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Dulfite on 27 March 2022
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Slownenberg said:
CaptainExplosion said:

Well, regardless of tech specs, Switch 2 damn well better bring back Virtual Console. If not, then Nintendo should make it so that Switch Online Subscriptions can be carried over to the new system. Wishful thinking on my part, since Nintendo seems to lack understanding what we want these days.

God no to the VC. The membership model is so much better. And why would you think the subscription wouldn't carry over? That seems like such a strange thought to have. The whole point is that it is a subscription account and not tied to a single system like VC was, so no need for them to rebuild the online system every generation and no need for you to re-buy stuff every generation. The point of a subscription model is that once you are subscribed you don't have to do anything and the subscription keeps going and the content is always available.

This reminds me of the people who thought it would never offer more than NES games after it came out. I don't get why people are missing the whole point of the subscription model. Nintendo is building out a single subscription to their older content so you have one cheap subscription and you get all their old content (plus online services for the current system) as long as you subscribe.

It's not wishful thinking for you to want that, it is common sense, I don't get why you would even think it would be otherwise.

I suspect many think, not me, that the subscription service won't be there day 1 with Switch 2, but will rather be slowly rebuilt over time, because emulating on another device isn't as easy as copy/paste. For instance, they will have different screen dimensions or perhaps other technologies that enhance the back catalog experience that requires the code for each game to be updated, etc.

I agree with you, personally, but I think many are skeptical.