Nintendo Switch Online app available for download today

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Ganoncrotch said:

Mummelmann said:

Erm, if you don't have access to an internet connection for voice chat with the Switch, how will you play online multiplayer at all? This is a fairly strange argument.

Honestly, there's really no excuse for a portable tablet device not having more options when it comes to online play in 2017, there really just isn't.

I guess the thought process behind it is to try something different to see if it's possible to hand over the dummy work of voice app onto the phone so that the Switch can focus on pumping out splatoon at 720p (or close to it) / 60fps on the go, the machine really doesn't have a ton of extra power to be throwing away where there is another option which could be utilised, simple fact is if you are using the switch online outside you likely have a phone tethered to the switch or else connected to the same wifi hotspot you have the switch connected to. So why not make use of the processor in the phone to run that app?

Yes, that's Nintendo's rationale on how to save money by offloading services they don't want to provide on the consumer.

Now the real kicker is: why are there consumers trying to defend that scummy behavior?