Nintendo online 2.0

[IcaroRibeiro]

Wyrdness said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

Are you forgetting Nintendo already got their money from every single game they sell? Games that sells EXACTLY because of the online multiplayer

Online multiplayer is the reason behind of the sales of so many of its IPs. Remove multiplayer from Splatoon that I doubt it would move over 2 million copies 

Ans then what Nintendo does? Charge an additional fee for people to enjoy how the games were supposed to be played in first place 

This is a much worse practice than DLC or microtransactions 

Games have development costs that need covering they can't cover the cost of maintaining servers especially as development costs grow each gen while needing to provide money for future projects.

They can

They just don't need to, as gamers are happy to pay for it and are even defending the companies for charging extra money for playing online

At first both Sony and Nintendo didn't charge for playing online. They changed later when saw the opportunity to get extra cash and embraced it, that's all