Also lol at the bolded, you just destroyed your entire argument by admitting the paywall is solely for additional profits, not maintaining servers as you were trying to claim earlier. Btw PS3 still has free online.

I don't think they are.

Look at how much people spend on Steam sales only to let them sit in a folder never to be played. I see the same with free games on XBLive. People think they'll play them at some point. They don't.

Doing the monthly game free means you download it, making it a rental increases the chances it will actually get played before the month ends. If they're getting updated with 2 player modes and online, that too increases the chance they'll see some playtime.

OT - Tournaments with some coins/prizes would be nice. Being able to see if there are other people playing nearby. Swapping/lending VC games. I hope download play is back and isn't part of the sub.

It doesn't have to be.

Look, Splatoon 2 looks really cool. We all want to play that online.

However, Nintendo did say the online subscription is coming in fall, and it'll have a free trial before that. Since Splatoon 2 comes out in summer, everyone will have a chance to play that online for at least a while... then when we've already had that experience and the paywall comes, well, we just don't pay it. And not only do we not pay it, but we spam Nintendo's social media accounts with comments about it.

I mean, it can work. If only like 2% of Switch owners subscribe, Nintendo's going to have second thoughts. Look at the backlash the Xbox One had when it was announced - it prompted Microsoft to make changes to it. If there is any time when we can do something about it, that time is now.

Now I won't be able to be part of that since I won't actually own a Switch so soon... but I really hope the people stick together and do something about it. Nintendo is already charging a considerable price for the console and downright abusive prices for everything else related to it. We shouldn't be forced to pay even more to properly play the games we'll be paying to have.

It doesn't have to be.

Look, Splatoon 2 looks really cool. We all want to play that online.

However, Nintendo did say the online subscription is coming in fall, and it'll have a free trial before that. Since Splatoon 2 comes out in summer, everyone will have a chance to play that online for at least a while... then when we've already had that experience and the paywall comes, well, we just don't pay it. And not only do we not pay it, but we spam Nintendo's social media accounts with comments about it.

I mean, it can work. If only like 2% of Switch owners subscribe, Nintendo's going to have second thoughts. Look at the backlash the Xbox One had when it was announced - it prompted Microsoft to make changes to it. If there is any time when we can do something about it, that time is now.

Now I won't be able to be part of that since I won't actually own a Switch so soon... but I really hope the people stick together and do something about it. Nintendo is already charging a considerable price for the console and downright abusive prices for everything else related to it. We shouldn't be forced to pay even more to properly play the games we'll be paying to have.

If the free NES/SNES game for only 30 days is the only perk, then it should be priced much cheaper than Sony's and Microsoft's online. Like $20-30. And even that may be too much since retro roms including online functionality, although not legal, has existed for a long time already and are easily accessible.