The Nintendo Switch Online Prices For Those Playing Down Under Are Finally In

As someone who lives in Australia, I'd say these prices are very reasonable. The American yearly price of $20 USD goes to about $25 AUD, so it's not perfect, but it's nice to see they haven't spiked up the prices too much.

So, if these prices translate correctly, then that would make a 12 month subscription 19.11 Euros/23.73 US Dollars at the current exchange rate. They'll probably round them off at 20 Euros/24 US Dollars. Decent prices, certainly. Although I'm all but sure that some will still find reasons to complain about it in some way, shape or form...

You little rippa! Those prices are fair dinkum!

@ThanosReXXX we're talking about Nintendo and online services, complaints are inevitable. Then again, so are complaints about everything on the Internet.

Kiwi here, the prices are pretty reasonable. I just hope that they are for good reason.

@ThanosReXXX I could open up the discussion of how we got here in the first place, but we're well beyond the point of return in that regard.

So, at least, it's affordable.

It's nice and cheap but I hope the service they bring to us is good and not cheap

I mean, free would be even better but these prices aren't terrible! I can handle this.

It still makes me sad that the 'anyone can jump in' nature of games like Splatoon and Mario Kart will be coming to an end.

No matter how low the price of entry, it's still another wall between the player and the experience. There's something very Nintendo about being able to immediately jump into a world of players and get splatting or racing as soon as you'd picked up the game.

Yes, everyone else in the industry charges - and charges significantly more - but that has made Nintendo the shining exception right back since days of Mario Kart DS and Metroid Prime Hunters.

Unless the online service comes with some significant new perks, I can't help but feel a bit glum that this era of open online is ending. : (

do you still have to use a smartphone to get basic communication options (voice chat)?

@IronMan28 Why? Because certain individuals think that Nintendo's efforts on this front should remain free of costs? It's no more than fair to ask a certain fee for professional online services, which in return also gives people an ACTUAL reason to complain if these services aren't guaranteed or up to snuff.

@MFD How we got here? You mean because of the other two companies also charging for online?

All I'm concerned with is that it was going to be affordable, and it is. That's a good thing, and it would be nice if people could just leave it at that, but like I said before, some will still find something to moan about. For the record: not pointing a finger at you.

@Maxz

I'm hoping Nintendo does something like including a free 30-day trial of online play with new games that they want to have a big online community. I'm not sure if Sony or Microsoft do anything like that now. It would encourage newcomers to games like Splatoon by not requiring an additional fee right out of the gate.

@ThanosReXXX Aye, that I do. That boulders' gone rolling for too long to stop now.

I just hope that Nintendo's overall offer is worth it. Now this is just my thinking, but I'd rather have the option to just pay for solely online.

EDIT: As for the up to snuff part, doesn't PSN and Xbox Live have their fair share of usual issues, and yet people pay for that, and even say it's great anyway? I'm sure Nintendo can mess around quite a bit with no whining here

PS Plus is better, with free games every month.

It might also be 30 baht in Thailand for one year then... I mean they literally convert the prices into any valuta. Thats quite strange. The values are sk different...

I'm one of the 0.000001% that hates online gaming so it won't bother me whatever they decide on any fee for this service. 😊

@ThanosReXXX many people on the internet (incorrectly) perceive Nintendo's online services to be lacking. Since they think Nintendo can't do Online "right," then they complain before the service has even fully rolled out. Not saying I agree with them, but that's pretty much it.

@IronMan28 Ah yes, that could certainly be a "valid" complaint as well. Forgot all about that one, so thanks for reminding me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going back to thinking the price is more than reasonable again...

@ThanosReXXX it's a totally reasonable price, but people will complain regardless. Don't listen to the trolls, is more what I was getting at...

@fiben1002 Don't know about Sony but Microsoft still has things in place. Like there's this "Free play days" thing where anyone can play certain games for free including online on 4 days (beginning of Thursday to the end of Sunday) even if they're not on the paid XBL subscription (the last one was NBA 2K18, Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege which ended yesterday).

I think the initial 1 month Gold trial still exists when you sign up for an account and physical copies of certain XB1 games still have Gold trials. Also retailer deals exist where buying certain games give you free Gold subscriptions (e.g. buying Halo Wars 2 last year gave a free 3 month subscription).

I doubt Nintendo will go to those limits but rather do something like lock VC away from non-online subscribers.

@IronMan28 Duly noted, but not to worry: I already suspected as much.

@Nincompoop I like how nothing except the price and one or two other very small tidbits of info are out and you immediately declare PS Plus as the superior service. Like lol. Wait for some data to come out, then you can go the elitist route. You jumped the gun unfortunately.

That's good for the Aussies. Now we wait for the info..

Well, it's time to go back to Splatoon on Wii U I guess.

Still too expensive.
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wow switch is for the rich well cause i won't buy it cause i don't feel like forfieting food and shelter for supporting overpriced cash black hole.

Waiting for the prices in South América...

@Kiyata solo and local gaming is the way to go. So I'm with u on that one.

It's a reasonable price on face value, if it's worth my time. If the online features suck I won't be parting with $30.

I don't bother paying for PS+ and I'm not sure how much I care to pay for this. I guess it will depend on what online games there are and how many classic games get released as part of the subscription. Then again, the free PS+ plus games never tempted me, even when they're newish games.

I have no issue with the price or the idea of paid online. But I think it is pretty absurd that we don't have more details about what the service will entail.

It's also pretty crazy to me, as someone who was lucky enough to get the Switch at launch, that we are getting this service a full year after it was originally promised...

Um, I'm pretty sure we knew these prices in like June/July last year

Why are you reporting on eight month old news?

Cheaper than I expected. They can definitely have my buckaroos!

@Nincompoop LMAO, Thanks, I needed a good laugh !

@MFD Ah, I only now saw your edit...

My answer to that is that I personally have no experience with PSN, seeing as I have no Playstation, but I do have friends that have them, and of course I've also heard about all the crap that Sony gamers had to go through, with online, and credit card problems and what not, so that doesn't sound too good to me.

Besides my Nintendo consoles, I do have the Xbox 360 and One S, though, and besides not being able to connect a small handful of times back in the day on the 360, I never had any major problems with their online service, so no complaints here.

And I buy my subscriptions online. Never paid more than €40/$44 for a 12 month period, and paying only 3,6 bucks a month for the best console-based online service that's currently available, seems more than reasonable to me.

And Nintendo's is going to be twice as cheap, so that's even more of a bargain. Although they probably won't be handing out free triple A games every month, like on the Xbox, but still...

Here's hoping that the service is going to be at least as good, but knowing that DeNA is behind it, is already kind of reassuring, if you see what they've already done so far in that respect; in their own region, they are a pretty big name in mobile online and online MMORPG, so they've got more than enough experience to assist Nintendo with that.