Nintendo games: no longer a value in forum dweller eyes

[Jizz_Beard_thePirate]

I certainly buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games and that has always been the case. You can't get Nintendo exclusives anywhere else until they get emulated by PC near the end of the cycle.

But the issue with the Switch for me is the barrier to entry is requiring a lot of urks and urghhs than usual.

See with the wiiU, sure there was a barrier of entry of $300 to play Nintendo games but apart from buying the games themselves and the content, there was no other fee required. Now the Switch has an online fee. We dont know how much it's going to cost but it is still going to cost something... So if I don't pay for online, the amount of Nintendo games I would be playing would be less. Each generation, the two biggest games I play are MK and SSB. Both of which heavily rely on online to carry and single player can't carry alone for me. So two of the biggest franchises Nintendo has to offer for me aren't an option anymore unless I pay for online which I have not done Ever on any console. And of course, any game that has an online component like Splatoon becomes less valuable unless I pay for the online.

Next, battery wasn't good on the wiiU gamepad but it wasn't meant to be a console on the go. The Switch which is meant to be a console on the go has a worse minimum battery life than the wiiU's gamepad. Like come on... They couldn't even match it at a minimum?

And the price of the accessories and etc are cray cray.

So the point is, the Switch, even for just Nintendo games is a tougher pill to swallow because it requires me to pay extra for online and pay extra for a portable battery bank on top of the $300 price tag. And if I don't pay for online, the library of games that I am buying the switch for will be less due to the games that do have a fairly strong emphasis on online play which I love to play every generation.