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Are our games better because of it?

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Gourmet on 05 February 2017
Bandorr said:
Alkibiádēs said:

Nintendo will add online functionality to these games, so only making them available for a month makes sense otherwise you'd find no one to play these games with online. This will most likely be like community events. Perhaps similar to NES Remix. 

Nintendo actually adds something to their old games by adding online functionality, none of the other console companies do this. Therefor it's justified to charge a price for it. 

Besides, a month is more than enough time to finish a game anyway. I don't replay most games, only the really good ones. 

And what about when you DON'T want to play them multiplayer? Nintendo has a TONS of games that would be just as fun offline.

You don't have to keep the servers up.

Plus the argument of "you'd find no one to play these games with online" with is faulty as best.  People playing splatoon 2 at the time won't be playing what ever random nes/snes game is out at the time. It will be far more detracting than adding say another SNES/NES game.

Why would you buy an online subscription if you wanna play offline lol



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m_csquare on 05 February 2017
Alkibiádēs said:
m_csquare said:

yeaaaa you mean capcom, not nintendo. Sony and microsoft dont need to do this, because most of their games already have online functionality since prev gen. This is just nintendo trying to catch up with anyone else

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Sony and MS weren't even in the gaming industry during the NES and SNES era.

NES and SNES games didn't have online multiplayer because the technology didn't exist back then (not at an affordable price anyway). What does Capcom have to do with this? 

The only switch game that gets new online functionality is sf2, and that's done by capcom.



Alkibiádēs on 05 February 2017
m_csquare said:
Alkibiádēs said:

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Sony and MS weren't even in the gaming industry during the NES and SNES era.

NES and SNES games didn't have online multiplayer because the technology didn't exist back then (not at an affordable price anyway). What does Capcom have to do with this? 

The only switch game that gets new online functionality is sf2, and that's done by capcom.

No, that's a remaster that Capcom dares to charge $40 for (which equals a two year subscription to Nintendo's online service). 

Nintendo will add new online functionality to the NES and SNES games they will put on offer as part of the new service. 



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sethnintendo on 05 February 2017
m_csquare said:
Alkibiádēs said:

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Sony and MS weren't even in the gaming industry during the NES and SNES era.

NES and SNES games didn't have online multiplayer because the technology didn't exist back then (not at an affordable price anyway). What does Capcom have to do with this? 

The only switch game that gets new online functionality is sf2, and that's done by capcom.

That isn't saying that much considering they did that for SF2 Genesis version on Wii VC.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/11/super_street_fighter_ii_with_online_coming_westward_too



m_csquare on 05 February 2017
Alkibiádēs said:
m_csquare said:

The only switch game that gets new online functionality is sf2, and that's done by capcom.

No, that's a remaster that Capcom dares to charge $40 for (which equals a two year subscription to Nintendo's online service). 

Nintendo will add new online functionality to the NES and SNES games they will put on offer as part of the new service. 

Yea, i dont think it's true. Lets not forget most of nintendo ambassador games never have that online functionality.



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Alkibiádēs on 05 February 2017
m_csquare said:
Alkibiádēs said:

No, that's a remaster that Capcom dares to charge $40 for (which equals a two year subscription to Nintendo's online service). 

Nintendo will add new online functionality to the NES and SNES games they will put on offer as part of the new service. 

Yea, i dont think it's true. Lets not forget most of nintendo ambassador games never have that online functionality.

I don't care what you think, it's what Nintendo has announced... What do Nintendo ambassador games have to do with this? Stop bringing up completely unrelated things... 



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vivster on 05 February 2017

The benefit is that multimillion dollar companies have a few million more. That's all subscriptions are for, generating revenue streams where there would be none. If the money gained is actually put to some good things is not to know for the customer.

We can ask ourselves if there ever were great things produced without a subscription service attached to it.



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Werix357 on 05 February 2017

The more money Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo make from a subscription service, the more content they are going make that requires the subscription service.
Just remember Microsoft Sony and Nintendo are thinking of their shareholders not the people who buy their games when it comes to the profits these sub services produce.



m_csquare on 05 February 2017
Alkibiádēs said:
m_csquare said:

Yea, i dont think it's true. Lets not forget most of nintendo ambassador games never have that online functionality.

I don't care what you think, it's what Nintendo has announced... What do Nintendo ambassador games have to do with this? Stop bringing up completely unrelated things... 

Apologize that i didnt knw abt that NES coming to switch before. I agree with your comment tho "If I care about a game I'll buy it myself, I don't want to play games I don't care about, even if it's free." Not even an online functionality can change my mind if i dont care abt NES game



Intrinsic on 05 February 2017
Alkibiádēs said:
Sony and MS are definitely ripping people off for asking $60 a year just to play online games.

Only if that were true then your entire post would have had more substance. 

No matter what you may think o even say, the aount of free games you get from those services for $50 a year is more than most people actually buy every single year.