Nintendo President: Switch Online to Expand With New Services and Content - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 4 days ago / 5,126 Views
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa speaking in a call to investors translated by VideoGamesChronicle discussed Nintendo Switch Online and says they plan to expand it with new services and content.
"The total subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online has not been updated from the 32 million subscribers we disclosed last September, but it is gradually increasing as the sales of Nintendo Switches increases," said Furukawa.
"Of course, there are customers who allow their subscribership to expire, and then they don’t renew, so we believe it is important to continue releasing software that allows players to continue enjoying, not only online play, but also enhances their overall experience.
"We will continue to expand our services and create new content for our customers throughout this year."
It has been rumored Nintendo plans to add Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulators to Nintendo Online.
A leak reports Nintendo has been testing the emulators and they are called Hiyoko for the Game Boy/Game Boy Color and Sloop for the Game Boy Advance. The leaks makes it look like the emulators were developed by Nintendo's Europe R&D team.
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Just bring gamecube games
Nah, saving that and Wii for switch 2.
they have a working emulator that runs 3d all stars so they could
They could. I just don't think they will. That'll be the hook to upgrade to the new system in a few years.
Bad news.
I'm all for new features, but they shouldn't require a subscription! Either make them free, or if it's something like game emulation have it as a one time fee. None of this monthly payment rubbish.
Of course they will. Slooooowly.
By the time most of the world is underwater it seems.
my suggestion would be to bring all the old games (gamecube,wii,wiiu,ds,3ds,etc.) for that I would also pay 60€/63$ per month
That would be tits. But probably too much of a premium given Nintendo’s MO of being targeting low rates. More likely it’ll be a much slower rollout without much to any big price expansions beyond phasing out old contracts to keep up with inflation rates. Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea (personally speaking).
Yeah. Probably meant to say per year.
Just keep gradually filling out the current systems libraries, and add GB and GBA next year. And keep adding the occasional DLC to the service. Every once in a while add more free new games like Tetris 99 and Pacman 99 (they should bring back Mario 35 since it is already created and they just worthlessly took it off the service). By the time Switch 2 comes out in 2-3 years the NES/SNES/Genesis/N64/GB/GBA libraries will be pretty much fully built out, and then they can add GC library during Switch 2 lifecycle.
Having all 3 Game Boy systems would be fantastic for sure, but I really want to see Nintendo improve their online service in general, which is what I'm hoping Furukawa is referring to by "continue to expand our services"
It still blows my mind that Monster Hunter Rise and Pokémon Legends: Arceus are the only games that utilize Nintendo's new online infrastructure, NPLN. No idea what online functionality Arceus uses, but you never hear complaints of Monster Hunter Rise's online play. Even Switch Sports is using Nintendo's ancient system, NEX. I really hope Nintendo does a massive migration to their new online system soon so we can finally have good online play.
But the question is will that content be adequate? For the most part it hasn't been. -_-
Welcome back captain, hope you are feeling better
Let's not discuss that.
