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FromDK on 03 February 2021
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IcaroRibeiro said:
Wyrdness said:

Do you have sources backing this up? Sony and Nintendo charge now because it's not sustainable for closed platforms to have free online services that are trying to be like live they tried to be free as a draw over Live but realize you can't match the infrastructure and features doing that on closed platforms. Maintenance and contracting alone make it impossible.

Unfortunately, not. Nor does you in your assertion online is a way to mitigate the ""expenses"" with maintenance. If online multiplayer is a feature to help to sell software, then it should be included as a expense to keep the service running. Even when online multiplayer is helping you to sell MORE software companies are using this feature to not only boost software sales, but also getting an additional income from subscriptions 

For the record Nintendo includes Switch online as a source of digital revenue and even attributes to it a very high importance on the increase of their digital profits. Switch online is not only to make up the investments Nintendo don't want to afford by themselves, but an actual media for getting extra profit 

But worse than companies charging extra money for investments that already brings than money are the customers defending it

Me and others are not defending Nintendo.. but explaining why Nintendo offcourse have to charge some for the online.. But you do attack.

When we point out the fact that Nintendo keept online free in console space for years.. Or that the price is very low compared to the competition and what most analyst/gamers thougt they would charge.. and they even added SNES and unikke games like Tetris99 SMB35 AFTER that.. You just go on about.. they only do it to earn more.. what the f... offcourse they do.. but so are all other dompanys in the world.. why point out Nintendo?

You think when Nintendo makes lets say MK online for the first time on DS.. and they in the next MK games use more and time on the online part.. Then is just the price of the game (a price that has been stady since) that has to cover that.. And all the other expenses that are with running a +30 million online infrastructure.. meaning you will have all the players that only use offline.. to pay for the ones that uses it.. Not that fair.

But this is not about a price we have known for more than 3 years.. or how many people enjoying it.. It's about Nintendos MORE expensive.. bound to come Premium subscription.