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HoangNhatAnh said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Nintendo. Anti-Consumer. These are two words that most customers would believe to be mutually exclusive. But they aren't. In fact, they are mutually inclusive. While Nintendo has made many of our favorite childhood memories with games like The Legend of Zelda, Kirby's Pinball, and Mario Tennis Aces, that doesn't excuse the problems with the way they treat their loyal fanbase. Loyalty, respect, and fair trade is all I ask out of a mega corporation. Why is that so hard? 

Nintendo's online service is being launched the day after tomorrow. People have already pointed out the flaws in it, from infrastructure to basic features. But I feel these need to be reiterated, as much as possible, so they get the point. 

Deleting my cloud saves after I have unsubscribed? Why Nintendo??? Sure, Sony does the same thing, deleting them after a whole 6 months, and Nintendo offers a grace period as well. We don't know how long it will last for Nintendo, but we know it will be worse than Sony's grace period. Why? Because it's Nintendo. When have they ever been less anti-consumer than Sony? 

Online gameplay? Locked behind a subscription service? But it used to be free. Free! I wasn't even aware of this until they sent me the email a few months ago. Why wasn't I notified sooner? All my friends were super confused too. I told them that it's just like the Playstation Plus service but they replied that the Switch doesn't have Destiny. Thanks Nintendo. 

NES games? Who cares? I've literally never played a game from before 2005. Why would I? Why would I play online multiplayer on an NES game? Do NES games even have online multiplayer? I never saw that mentioned in any AngryVideoGameNerd videos. 

People have mentioned that the service could become better. Could become is not good enough. Nintendo has had two years to figure this out. When has an online service ever gotten better after it launched? Remember Playstation 3. When did that get better? Oh right, it didn't. Thought so. 

That is why I'm selling my Switch. It sucks because I am such a big fan of Smash brothers. I really wanted to play it. But the Switch doesn't even have good online. Or Netflix. Or Hulu. I'm going to sell my Switch and buy a 4k TV for my machine the PS4 pro. 

But it's not too late. With the power of the internet, we can make change. Even the suits might listen to us. 

That's why I'm asking you to sign my petition: 

https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-make-nintendo-give-us-free-online

and this one too would be helpful thanks:

https://www.change.org/p/your-help-convince-my-mom-to-get-me-a-4k-tv

i hope you guys take the time to consider the truths i spoke today. thanks for your time. love and respect. 

LMAO, at least they are cool with crossplay

Crossplay is not a big issue. Do any of the big three actually need it, don't they have enough players on there anyways? And if not, then I guess those players have bet on the wrong horse...



AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Nintendo. Anti-Consumer. These are two words that most customers would believe to be mutually exclusive. But they aren't. In fact, they are mutually inclusive. While Nintendo has made many of our favorite childhood memories with games like The Legend of Zelda, Kirby's Pinball, and Mario Tennis Aces, that doesn't excuse the problems with the way they treat their loyal fanbase. Loyalty, respect, and fair trade is all I ask out of a mega corporation. Why is that so hard? 

Nintendo's online service is being launched the day after tomorrow. People have already pointed out the flaws in it, from infrastructure to basic features. But I feel these need to be reiterated, as much as possible, so they get the point. 

Deleting my cloud saves after I have unsubscribed? Why Nintendo??? Sure, Sony does the same thing, deleting them after a whole 6 months, and Nintendo offers a grace period as well. We don't know how long it will last for Nintendo, but we know it will be worse than Sony's grace period. Why? Because it's Nintendo. When have they ever been less anti-consumer than Sony? 

Online gameplay? Locked behind a subscription service? But it used to be free. Free! I wasn't even aware of this until they sent me the email a few months ago. Why wasn't I notified sooner? All my friends were super confused too. I told them that it's just like the Playstation Plus service but they replied that the Switch doesn't have Destiny. Thanks Nintendo. 

NES games? Who cares? I've literally never played a game from before 2005. Why would I? Why would I play online multiplayer on an NES game? Do NES games even have online multiplayer? I never saw that mentioned in any AngryVideoGameNerd videos. 

People have mentioned that the service could become better. Could become is not good enough. Nintendo has had two years to figure this out. When has an online service ever gotten better after it launched? Remember Playstation 3. When did that get better? Oh right, it didn't. Thought so. 

That is why I'm selling my Switch. It sucks because I am such a big fan of Smash brothers. I really wanted to play it. But the Switch doesn't even have good online. Or Netflix. Or Hulu. I'm going to sell my Switch and buy a 4k TV for my machine the PS4 pro. 

But it's not too late. With the power of the internet, we can make change. Even the suits might listen to us. 

That's why I'm asking you to sign my petition: 

https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-make-nintendo-give-us-free-online

and this one too would be helpful thanks:

https://www.change.org/p/your-help-convince-my-mom-to-get-me-a-4k-tv

i hope you guys take the time to consider the truths i spoke today. thanks for your time. love and respect. 

 

This just reads to me as a baby spitting his dummy on the floor.

 

Come on man. They've reiterated multiple times since before the Switch was even released that the online service would start charging. They even delayed the launch of the paid online service for a full year and it's clear that this is your main gripe.

 

They are doing what Microsoft & Sony have been doing for years. They know their online service isn't as robust as the others and they are charging much less tranche others for that very reason. 

 

I honestly don't see why anyone has the balls to complain about the fact that they are now charging for a service that they have always provided for free to the Consumer (but that has always cost them money to run) either.

 

EDIT - oops didn't realise this was Satire? If so very well done haha!

Last edited by JSG87 - on 17 September 2018

RolStoppable said:
That's some of the biggest bullshit I've read on this site. You have it completely backwards.

Nintendo's policies of having free online multiplayer and 5% cashback on all digital purchases have made me feel guilty of stealing from this fabulous company who makes the best video games. Now that online multiplayer is becoming a part of a paid subscription service, I can finally give something back to the company I love so much.

You are a spoiled little brat and your petitions tell me as much. I have no idea what made you think that it would be okay to talk like a self-righteous know-it-all to us actual Nintendo fans. I've had decades of experience with Nintendo products before you even were conceived, kiddo. Take your thread and shove it where the sun don't shine.

Wow, fundamentalist much?



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Ganoncrotch said:
RolStoppable said:

"My mom doesn't allow me to have another console because I already have an Xbox One."

You want to get the Playstation 4 now? Why don't we look at buying you the Xbox two first, that way you can play your older games on it too?

Because the PS4 gets so many good new games as exclusives, that there's no need to play old games. Oo snap.



Wow. There are actually people who have their heads so far up the big N's ass, that they think nobody could seriously be critical of Nintendo, it *must* be satire? Again, wow.



Dante9 said:
Wow. There are actually people who have their heads so far up the big N's ass, that they think nobody could seriously be critical of Nintendo, it *must* be satire? Again, wow.

Did you actually read the OP?



All companies are anti consumer. You really aren't giving a good reason as too why we should sign your petition



Nintendo developers are amazing, but Nintendo corporate is awful. They've always been anti-consumer as far as I'm concerned. No price cuts for their games, refusal to make classic games easy to purchase, artificially raising demand through scarcity, lack of online features, the list goes on and on...



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