Nintendo Switch Online app available for download today

[Ganoncrotch]

Mummelmann said:

vivster said:

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?

Kinda agree with this, Nintendo have a history of skimping on features and basic hardware and offload the cost and hassle on the customer. Such behavior shouldn't be condoned or defended in any way, by any company. This is why I stopped buying phones from Samsung, Sony or Apple, just got tired of all the BS with their phones and software and the insanely priced peripherals and repairs.

Yeah I wouldn't say people are "defending" anything here, just a case of you want to use the system so you use the system with the pros and cons which come with that.

You want to play on the PC you give up a degree of simplicity and portability

You want to enjoy your gaming on the PS4 you get certain features, you miss out on some games like Halo and Forza

You love the WiiU.... well.... good for you then, but I'm sure games would have been nice right? :D

You know what I mean, no one defends the fact that the PS4 doesn't have Halo on it, or that you can't (easily) pick up your PC and take a shit while still playing Overwatch at 4k you just accept that certain devices have their pros and their cons, obviously in some cases for certain consumers the cons side just wins out and they avoid that piece of hardware, like yourself with the Phones you stopped using, I'm sure there are certain "cons" with whichever phone you do choose to use but you overlook that because you enjoy the Pros the system offers.

Like I said, I don't think the app is perfect by any means, but that's the system which is in place on the console.... I will play devils advocate for it in one small way though... it does mean you can let your kids continue to use the console to play MK8D without a worry about them getting called names by players online if you give the kid the console but not the mobile phone linked to it, so... as a child friendly system it does have some merit to the obvious negatives which are there for the gamer who just wants to throw on a headset and game.