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Xelyx wrote: Out of curiosity, how much for Toy Commander and Crazy Taxi?
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Switch Online will be 2000-3000yen - so $25 USD a year.
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Interesting. That's significantly cheaper than XBL/PS Plus. It would also explain why Nintendo's not just giving games away, potentially.
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If that does in the end translate say to $25-30 a year for the US market it does make sense only having the monthly ROM rental from the VC and not giving away $5-15 games (many) a month like PS+ does. I think it's entirely forgivable to charge 1/2 the price if you get still a robust service with minimal give aways.
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And yet still more expensive that playing on Steam.
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MrPopo wrote:And yet still more expensive that playing on Steam.
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Well, they don't give the games away on those either, per se, since other than the Games with Gold on 360 they're all tied to maintaining the account.

Arguably, the lower price could also be to compensate for needing a mobile device in addition to the Switch itself.
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isiolia wrote: Arguably, the lower price could also be to compensate for needing a mobile device in addition to the Switch itself.
I think this is going to screw them in the ass so hard :P. It's an added step in setting up the thing and if your like me and don't really use a smart phone it means online is going to be pretty much crippled.
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People forget that the virtual console game you get will have online multiplayer. A feature that I am personally amped for.
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I personally don't mind the use of the smartphone for matchmaking and voice chat, but it's definitely a terrible design choice and business move.
BogusMeatFactory wrote: People forget that the virtual console game you get will have online multiplayer. A feature that I am personally amped for.
Dude, same. I know it's got a million and a half versions with online multiplayer, but I really hope that Tetris gets a VC release with online play. That would be freaking amazing.
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