The one thing that's pretty shitty about Nintendo's online service is that they've put backing up saves behind a paywall.
Switch Online Service.
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Hmm. Uh huh. Yeah? Oh, I see. Hmmm...
So, a quick run down:
* I don't get to keep any of the 'free' games they're 'giving' me.
* The plan doesn't seem to include any real, meaningful community features.
* The Virtual Console is dead.
* I'll still have to rely on those fucking Friend Codes.
* No way to directly message friends, or even interact in any meaningful way.
* I'll still have to use that bafflingly stupid mobile app bullshit to get any sort of voice chat going in online games.
* I have to pay $20 for this shit.
So, a quick run down:
* I don't get to keep any of the 'free' games they're 'giving' me.
* The plan doesn't seem to include any real, meaningful community features.
* The Virtual Console is dead.
* I'll still have to rely on those fucking Friend Codes.
* No way to directly message friends, or even interact in any meaningful way.
* I'll still have to use that bafflingly stupid mobile app bullshit to get any sort of voice chat going in online games.
* I have to pay $20 for this shit.
Don't forget they're putting back-up saves behind paywalls.Vigormortis said:Hmm. Uh huh. Yeah? Oh, I see. Hmmm...
So, a quick run down:
* I don't get to keep any of the 'free' games they're 'giving' me.
* The plan doesn't seem to include any real, meaningful community features.
* The Virtual Console is dead.
* I'll still have to rely on those fucking Friend Codes.
* No way to directly message friends, or even interact in any meaningful way.
* I'll still have to use that bafflingly stupid mobile app bullshit to get any sort of voice chat going in online games.
* I have to pay $20 for this shit.
yeah but only if you pay the online fee n the first place. those games aren't free at all.Mothro said:
i'd rather completely have free online play than free old games like i still get with Wii U.
Xbox isn't letting you keep the games with gold on Xbox One anymore at all and the subsription costs nearly triple what Nintendo Switch's online does.
Alright then, bye Felicia. Just don't loiter in the lobby yelling.Vigormortis said:Hmm. Uh huh. Yeah? Oh, I see. Hmmm...
So, a quick run down:
* I don't get to keep any of the 'free' games they're 'giving' me.
* The plan doesn't seem to include any real, meaningful community features.
* The Virtual Console is dead.
* I'll still have to rely on those fucking Friend Codes.
* No way to directly message friends, or even interact in any meaningful way.
* I'll still have to use that bafflingly stupid mobile app bullshit to get any sort of voice chat going in online games.
* I have to pay $20 for this shit.
According to the web page for "Games with Gold" they let you keep them...just not play them. Which kind of defeats the purposeYoshi178 said:
with 360 games with gold you get to keep them if you stop paying for xbox live. with Xbox One, you only keep them if you keep paying for the Xbox Live gold subscription or buy the game outright.Aiddon said:Alright then, bye Felicia. Just don't loiter in the lobby yelling.Vigormortis said:Hmm. Uh huh. Yeah? Oh, I see. Hmmm...
So, a quick run down:
* I don't get to keep any of the 'free' games they're 'giving' me.
* The plan doesn't seem to include any real, meaningful community features.
* The Virtual Console is dead.
* I'll still have to rely on those fucking Friend Codes.
* No way to directly message friends, or even interact in any meaningful way.
* I'll still have to use that bafflingly stupid mobile app bullshit to get any sort of voice chat going in online games.
* I have to pay $20 for this shit.
According to the web page for "Games with Gold" they let you keep them...just not play them. Which kind of defeats the purposeYoshi178 said:
Pretty sure it works like PS+ does. You get to keep the redeemed Xbox One games but you can't play them while you are not subscribed. That means that when you resubscribe, the games be available to you again. The 360 games are yours even after you unsubscribe.
That's just his default with-us-or-against-us reply to anybody who criticizes Nintendo. "Something something your beloved Sony". Throws in a lol or kek because how else do you end a sentence?Vigormortis said:
On topic:
Not the best reception, the announcement.
which is funny because it's only not ok when Nintendo something like this according to you and most other people on this forum.Vigormortis said:
everyone is content with Sony and Microsoft charging the player for online and has been for over a decade now. Nintendo gets in on it though? "HOW DARE THEY!"
you don't need to say it. your actions speak louder than words. you'll give Nintendo crap for doing it but not once have i ever seen you shit on Microsoft and Sony when they've been charging customers out the ass for more than a decade now.Vigormortis said:
it's only not ok when Nintendo does it.
alot like how your default is to never directly reply to me, nah, you'd just rather comment about me and insult me through badmouthing me to someone else who actually is talking to me.Johnny Novgorod said:
you've always had a problem with me but you've never actually spoken to me directly have you? if i pm you would that help you get things off your chest and sort your issues with me? i mean you've been doing this for years now. you seem to hate me alot for some strange unexplained reasons lol
or do you not have the guts to ever consider doing that?
For fuck's sake, dude. When have I ever said that? At what point, in my entire history of being on this forum, have I said it's 'okay' for Sony or Microsoft or anyone to charge to play online?Yoshi178 said:
Where? No, seriously, where? Point me to the post(s) that say, quote, "It's okay for Sony/Microsoft/whoever to do this thing but it's bad for Nintendo to do it!"
You constantly make this claim, but I'm yet to see a single comment that says anything even remotely close to that. So please, provide a link to one of these infamous posts.
This is so demonstrably false I can't even begin...
Yes. That's clearly the issue people are bringing up. It's certainly not the:
* Lack of dedicated voice chat, save for the use of some bafflingly stupid mobile app bullshit.
* Lack of any community features AT ALL. uPlay, of all things, has more community features. AND IT'S FREE.
* Hard limits on save backups, of which are behind a paywall.
* No way to direct message other users.
* Still being forced into reliance on friend codes.
* The cancellation/removal of the Virtual Console.
* The lack of a dedicated lobby system.
And this isn't even touching on the lack of things like Twitch integration or other, modern features.
No. It's clearly just people bitching that Nintendo dared to join the online gaming thing. Yep. You nailed it.
Oh, I'm sorry. I was unaware that I had to actively go around, injecting myself into topics of conversation unrelated to Sony or Microsoft, and loudly proclaim my disdain for their paid online services, and that if I didn't I was clearly condoning their business practices. My mistake.
I've 'shit on' Live and PSN a lot in conversations on this forum. That I'm not sucking Nintendo's dick with unbridled praise does not mean I'm not critical of other companies who commit similar practices.
well that's pretty childish. how about actually providing some constructive criticism rather than just mindlessly bitching?Vigormortis said:
not really. i wasn't attacking them at all.Vigormortis said:
i'm just pointing out that if you're going to ******" at Nintendo for doing this, you may as well just go and ***** at Sony & MS for doing exactly the same thing, and they've encouraged Nintendo to do it in the first place since they've been doing it for years now.
i don't like paying for any of the online service's. but i'm not going to throw a tantrum about it either. i've actually been an Xbox live customer for years. i used to love playing Halo wars all the time on 360 online.
Okay, get back to the topic at hand and stop bickering. If there are anymore posts that continue to down this path of insults I will hand out infractions and this thread will be locked.
You have been warned.
You have been warned.
So, just so I'm clear, does this mean I'm not allowed to address any of the points Yoshi178 has brought up or accusations he's pointed at me? Because I have no intention on 'bickering' and no intention on resorting to similar petty insults, but would like to address his post, the contents therein, and tie them back to my original comments on Nintendo's online service. Yet, I feel that doing so, based on your comment, would net me a warning, even though I'm not the one insulting other posters.Fiz_The_Toaster said:
Which, if the case, seems incredibly unfair. That a fellow poster gets to throw out insults and baseless accusations, but I have to just shut up and take it.
:/