| bunchanumbers said: I refuse to be taken on another ride by Nintendo. I paid for and suffered with Wii U. I refuse to get hit with the Bait and Switch and be told to double dip if I want to enjoy my games online. The only ride I want Nintendo to take me on is when the theme parks open. And even that is looking iffy. |
I doubt they will close their Wii U servers as fast as they closed the Wii servers. Main reason why Wii servers closed so quickly was because Gamespy went defunk. I suppose they didn't want to try and salvage the online infrastructure for Wii. I'm sure them wanting to push people onto Wii U was part of the reason for not trying to find another host for Wii and DS servers but Gamespy closing didn't help prolong the servers. I expect Wii U servers to stay open till at least 2018.
http://www.geek.com/games/gamespy-shutdown-will-end-online-play-on-wii-nintendo-ds-1594287/
Also, you never had to pay extra to play online. So there is that... Who knows if they will try to charge for the Switch (I hope not but I don't play that much online these days anyways and if they do then the only online I'll play would be through Steam).
