It stinks, I really want to play some OoT again, and on switch. But, not at the price. I have a family plan with My daughter, but im not going do the family plan and fork out that cash.
@Bass_X0
But not everyone plays online. Why lock them behind a paywall when you aren’t going to use the service? Besides picking and choosing your own library of games sounds far better than relying on a third party to pick for you.
The most expensive option available, paying for a family plan entirely by yourself, is less than 22 cents per day. I think people are going a little overboard on how expensive this is simply because they predicted it would be cheaper.
I don't think it's so much about whether the price is affordable as what you're getting for it. Nintendo have around a dozen legacy systems that the Switch could presumably emulate with hundreds of games between them - even if you just count first party ones that should have no licensing issues - but they're only dribbling them out at a meagre rate.
Compared to what you can have for a not dissimilar fee with Sony and Microsoft's online and subscription services, it seems a rather thin offering. While I'll be subscribing, because it hits the spot to me, I can still appreciate why there's been so much pushback on it.
That's not to say that Nintendo necessarily have to be competitive against them. They exist in their own weird bubble outside the rest of the mainstream games industry so can pretty much do their own thing. Just for once though, I'd like to see them embrace the bigger picture on this.
But not everyone plays online. Why lock them behind a paywall when you aren’t going to use the service? Besides picking and choosing your own library of games sounds far better than relying on a third party to pick for you.
Then spend your money on the Wii VC instead. If you think that's a better value it still exists. I remember the thread years ago where you kept going on and on and on about SNES games being "locked" behind the New 3DS. Franky I don't have much sympathy for your stance
TBH, kinda tired of the NSO "value" whine coming from some circles. But at this stage I think Nintendo should probably just fold to the whine. Just make individual N64 games available for purchase. Purely because the "I want to own it", "I want to curate my library" and "I don't want it locked behind NSO" crowds are apparently more than happy to spend more on games one at a time. So let Nintendo extract money out of the suckers who for whatever reason think the VC was better value
@NintendoByNature I have 2 spaces in the family group I've been running since NSO inception. Happy to add your two accounts for £10 each if you'd like.
You guys had me at blood and semen.
What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?
@Ninjalaislit Can't answer your two original questions, but to your latest question, if you buy the DLC separately then it will work like any other software on your Switch when it comes to sharing it with others, but if are using the NSO membership expansion to access the DLC then only those users accounts that are signed up to the NSO expansion will be able to access it.
You guys had me at blood and semen.
What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?
@NintendoByNature I have 2 spaces in the family group I've been running since NSO inception. Happy to add your two accounts for £10 each if you'd like.
Boom. Look at that. Deals falling out of the sky into peoples’ laps lol.
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He was pierced for our transgressions
@skywake
They stand to make more money by giving more options to their consumers rather than just one. Netflix and other streaming service originals go to home video after release so you can get them before they are delisted. The wii vc service has been shut down so many games have been effectively lost to us.
@GameOtaku
The Wii U and 3DS VCs still exist. As does the original hardware and the downloads you made. And the classic mini consoles, third party collections, ports and so on. Oh and there is also the legal grey area of ripping ROMs from original cartridges. So you have options
But I don't know why you're arguing with me here TBH. I agree that Nintendo should open up titles for one-time purchase on Switch. Not because I think it's a good model, it isn't. More because it's clear there are enough numpties who are willing to buy Super Mario World of or the 10th time for some misguided notion of "ownership" that for whatever reason they need to refresh every console generation.....
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