Nintendo Switch Online

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Nintendo Switch Online

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Basic data

developer Nintendo
Publishing year 19th September 2018
operating system Nintendo Switch operating system
category Online service
License EULA
German speaking Yes
[1]

Nintendo Switch Online is a paid online service from Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch that provides various functions for the console .

history

On September 19, 2018, Nintendo's first paid online service called "Nintendo Switch Online" was officially launched. It is the successor to the free Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection . The start of the service was planned for the end of 2017, but was later postponed to 2018. In Nintendo Direct on May 15, 2019, Nintendo presented a new exclusive offer for members of the Nintendo Switch online service: Two AAAs can now be obtained with so-called game coupons, which can be downloaded for 99 euros from the Nintendo eShop -Download games. As of May 2019, 25 titles are taking part in this campaign.

User numbers

In an annual report, Nintendo announced that as of February 2019 there are over 8 million subscribers to the Nintendo Switch online service. This does not include users of the free 7-day trial version. As of April 2019, around 9.8 million Nintendo Switch users had a subscription to the service. The service reached 10 million users in July 2019 and over 15 million in January 2020.

Functions

Features for members of the online service are:

  • Unlock online multiplayer modes in games that support them
  • Voice chat via the Nintendo Switch Online app for Android and iOS
  • two applications that can be downloaded free of charge from Nintendo eShop , each with a library of classic NES and SNES games that is expanded every month (see list of Nintendo Switch online games )
  • a cloud storage option to save your game data (some games are not supported)
  • exclusive offers, for example the NES controllers available separately exclusively for members

Functions such as the Nintendo eShop, software updates, the share function, the friends list, viewing high scores on online rankings, certain game modes in games and some free-to-play games can also be used without a Nintendo Switch Online membership .

criticism

The Voice App, which is part of the Nintendo Switch online service, has been criticized by the press because it is only compatible with a few games. In addition, it is unnecessarily complicated that players are forced to keep their smartphones close by and switched on while playing.

It has been criticized that, unlike the paid online services from PlayStation and Xbox, PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live , subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online do not have access to games of the current generation of consoles, but only to NES and SNES games.

The NES controllers are too expensive for what they offer.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Nintendo Switch Online: Subscription & costs explained. September 13, 2019, accessed February 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Cameron Faulkner: Nintendo Switch Online is live - here's how to join. September 18, 2018, accessed February 26, 2020 .
  3. ^ Nintendo Is Launching a New Online Service for the Switch. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Nintendo Switch online service pushed back to 2018. Retrieved on February 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Nintendo Switch Online - New promotion: With the game coupons, you can get Nintendo Switch games at a reduced price in pairs. May 16, 2019, accessed May 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Nintendo Switch Online: More than eight million paying subscribers - 4Players.de. Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Nintendo Life: 9.8 Million Switch Owners Have Signed Up To The Online Service And 2.8 Million Have Played Tetris 99. April 26, 2019, accessed September 14, 2019 (UK English).
  8. ↑ Wesley Yin-Poole: Nintendo Switch Online now has 10 million subscribers. In: Eurogamer. July 6, 2019, accessed February 27, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Nintendo Switch Online tops 15 million subscribers. January 31, 2020, accessed February 27, 2020 (UK English).
  10. ↑ Nintendo Switch: Voice Chat - the feature & compatible games. In: Featured. September 4, 2019, accessed February 26, 2020 .
  11. ↑ a b Critic: Nintendo Switch Online is a "rip-off" - derStandard.de. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  12. ↑ a b Little praise and a lot of criticism for Nintendo Switch Online. In: NMag. September 23, 2018, accessed February 26, 2020 .