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potato_hamster on 24 January 2017
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Hynad said:
potato_hamster said:

But what makes you think it's even going to have a "Wii U level" online solution at launch. For all we know it doesn't have *any* online solution at launch.

http://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/

Please, stop.

Stop what exactly? Where does it say it will be available at launch? It says "Free Trial Starts in March". The Switch launches on the 3rd. That pretty much gives them 4 weeks after the launch of the console. It says nothing to indicate it will be available at launch.

As for you Zorg, here's the official quote:

"Users will be able to try out Nintendo Switch online services for free during a trial period after launch. Then it will become a paid service beginning in the fall of 2017. We will provide additional details on this paid service and its features on our home page at a later date." (emphasis mine)

Does that say "at launch"? No? So again, we don't actually know if Online play will be available when this console releases, or if it will be available in the weeks that follow. Sorry, I'm not going to assume "March" means "launch day" like you are.