cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/35665810
Nintendo is so proud of the feature that it even included a little C button right on your Joy-Con (which was a point of excited speculation before the reveal) so you can jump into Game Chat whenever you like.
Unfortunately, it also tried to bury the fact that this Game Chat feature will actually require a Nintendo Switch Online subscription once the free trial period ends on March 31, 2026.
Now, you may be wondering what the button does if you don’t have a subscription? Thankfully, Nintendo’s vice president of player and product experience, Bill Trinen, was interviewed by Polygon on that very same topic. Trinen explains that the button will let you “find out about the NSO subscription there and get a sense of some of the functionality.” It’s basically a button that asks you to pay up.
It’s basically a button that asks you to pay up
We’ve gotten to the point where button functions are microtransactions…
This is why I emulate games and just use Linux
Why is this being spammed everywhere? It’s not news that Nintendo’s online service is paid. It’s been that way for a fucking decade.
It’s new that there is a physical button dedicated to a paywalled feature. I don’t think I can find any other example of this on a console
It’s still over a year old, so not new.
It’s not new, it was always there on the switch 2. You’re acting like the current year is 2024.