Nintendo No more free rides: Paid Switch Online service launches on Sept. 18

[Jason]

Users can ease in to the transition with a seven-day free trial.
 

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The paid subscription service, which was originally slated to launch in the fall of 2017, replaces the current free online gameplay trial that has been available to all Switch owners since last year. After September 18, users will get an additional seven-day trial of the paid service to ease the transition into the new subscription.

 

Following that, though, Switch users will have to pay the previously revealed prices of $4 a month or $20 a year for online play in games including Splatoon 2, Arms, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Tennis Aces, and Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido. Some other Switch titles, including free-to-play games, will be playable online without a subscription, and Nintendo has promised more details will be revealed in a Nintendo Direct presentation tomorrow.

 

Switch Online subscribers will also get access to additional features, including a library of 20 downloadable emulated NES titles that each come with additional Switch-enabled online features (that library is set to grow in the future). Subscribers also get access to cloud-based save-file backups for most (but not all) Switch games.

 

[Biggie]

Oh no! How will I ever be able to afford $20 a year?  Fuck you nintendo. 

[AndrewDean84]

I'm paying $35 to have four different switch's go online for a year.  Can't complain about that.

[Hurdyb1]

$20 is not bad at all.

[stepee]

Yeah salisbury steak and mashed potatoes tv dinner once a month or some nes games and online? Nice try Nintendo, I’m not about to starve.

[Slug]

I'm actually not buying this, at least not yet.  I don't really play Switch online.  It's my single player console.  My RPG console.  I love my switch, but I just don't need online services for it.  Even the multiplayer games like Kart and Tennis I almost exclusively play offline local multiplayer.

[CastlevaniaNut18]

Just now, Slug said:

I'm actually not buying this, at least not yet.  I don't really play Switch online.  It's my single player console.  My RPG console.  I love my switch, but I just don't need online services for it.  Even the multiplayer games like Kart and Tennis I almost exclusively play offline local multiplayer.

I'm the exact same. I can't really complain about price, I just don't go online with the system.

[Xbob42]

I barely used the online when it was free, I sure don't see myself playing it regardless of price unless they get some killer fucking online titles.

[Bacon]

"It's not bad"

 

Fucking fuck paying for online. 

[AbsolutSurgen]

5 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

I barely used the online when it was free, I sure don't see myself playing it regardless of price unless they get some killer fucking online titles.

But you get Ice Climber included in that price!

[CastlevaniaNut18]

Just now, Bacon said:

"It's not bad"

 

Fucking fuck paying for online. 

Oh, get over it. You probably spend at least $20 on fast food every day.

[Xbob42]

Gamers do seem to be the one subset of consumer that openly welcomes extra charges for basic features that already exist. Generally people tend to resist paying extra for something they already have, but gamers consider it some kind of sacred mission to justify new costs for some reason. I can understand indifference, but what the hell is the point of defending new fees?

[CastlevaniaNut18]

Eh, I'm not defending it. I don't pay for PS+ and I probably won't pay for this. But gamers have been paying for online for years and $20 is pretty negligible. 

[best3444]

11 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

Oh, get over it. You probably spend at least $20 on fast food every day.

 

[Keyser_Soze]

44 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

Oh, get over it. You probably spend at least $20 on frozen pizza every day.

 

FIxed!

[eggydoo]

47 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

Oh, get over it. You probably spend at least $20 on fast food every day.

I use this argument all the time when my friends refuse to pay $20 for a game.

[Bacon]

1 hour ago, CastlevaniacuNt18 said:

Oh, get over it. You probably spend at least $20 on fast food every day.

??? I don't? What gave you this idea? 

[Bacon]

22 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

FIxed!

 

Nah, I stopped getting frozen pizza after I tried every brand I can find around here, and even then it was only once a week for a bit. They were all awful. 

[Bacon]

26 minutes ago, eggydoo said:

I use this argument all the time when my friends refuse to pay $20 for a game.

Who the fuck is spending 20$ on food a day? 

[Biggie]

1 hour ago, Xbob42 said:

Gamers do seem to be the one subset of consumer that openly welcomes extra charges for basic features that already exist. Generally people tend to resist paying extra for something they already have, but gamers consider it some kind of sacred mission to justify new costs for some reason. I can understand indifference, but what the hell is the point of defending new fees?

It’s not that we are welcoming them but we’re not going to lose our fucking minds over $20. Nintendo has offered online for free for years with their systems. It’s not a big deal. 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

19 minutes ago, Bacon said:

??? I don't? What gave you this idea? 

Probably because you've said you're a fat slob who eats horribly. 

 

But that's not really the point. $20 is peanuts. Nothing to be pissy about. 

[Xbob42]

10 minutes ago, Biggie said:

It’s not that we are welcoming them but we’re not going to lose our fucking minds over $20.

Yeah. Everyone's losing their minds.

[Biggie]

Just now, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

Probably because you've said you're a fat slob who eats horribly. 

 

But that's not really the point. $20 is peanuts. Nothing to be pissy about. 

Fat slob. Did —> lol

[Bacon]

I am losing my mind cuz I said fucking fuck paying for online? $20 a year ain't nothing. But still, fuck that. I just won't go online. It isn't like I pay for PS+ or Live, at least not anymore. 

 

 

[Bacon]

2 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

Probably because you've said you're a fat slob who eats horribly. 

 

But why does that mean I eat fast food every, and also spend $20 on it? 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

1 minute ago, Bacon said:

But why does that mean I eat fast food every, and also spend $20 on it? 

Hyperbole is clearly beyond you. 

[Biggie]

2 minutes ago, Bacon said:

But why does that mean I eat fast food every, and also spend $20 on it? 

You’re eating a Big Mac right now aren’t you. 

[Bacon]

2 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

Hyperbole is clearly beyond you. 

"you can afford thing you spend that every day on shit"

"OH I didn't actually mean that literally!"

 

2 minutes ago, Biggie said:

You’re eating a Big Mac right now aren’t you. 

I don't like Big Macs. I am not a huge burger guy. I don't even like cheeseburgers. 

[Paperclyp]

I’ll subscribe if they put some worthwhile games on it, maybe. NES games alone aren’t going to cut it though.

[Keyser_Soze]

$20 is not bad, $0 is better.

[CastlevaniaNut18]

7 minutes ago, Bacon said:

"you can afford thing you spend that every day on shit"

"OH I didn't actually mean that literally!"

 

I don't like Big Macs. I am not a huge burger guy. I don't even like cheeseburgers. 

As I said, hyperbole is a bit sophisticated for you.

[Biggie]

8 minutes ago, Bacon said:

"you can afford thing you spend that every day on shit"

"OH I didn't actually mean that literally!"

 

I don't like Big Macs. I am not a huge burger guy. I don't even like cheeseburgers. 

You truly are the anti-Christ. 

[Keyser_Soze]

Gary is a very picky eater. He's probably as skinny as a twig.

[Bacon]

2 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

He's probably as skinny as a twig.

[Jason]

2 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

Oh, get over it. You probably spend at least $20 on fast food every day.