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Nogamez on 29 January 2017
Barkley said:
Nogamez said:
Sigh. Still people saying you only get to keep the game for one month. I read it as the game is available for one month, same as PSN

The wording definitely suggests it'll only be available to play for that month to me.

Nintendo hasn't offered any rebuttal to that statement.

 

"Subscribers will get to download and play a Nintendo Entertainment System™ (NES) or Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ (Super NES) game (with newly-added online play) for free for a month."

 

Cut out the nonesense in the middle and you get this. "Subscribers will get to download and play a game for free for a month."

"Play" is included in the "For a month" statement, not just download. Besides if it was yours to keep you should be able to also download it outside of that month, so the statement makes zero sense. If you could keep it it'd just be.

"You get a free nes/snes game each month."

Yeah maybe but like I say with psn you have a month to download a game, once downloaded you have to continue to subscribe to get access to it. I believe this will be what nintendo will offer too. It does sound like you only have a month then the game rotates, but maybe translation error. 



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KLXVER on 29 January 2017

I kinda feel like their whole thinking behind paid online is "Well if we cant expand our audience, lets just squeeze more money out of our current one"



solidpumar on 29 January 2017

I predict $20 a year, cause that is what I feel is reasonable. I only endure the ps plus cause I had ps3,ps4 and psvita freebies that were good enough to be worth the 50 dollars.
As the Nintendo is structured with no actual switch tittles as freebies and me only having the switch console instead of the 3 from the PlayStation ecosystem, I feel more than $20 a year is too much.
Now ps plus freebies get worse and worse each month, I will not even endure it if by the time ps5 comes out. I might be steam for online games, and sony and nintendo for the offline only exclusives.



maxleresistant on 29 January 2017

If they follow that new price strategy they have, they could go as high as 10 bucks a month



nanarchy on 29 January 2017
solidpumar said:

I predict $20 a year, cause that is what I feel is reasonable. I only endure the ps plus cause I had ps3,ps4 and psvita freebies that were good enough to be worth the 50 dollars.
As the Nintendo is structured with no actual switch tittles as freebies and me only having the switch console instead of the 3 from the PlayStation ecosystem, I feel more than $20 a year is too much.
Now ps plus freebies get worse and worse each month, I will not even endure it if by the time ps5 comes out. I might be steam for online games, and sony and nintendo for the offline only exclusives.

I can't see $20 a year. It is not about what is reasonable, it has to be financially viable, and at that price making any significant improvements without raising prices would be next to impossible and people always scream a LOT louder when prices increase. would be shocked if we saw anything below $40 a year to start with.



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Barkley on 29 January 2017
Versus_Evil said:
I'd personally like to see it as something like £3.49 monthly or £34.99 (10 months + 2 months free) yearly. It won't be a big deal for me if it's a little more as I only plan to buy a few months for Splatoon 2.

Needs a bigger discount for buying in bulk! PS+ is £5.49 Monthly or £39.99 Annually, so if you apply the same discount you get for buying a year instead of a month from PS+ switch would be, £3.49 a month or around £24.99 a year. That'd be a pretty good price point.



TomaTito on 29 January 2017

Was reading the American webpage details on the online service: http://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/

And the foonote says "Online services require a Nintendo Account. Starting in fall 2017, some online services will also require a paid subscription. Paid online service availability may be limited based on location." ... non-supported areas get no voice chat?



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NoirSon on 29 January 2017

The ultimate price will determine if more online focused multiplayer games like Splatoon 2 or Bomber man R can be successful.

Heck, I can only imagine what a expensive model would mean for the sales of subscription games like DQ X.



Xenostar on 29 January 2017

Judging by content provided compared to the others, what $5 a year? maybe lower?