Ka-pi96 said:
Completely disagree with this. Nintendo are the absolute worst at preserving history. Every gen you have to hope/wait for a re-release of a game you want and then have to pay for it again. Not even all games are still available, like the Switch has Super Mario Galaxy available but not Galaxy 2? WTF? I seriously doubt any of the games on Nintendo's online service will be available on their next console, it will probably start the releases from scratch again, just like every Nintendo console before it. That won't have preserved history at all. |
I mean this is one of the big benefits of the online subscription service. You no longer have to rebuy overpriced VC games each gen for the next system and wait while Nintendo starts the next console's VC service from scratch.
If Nintendo had continued with the VC model it would have been that lame situation every generation. But now, even though they've been taking their sweet time building out the NSO retro games service this gen, still they are getting it done now so it'll already be built out and available for each new system. They've already got the subscription service built out so you get the whole library of games at your fingertips from one gen to the next as long as your are subscribing. You just keep the subscription going when the next system comes out and nothing changes. Infintely better than the way they did things prior to the Switch.
Nintendo has always been behind in online features, but at least now they've got their retro games service figured out in a consumer friendly way where from gen to gen you just keep paying the subscription and it doesn't matter which system you're playing on cuz all the games are included in the subscription.
