Nintend's new online service. - From Nintendo's Website.

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vivster said:

MDMAlliance said:

To be fair, this is probably going to be true.  It's just the other details that come with it that makes it bad.

It looks like this myth created by companies and fanboys is already an accepted fact.

I don't think it's a myth.  It is probably a myth that it's required for better servers, but not a myth that it helps keep them running by paying for it separately.  

Businesses don't run on charity, so charging customers to keep better servers running 24/7 isn't really unreasonable.  Not saying this is a good choice for customers, but just something that happens.