Yes, unlike the 3DS or Wii U, you will need to pay for online multiplayer as you would on PlayStation or Xbox. It's an unfortunate development, but that's the case.
Oh yeah, good point.But how much you'll pay for a yearly Nintendo Switch Online Service is about 1/3 of the price of a PlayStation Plus/Xbox Live Gold subscription. For a seemingly scummy business practice, this is practically a chump change.
Yeah...i wasnt really paying attention to switch stuff lmao. Thought id be stuck with a wii u for another eternity.I mean they did always say this right from switch launch lmao........ plus i remember them saying its smth like 2000 yen a year which is like, less than ?20 or smth. its really Not That Bad, especially since paying means they can give you a better service and keep the servers running longer.
But how much you'll pay for a yearly Nintendo Switch Online Service is about 1/3 of the price of a PlayStation Plus/Xbox Live Gold subscription. For a seemingly scummy business practice, this is practically a chump change.
[...] I mean, I got my Switch yesterday and discovered that Nintendo regressed back to Friend Codes.
They'll cancel it. It's a bad marketing decision, IMO.
Well either way, I hope they cancel it because it's a waste of money if you only have 1 online game you'll only play when it's not school is kinda useless
Not to be rude or anything, but wouldn't it have been worth you researching this before getting a switch and an online-only game? It's not like they only just announced it, they've said it would be paid since launch of the console :v
I'll admit attempting to remember a 12-digit number isn't exactly an easy task, but the implementation of Friend Codes on Switch definitely isn't as cumbersome as that what Wii, DS and 3DS did.
For starters, registering a Friend Code will automatically send a Friend Request to that user. All he/she have to do is to either accept or refuse your request, all without having them to type the code in first place. Essentially, only one of two peoples have to input the other's Friend Code.
Though, Friend Code isn't the only method of registering friends. There's the ad-hoc method, the rival method (players you've recently seen in online matches), as well of the suggested friends method (based on your friends registered to your NNID and most Nintendo-developed mobile apps).
They'll cancel it. It's a bad marketing decision, IMO.
Hopefully. If anything that held me not wanting a Switch it's this stupid pay online thing. or for any console company. I mean we buy the console and pay for internet already... come on???
Is Ajit Pai already owning online game services or..
Not to be rude or anything, but wouldn't it have been worth you researching this before getting a switch and an online-only game? It's not like they only just announced it, they've said it would be paid since launch of the console :v
As someone who used to work for a place that maintained IT infrastructure (ie servers), I can say it's not cheap to run the stuff. Nintendo not only has to pay for the hardware (which isn't a one-time purchase), but they also have to pay the people who have the smarts to keep it running. A single server administrator employee typically gets paid $70,000-100,000/year, potentially higher depending on exact skills. Server hardware isn't cheap either.
As someone who used to work for a place that maintained IT infrastructure (ie servers), I can say it's not cheap to run the stuff. Nintendo not only has to pay for the hardware (which isn't a one-time purchase), but they also have to pay the people who have the smarts to keep it running. A single server administrator employee typically gets paid $70,000-100,000/year, potentially higher depending on exact skills. Server hardware isn't cheap either.