Eurogamer is reporting that if you are a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber and want to keep access to the free NES Games you’ll need to have your Nintendo Switch connected to the internet least every week. This enables you to guarantee access to them. This shouldn’t be a problem for most people who have signed up to play online, but of course it could pose a problem for a small few. Eurogamer also says that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One handle this completely differently and allow you to play offline as long as you like as long as your on your Home (default) system.
Your Nintendo Switch Needs To Be Connected To Internet At Least Every Week To Play The NES Games From Switch Online
This sounds like Xbox One back in the day. Not as sever as XB, but it’s close.
Actually it’s genius. It ensures the only people buying them will be those that are actually going to use them.
Scalpers are fucked lol.
Shit I thought this was the controller thread, lol.
lol, I was confused of what you were getting at.
Yeah, thought you had to talk about the controllers :P But on that note: it’s somewhat lame that they only(?) work with subscription games. Which means for whatever reason you quit/can’t use the subscription, those controllers becomes essential plastic. Need to keep paying to keep using them :P
Well, they don’t have the needed buttons for other games besides NES.
Is that 110% true? So no games on eShop could be run with A+B, D-Pad and L+R? And then again, it wouldn’t hurt if there was a way to keep some NES games without having too subscribe, so you always knew you could use those controllers.
Maybe. I was mostly thinking of the games I have.
Nintendo really doesn’t know how Modern Online Services work….
Yup, I think everyone can agree on that one.
They like to learn the hard way; it has been their stubborn philosophy for decades. They learned the hard way with the Vurtual Boy, The WiiU and now this time… they will learn the hard way with this Online service.
At least if nobody buys this, Nintendo will know what’s up and change it.
BUT it’s only 20 a year so everyone will buy it regardless probably
Maybe. But Nintendo isn’t offering much incentive to do so aside from “it’s cheap”.
Aside from holding Splatoon and Mario Tennis hostage, there won’t be any big online games ’til Smash in December.
I’m thinking (or at least hoping) a surprisingly large amount of people just pass on this service.
Honestly, I see it as the introduction phase. I bet, at some point, they add more content but put it behind like a Top Membership with this intro settling into basic membership.
Yeah, I’d say that would be a good idea. But, realistically, I don’t see it happening. $20 is cheap enough for most people to not care and Nintendo will probably see it as a success and never get rid of that smartphone app.
Sometimes Nintendo just seems so clueless. You have two of your biggest competitors nailing online, how can you not figure it out?
Nailing online? I spat out my drink…. Sony and Microsoft both have things to figure out still… Sony needs to stop being ANTI-CONSUMER and stop practicing protectionism.
Sure, nothing is perfect, but they are miles better than anything Nintendo is presenting. Microsoft especially has a fantastic online ecosystem, with easy to use party functionality.
I don’t know how their online system works but Nintendo forcing people to connect online every week for play NES games it’s stupid
Tell that to Nintendo, too. They got some anti-consumer practices going on on their end, too.
Okay, and that’s a problem, because… 🤔
again nailed it the switch is nline so where is the problem here my switch is wifi conected 90% of the time so how is this a issue
What if I go to a vacation and don’t bring my Switch for two weeks?
then you can connect again and play, you dont lose the games or forever, you just lose the ability to play them offline.
If you go on vacation just connect to the hotel wifi
Because what if I go into witness protection and can’t mak any new relationships in the town I relocate to and the only way I can deal with the crippling depression is to play some Dr Mario but I’m not allowed to connect my Switch to the intetnet
What if you don’t have internet for a week? Moving, outage, didn’t pay the bills, there are many reasons why you might suddenly not have internet for weeks or months.
Then you’re out of luck… Who really cares. If you don’t have internet you probably have some things going on in your life that requires your attention more than the internet…. You kids these days seem to forget high speed access isnt available everywhere.
The Switch is portable so just take it somewhere with with free wifi because nowadays most stores and restaurants have free wifi.
Entitled much?
That’s fanatics for you. They think we should just shut up, bow down, and take whatever trash our would-be masters try to shove down our throats. It’s best to ignore these idiots.
If you have power supply for your Switch, I’m pretty sure you’ll have access to wifi al least one time a week, or not?
It’s normal to stay always online because how you can play online NES games
It seems like there’s more and more bad news about this online subscription almost everyday and rarely any good. lol
Kinda stupid that they would not include this type of indepth info on the Direct…
Delayed the paid online service for another year and this is what we get: a half assed system. And the two defending this are incredibly fucking stupid. I guess they haven’t heard of outages that last for a week. Let me guess. You are gonna tell these people to travel to a town that doesn’t have an outage? What if the closest town not suffering an outage is hours away!?
You’re kind of stupid. I mean if you can’t live without internet and video games for a day then you’re better off, offing yourself now.
Grow up kid.
But it’s also stupid to be forced to stay online for play NES games. At this point make the access to the NES online when you are connected on Internet.
Telling someone to kill himself because he isn’t putting up with Nintendo’s shitty anti-consumer practices!? lol And you have the nerve to call me a kid that should grow up. That’s funny. Pathetic, but funny.
What I want to know, and what nobody seems to be saying directly if they know it is, “OR ELSE WHAT”?? What happens if I don’t connect in a week? Do they delete my account? Does the Switch explode? Do they erase the games? BY WHAT METHOD will they prevent me from playing the online games, cause how would not logging in for a week be different from logging in for the first time like a new user?
They won’t let you open the game when you try to open the games, until you connect to the Internet.
I think they will prevent you to access the games until you connect on internet. Buy if they will not allow anymore people to play NES games only because for a week they don’t connect it’s really stupid.
SWITCH IS CONECTED TO THE NET EVEN IN SLEEP MODE
Yes ok but if I don’t care to play online or I have to do more important things and I don’t have time to play or connect online on the Switch (because I always turn off the console after playing) I cannot play anymore the NES games?
So does this mean if you are offline then after a week then it doesnt work or does is mean that after a work without being connected to the internet that it wont work?
It won’t let you boot the game if not connected to the net after a week. It could be worse, they could have enforced a policy where you constantly need to be online, but they didn’t.
Now does anyone know if these NES games are downloadable or are they going to be on some cloud service? Don’t see that made clear anywhere…
Considering we have to log in within a week to retain access to the games, I’m leaning towards a cloud service.
that makes 0 sense, how would you lose access to it if you are unable to access them in the first place, due to you being offline.
Man I hope not… if so it screws up the only positive thing about the online service to me..
It’s likely not a cloud service…. Nintendo has not had any of their games on cloud. Sony has the same checks and balances on their PS+ games… It’s just a constant expiring timer. It’s not rocket science. Hello McFly!? Think!
You’ll have the game on the device, but to run it you’ll need to connect to the net once a week. Otherwise it won’t boot.
Hope that’s the case cuz playing cloud based games is no bueno…
Well since they are playable offline for 7 days, they are not streamed.
Overreactions to a non-problem.
1. you dont lose the service if you dont log in for a week, you only lose the ability to play the service games (the NES games that are part of the service atm) in OFFLINE mode.
2. its standard practice for subscription based systems and services.
Omg it gets worse and worse lol
I feel like the games will be cached when offline and once 7 days are up it will warn you when offline. thats my theory.
This very smart of them actually. The REASON they are doing this is because they have the 7 day free trial, where people would be downloading nes games and never paying for online or buying a short subscription then never pay for online again. This insures people who have paid online on a weekly basis.
I think I get what’s going on. They’re letting us play all of these games for free. You’re not purchasing them, they’re just a bonus. So, by withdrawing your opportunity you can’t just dl the games you want and then never come back. Like others said itt, the switch stays connected to the net even if it’s in sleep mode.
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