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| Runa216 said: How is $20 a year not worth it? NESflix, cloud saves, online, extra deals like PSN....uh, it's comparable to its contemporaries for a fraction of its price! |
I agree that it ain't much money, especially if you can divide the costs in a family plan. But you are totally overhyping some aspects.
NESflix? I doubt that Netflix would be that popular if they were only offering a few dozens 20 - 30 year old movies instead of thousands of new stuff. And most of the NES games in the subscription the Nintendo hardcore base already has on their NES classic or as VC version on one of their other Nintendo devices (or both).
We also don't know yet if the extra deals are as good as the PSN deals, how many games are getting a better discount with Switch online and how big the difference between the normal and the subscription discount will be.
I also find the offline restriction of the NES games a bit paranoid: https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/faq/
"Can NES - Nintendo Switch Online games be played offline?" - "Yes, these games can be played offline for up to 7 days as long as you have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership."
So if you are on vacation without internet and you want to play some NES games on day 8, you can't do it without going online to reaffirm your subscription, even if the next 11 months are already paid. You don't have to do that kind of stuff with PS+... the device knows the expiry date of your PS+ subscrition and remembers it for every single subscription-based app/game.
Reminds me of the useless counters in 3DS and WiiU demo versions, I'm glad that they ditched that restriction with the Switch demos.
Last edited by Conina - on 19 September 2018
