People have have always voiced their uncertainty on Nintendo adopting and integrating new trends yet they've always done so just fine the's nothing here that you can make the conclusion they're uncommitted as no current service started out with all the features they have now as they had to crawl before they walked even when Live was taking off PSN didn't offer the same features straight away because it had to get the structure up and running first.

How have you never heard that? Ive heard it like 100 times on these forums.

I want to add something that slip under the radar. The french version of the nintendo online services web page say that the cloud backup will NOT be available for all games, only compatible ones. I think nintendo will put a file size cap on this service, and that games will really big game save files, like NBA 2K18 that have a 5 gb per game save file, will not be able to cloud save their files...

Actually you are mistaken on this topic.

This was taken from the FAQ section:

We still need to see how this family group can be created and/or managed, but in theory up to 8 different Nintendo accounts can be linked to this group.And since it was specified in another FAQ that one single user can own several Switch systems and the memebership is tied to the account itself, and not the system, Nintendo cant differenciate between actual family members that use only one Switch system but have 8 different user accounts(and thus Nintendo accounts), or just a group of friends that have 8 different Switch systems(and thus 8 different Nintendo accounts) and shares one single family group.

Edit:Im adding a link here because the formating of the FAQ part is messed up.You can check by yourself there:

https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/faq/

And here is the another FAQ that says you can have the membership acess across multiple systems if you have the account that was used to buy that said membership:

My daughter plays Splatoon 2 on my Switch a lot. I guess I'll have to get it for her profile but this means I'm not even gonna have the online service on my Switch even though I own it, I'm the main profile, I bought the game, AND I'm paying for the service.

Groovy.

I am complaining and I do pay for Xbox Live and sometimes, PS+.

Nintendo's online (unless there's some huge improvement) isn't even on par with Xbox Live on the original Xbox in 2002. On my Xbox One, a billion people can play online with my one account on my primary XBO. I get to KEEP 24 Xbox 360 games forever after I download them. Cloud saves are unlimited and free! There's a lot of other stuff that I'm leaving out as well.

I don't even want the service or the 33 year old games. I'll be getting the service for my daughter. Nintendo is doing it wrong, though. Still my favorite company and the Switch is still my most played console right now but this does not look promising.

I’ll pay for this if they have the games I’m looking for, but my concern is they won’t. One of the major reasons I wanted a Switch was to be able to play SM Galaxy 1 and 2, maybe a couple Zeldas, and a few other older games. If they don’t have these available soon on the only Nintendo console I own, it’s going to get pretty frustrating.

I think this would calm down as it gets closer to release date. Like look at the PS4. No one is complaining about the PSN. If they want better free games then expect Nintendo to increase the Price. 

I'll be buying the family plan for my son and I but I'll still be using Discord.

Not sure about price value here. PS+ is 60€ but you do get recent PS4 games, discounts and special themes. NOS doesn't seem to be generous. Basically it's "insert coin if you want to keep playing Splatoon 2".

Also, save backup shouldn't be paid-only. On PS4 (and even before on PS3 and PSP), we can save the save data via USB, regardless if we pay for cloud saving. Protecting saves should be a fundamental right.