Topic: The Nintendo Switch Online Subscription Service Thread

So we are expecting this to go live in 12 hours or so?

@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.

Where is it, Nintendo? Sheesh.

hopefully

@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.....

I mean, people by and large won't own a home anymore, so they have to feel ownership of something. Might as well be Link to the Past.

Went on this morning, not there.

@skywake
They implemented an account system. It needs to be used for applications like the VC program.

@Eel Expansion Pack is live! Are we getting upgraded tonight?

@JaxonH I’ll upgrade as soon as it goes live here 😅

Right now it doesn’t seem to be be available. At least not on the website. I’ll check on the switch once we get home.

Edit: oh hey it’s live! It’s just not showing on the main website, I had to dig deeper.

We have achieved expansion now!

@Eel
Cool. It should be, as it went live across all time zones, at least here in the US. Who knows if MEX is included in that.

@JaxonH the main page was showing “coming soon” but the option to upgrade was already available once you went to buy a plan.

🎉🎉

@Eel
Mission success!!! 👊

@Eel
Awesome, thanks 😊

I sent my brother a text and let him know we're live

@JaxonH the new members made it possible, so thank you all!

I thought there wassupposed to be a discount from converting from base pack to expansion pack.

It telling me that I have to pay $20 CAD more than the difference between theoptions.

I believe it takes into account how far into your current subscription you already are.

Welp, I hope you guys enjoy it. I don't feel as strongly about the price or the contents as certain people, but right now there are other things I would rather spend my expendable income with (including other Switch games). Until they add more to this expansion and/or make any significant changes to the price, I'll probably only check it if they offer a trial through My Nintendo.

@GameOtaku
You have a Wii U, buy them there if you're so enamored with the VC model. If the complaint is that purchases should have carry? Well yeah, I'd agree. But what value is there complaining now when it was clear in 2017 they wouldn't carry? Hell, 3DS/Wii U wasn't cross-buy on VC so it was clear before the Switch launched

Also I can guarantee that if Wii U purchases were honoured on VC we'd be asking why we have to buy Mario Kart 8 again. Which then potentially leaves behind people who got the disc. Or people who brought used. Really, the line would end up being drawn somewhere and no doubt there would be loud whining in that spot

Off to a flying start, failing to emulate things that have been emulatable on other platforms for decades. And those emulators were free and made by amateur fans, not paid products made by Nintendo itself.

https://clips.twitch .tv/LivelyBlatantWallabyMrDestructoid-h7v7IzNg-t5rJLCS

Edit: Nintendo Life's auto-embedding thing is breaking the top link. I've separated it into two halves to hopefully bypass that. You can copy it and delete the space in between "twitch" and ".tv" and it should work.