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Nintendo Switch Online price increase. Is it justified?

I would actually be fine with this. If it had another couple third parties in there for launch day.

I assume Ubisoft will be there on launch day with something.

I assume EA will be there on launch day with something.

I kinda assume MS could be there on launch or very early in the first few months.

So if they added:

Mario rabbids double pak or Assassins creed Iraq. Whatever it is called.

EA add in Mass Effect, Sims, Star Wars or Titanfall (now rumored)

MS- Halo or Goldeneye deluxe (straight up) this would be a shock wave on launch. Especially Halo.


I assume there is a couple more games. I’m fine with that! MP4, MK9 is a nice 1-2 punch, and BoTW deluxe with additional content would be cool.

Tekken is a nice addition. So is Elden Ring. Solid launch day!
 

Azelover

Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
Take a course on inflation. It's important.

A person can't be a citizen of the world and not know about inflation. What it is, why it exists and why it's innevitable. It's all gonna make sense.

Prices go up, and they're gonna go up across the board, always.
 

Hunter 99

Member
Not sounding good if true...
Botw remastered...huh??its like 8 years old.
Metroid and mk9 aren't good enough launch titles, I was hoping for new Mario or a luigis mansion 4 at least.
I don't care for the elden ring or any of the old shit.been played to death like years ago.
 

Kokoloko85

Member
I don't care.

Litteraly never subscribed to any subscription from all of them and I'm fine. I consider them almost as scam since you can play most of the same games on PC with free online.

And about their "free" games, they aren't: you own NOTHING at the end.

I want this stupid online subscription model dead.
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Online was free with PS3, thank you Microsoft for having made legitimate paid online with your stupid "Xbox Live" subscription 🖕🖕🖕
mister rogers middle finger GIF
I dont think any of them are confident to make online free again and leave Subscriptions model for the months games and features etc like PS3 days.
Yes I blame MS too lol
 
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Take a course on inflation. It's important.

A person can't be a citizen of the world and not know about inflation. What it is, why it exists and why it's innevitable. It's all gonna make sense.

Prices go up, and they're gonna go up across the board, always.
I've been way more informed than you are, son:


You also have to study Moore's law, which has a deflationary effect on digital goods:

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I realize FED printed 10 trillion $$$ out of thin air in 2020 to bolster the scamdemic, but still technology should make everything cheaper.

This is the reason you don't pay a billion bucks for a modern Intel CPU compared to Intel 4004 released in 1971.
 

KINGMOKU

Member
Nintendo kids haven't bought a new Nintendo system since the 90s, I reckon.

These days Nintendo consoles are a bit expensive for kids (not to mention smartphones are way more popular), so it's mostly adults with Nintendo nostalgia that buy them.
Thats a whole lot of nostalgia for whats soon to be the best selling console of all time.

A whole lot.
 

ReBurn

Gold Member
For 70$ youll get voice chat without needing your phone! Welcome to the next generation of multiplayer!
I would be surprised if Nintendo ever implements in-game voice chat regardless of how much their online service costs. There are so many young kids on Nintendo devices that Nintendo isn't going to want the liability. Requiring a mobile phone is by design.
 

AmuroChan

Member
It doesn't matter if it's justified or not. Nintendo has both the brand loyalty and pricing power to do this, on top of coming off their most successful system of all time. Any company that likes money will maximize that leverage when given the opportunity.
 
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Optimus Lime

(L3) + (R3) | Spartan rage activated
Nintendo Switch Online is total dog shit. I have the $30AUD version because it lets me play FZero99 and Tetris99, but if they jack up the price, that'll be a big fucking no. That much of an increase for a few shitty roms and the ability to play on P2P servers? Fuck off.
 
Thats a whole lot of nostalgia for whats soon to be the best selling console of all time.

A whole lot.
I'm not saying modern kids never play on Nintendo consoles.

In reality it's 90s kids (modern millennial parents) that buy Nintendo consoles and their kids also play on them. As simple as that.
 
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