Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Are you allowed to share PS Plus or Xbox Live with multiple people?

So it's a Netflix-like deal, eh? And more's gonna be added? Nice. Online play too? Sign me up.

I don't know how I feel about the family option. On one hand, that sounds cool, but on the other hand that seems a bit much.

Edit: Actually, I'm ignorant on other platforms' paid online. This family deal might actually be better than I thought, if the other platforms still require you to pay for each profile separately. Still though, time will tell.

For access to online play, the NES games, cloud saves, and special deals/discounts, I'll pay the $20 a year.

An ala carte Netflix type deal for the old games was exactly what I wanted.

Cloud saves, discounts, online NES games.. seems alright.
I can't be the ONLY one who's disappointed by ONLY NES games so far.. right? Literally any other Nintendo console is better...

Reminder for the games, they said they are adding more, so who's to say it won't add SNES or gameboy, or whichever super old platform there is?

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So I will definitely have to spring for the family plan. Hopefully SNES games are added down the line. The continued reliance on the smartphone app is disappointing as well. Honestly not really excited from the details shared but at least there is cloud saves.

Would've liked to have seen an OS level party system announced (and/or some kind of DM feature) - and I'm not greatly enthused that they're sticking with the phone app as their voice chat solution...but it's pretty cool to have a selection of 20 NES games right off the bat (with added multiplayer, no less) - and cloud saves are most welcome (particularly as there's currently no alternative)

Overall, I'm happy enough with that - you can have some more of my money, Nintendo! (..or some of my Gold Points if you'll let me use 'em as part-payment! )

@darkfenrir Oh I definitely think they'll add more systems in due time. Probably no GameCube though. Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and SNES games are prime candidates though. N64 and GBA are maybes.

@IceClimbers Yeah- it's just that I see SO MANY people being angry over only NES games.

Like jeezus, you want 40 games immediately and nothing extra for next year I guess maybe??

This definitely looks good, for only $20 it's very decent. However, I'm disappointed that it's only NES games as of now. I was really hoping that this service would give me the opportunity to play the best SNES games, like ALttP, Super Metroid, and FF6, on the go. But I'm sure that they'll be added later. It'll just be a disappointing wait.

the $35 a year doesn't have to be on the same switch

@darkfenrir I think it's partially because the service is only just launching in September, well over a year after the system's launch.

@IceClimbers I mean... it's free until then too.

Then again idk, I guess I'm just far more patient than most people since I'm not primarily online gamers too.

@TheLZdragon Yup. Starting on the 15th you can invite friends to a "family group". For that $35 a year it covers the up to 8 accounts, even if they're on different systems.

@TheLZdragon This is where I'm confused. Is it $20 per Switch system and if you have more then one system you have to spend the $35?

@Spoony_Tech No. It's $20 for one Nintendo Account. The $35 is for multiple Nintendo Accounts.

If you have 8 accounts to go through, it's $4,285 a year. Lol.

I'm not really playing anything online right now, but $20 for cloud saves? Sold. Anything else is gravy.

Hopefully the deals you get when subscribed to are worth it.