Nintendo Switch Online Cloud Saves are Deleted after a Grace Period if Subscription is not Renewed

[MrWayne]

SpokenTruth said:

MrWayne said:

Of course it costs them money but that does not necessarily mean that they have to charge us for it.
Microsoft does not charge you anything for cloud saves, Valve does not charge you anything for cloud saves, hell even Ativision-Blizzard does not charge you anything for cloud saves.

Those companies all have their own data centers or major hosting systems.   Valve is damn near nothing but a service company anyway. And they get paid via advertising.

MS gives data away for free because they can use it as marketing for their cloud services - OneDrive, Azure, etc...

Nintendo has to partner with other companies for these services.  MS does not.  Valve does not.  Activision-Blizzard does not.

So is Nintendo's neglected online infrastructure the justification for their poor service?