "I'll pay for online services if it means no cheaters".. Ahahaha if you think that will even help remotely, you're dead wrong. The switch is a hacked console. It's only a matter of time until someone figures out a way.

Subscription models are garbage.. Good for business, bad for consumers but everyone seems to be into it. Do you really want a netflix model for gaming? Do you really want to subscribe to stream or watch game streaming? Pfft. This is literally the patreon of jailbreaking. Back in Pokemon blue and red days, I didn't need online subscriptions. For CS1.6 and Go, I don't have to subscribe.. For any game on PC, it's free (with the exception of WOW and Runescape and the like).

Why are these consoles any different lol and why are people defending this shit.. This new generation of gamers don't even game because they like gaming.. they game because they like getting "likes" on their little twitch streams and youtube channels and making money off of some of you guys.. and the girls don't even game with a t-shirt on for more views (not that I'm complaining about free-tits.. but still).

Pay your rent, not subscriptions. lol.

I'll pass on the subscription. Thanks.
let's just keep it simple and all shut dam mouths. Until the service actually launches and is actually usuable by the public so we can actually se what the service will be like none of us have any means of knowing for sure what the service will be like. So unless any of your a devs that know everything stop actinging like you know everything and bitching about it nonstop.
 

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let's just keep it simple and all shut dam mouths. Until the service actually launches and is actually usuable by the public so we can actually se what the service will be like none of us have any means of knowing for sure what the service will be like. So unless any of your a devs that know everything stop actinging like you know everything and bitching about it nonstop.
Nintendo already revealed everything there is to the online service. We know it's shit. Stop being such a fanboy and get some standards
 

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Nintendo already revealed everything there is to the online service. We know it's shit. Stop being such a fanboy and get some standards
I'm not being a fanboy, I am simply withholding judgement till I actually have my hands on said service to make a proper judgement. On a side note, I would like to bring up the funny thing of how history is repeating itself here with the launch of the ps4 and the anouncment of psplus being required seeing massive backlash too.
 

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I'm not being a fanboy, I am simply withholding judgement till I actually have my hands on said service to make a proper judgement. On a side note, I would like to bring up the funny thing of how history is repeating itself here with the launch of the ps4 and the anouncment of psplus being required seeing massive backlash too.
This isn't about the PS4 this is about Nintendo, just because the other 2 do something morally wrong it doesn't make Nintendo justified to do the same especially when what they provide for paid online is minuscule. You can make a proper judgement before you buy just by viewing what the service has to offer. Hint hint- it doesn't offer jack shit
 

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I can't wait to pay $20 for Peer 2 Peer online! Thanks Nintendo!


Sow why can't they release it when it has actual features and not just rush it out?

Don't shoot the messenger as i could careless about Online play, always have preferred Local. Just stating news that was said. Also that's how the industry is now, release now & let the people Q&A/Beta test it then fix or add to it later, just like the PS4 was released with bare-bones at release for Online features that the PS3 had.
 

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Here's the thing, Online Nintendo games don't have servers, it's all P2P, and you're gonna be paying for that with no other features to offer. Never seen so many corporate slaves in a single forum before
Got a source for that bold statement or is it just you being edgy?
 

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Never seen so many corporate slaves in a single forum before
And yet there you are, with an avatar from Pokemon. Nothing says "I'm standing up to the corporate machine" like associating yourself with a multi-billion dollar media franchise.
 

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This isn't about the PS4 this is about Nintendo, just because the other 2 do something morally wrong it doesn't make Nintendo justified to do the same especially when what they provide for paid online is minuscule. You can make a proper judgement before you buy just by viewing what the service has to offer. Hint hint- it doesn't offer jack shit
I wasn't comparing the service I was simply comparing the fact that history is repeating itself. Also, if you haven't noticed, Nintendo has slowly and silently changed there minds on many things about the service over time as we get closer to the launch of the service. Like I said, until the service is in my hands and the details are therefore concrete, I don't feel like giving my definitive opinion.
 

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where did they say that?
well they hinted free games would get free online on a post somewhere, i mean you dont need ps plus to play them why would nintendo force you to need a subscription? they handle no servers for the game, epic games and such are the ones that host them and they even say the game is free so what is nintendo exactly loosing?
 

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well they hinted free games would get free online on a post somewhere, i mean you dont need ps plus to play them why would nintendo force you to need a subscription? they handle no servers for the game, epic games and such are the ones that host them and they even say the game is free so what is nintendo exactly loosing?
Well, it wouldn't be the first time Nintendo has pulled off the dumbest shit ever, and saying that it will be that way with free games not needing the subscription cause they devs handle the server is a bit of a falacie as xbox makes you pay and all 3 services only manage 1st party game servers. None of the money from psn, xbg, or nno send any money to other devs for there servers.
 

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