Switch's Monthly Free Games are only playable for the month. You don't keep them.

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HollyGamer on 14 January 2017

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Conina said:

If you pay 3 years for PS+ you have access to 216 games after that time: at least 72 PS4-games (probably around 90 PS4-games thanks to cross-buy titles), at least 72 Vita-games (probably around 90 Vita-games thanks to cross-buy titles) and at least 72 PS3-games (probably around 80 PS3-games thanks to cross-buy titles). If you let your subscription run out, you temporarily lose access to these games. But if you renew that subscription you get access to the 6 games of that month + access to the other 216 games.

If you pay 3 years for XBL Gold you have access to 72 XBO-games and 72 (XBO-compatible) 360-games. If you let your subscription run out, you temporarily lose access to these 72 XBO-games but keep access to the 72 (XBO-compatible) 360-games. If you renew that subscription you get access to the 4 games of that month + access to the 72 XBO-games.

If you pay 3 years for Nintendo Online subscription you have access to one SNES- or NES-game (and zero Switch-games) in the last month of the subscription. If you let your subscription run out, you have access to none of NES- or SNES-games of these 3 years. If you renew that subscription only get access to the VC-game of that month (and zero Switch-games).

Do you really not see the difference between these subscription models and their different value?

I didn't say there was no difference. Just that they're both renting.

You stop paying, you stop playing.

Dont delude yourself that you're keeping anything

Then Nintendo offer a bad renting price while the other offer a great renting price . :)

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Goodnightmoon on 14 January 2017

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Goodnightmoon said:

I found the idea of the Nes/Snes monthly game quite charming and fitting for Nintendo, however this is a missed opportunity, I should be able to keep those games as long as I'm paying, Nintendo needs to do this service appealing, if they don't then it should be at least very cheap. The service can still improve with time though, but since this is the first time they do this I expect as lot of mistakes at the beginning.

We have to provide some feedback about this. I think Nintendo is listening to consumers right now (MK battle mode, open-world Mario game...). So if the service is, let's say, 60€, it's obviously a bad deal if you compare it with the other companies. If you can keep the games, and Nintendo provides some sweet deals, that'd be "fine" (I'm still against paid online, but I was certain Nintendo would do this seeing how everybody jumped to PSPlus with ease).

I'd not be willing to pay more than 20 as things are right now.

Yeah if the service is not good or cheap enough I won't pay for it, I may pay only a month (if that's an option) to play Splatoon 2 and that's it, so that would be my feedback xD

I want to give them more but I don't know how to do it, I don't think internet meltdowns work specially when half of them are so irrational.

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Barozi on 14 January 2017

Hope the service isn't more than $1 a month, because it surely isn't worth more than that.

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Arkaign on 14 January 2017

It's absolutely proven that Nintendo doesn't only not listen, but they don't care. Bad sales, high prices, delayed games, even quality slipping (Starfox). No meltdown would have them change a policy like paid online and getting one old game per month. Hell, they might decide to do something like requiring paid online to play ANY VC content, even if you paid for it previously. It seems like games you already bought for VC already won't carry over to NS anyway.

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Conina on 14 January 2017

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I do. The first two gives terrible indie games I don't want to play just as an excuse to pay for online. The other gives me opportunity to play Top Gear and other great games with thounsands of people online as a bonus for an ONLINE subscription.

Yeah, just "terrible indie games" with XBL Gold in 2015 + 2016:

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Sniper Elite V2
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Bioshock Infinite
Gears of War: Judgment
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
Mafia II
F1 2013
Just Cause 2
Thief
Gears of War 3
Metro 2033
Metro: Last Light
Crysis 3
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
DiRT 3
Dungeon Siege III
Sacred 3
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
DiRT Showdown
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Gears of War 2
Supreme Commander 2
Borderlands
Dead Space
Saints Row IV
Grid 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Tron: Evolution
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Forza Horizon
Mirror's Edge
I Am Alive
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Burnout Paradise
Rayman Legends
Killer Instinct Season 1 Ultra Edition
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Lords of the Fallen
The Wolf Among Us
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WWE 2K16
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Nymeria on 14 January 2017

That can't be right, unless the games are amazing or service is cheap I don't see this going over well.

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SuperNova on 14 January 2017

If this is any more than 2€/month or 25€/year this will flop hard.
1€ for the online and 1€ for the glorified rental of NES/SNES games (many of wich will be completely lost on anyone with a pre-existing VC library). Aside from, you know, online play in general, I bet their big feature that they are going to lock behind a paywall now is online multiplayer for VC games.
Even if you bring over your VC Library and pay their stupid upgrade fee, again, you're not going to get access to the new online features for the games.

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thatguymarco on 14 January 2017

Well, that's greedy. It ain't stupid, because they know they can manipulate many of their usual costumers into buying this sort of BS and are taking advantage of it, so props to Nintendo, but also fuck them.

I'm now filled with determination.