Jack from SwitchEra writes: "A long, long time ago in a generation almost near forgotten, Microsoft decided to implement a paid subscription service for the Xbox titled Xbox Live. It was met with trepidation and anger. The PC offered online play for free and even the doomed Dreamcast had a fairly robust free online system for its time. Fast forward 16 years and we see Nintendo are soon to follow suit and get in on the money pie that is the online subscription service."
Balatro has proven popular since it launched in February, and has taken no time at all to reach a huge milestone for any indie game.
"The Gateshead-based (the UK) indie games publisher Coatsink and Canada-based indie games developer Bunnyhug, are today very happy and proud to announce that their fishing RPG “Moonglow Bay”, is coming to Playstation (PS5 and PS4) and the Nintendo Switch via digital stores on April 11th, 2024" - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection does the bare minimum for two multiplayer classics, at a price point too steep to justify.
“even the doomed Dreamcast had a fairly robust free online system for its time.”
That doesn’t mean Sega planned to keep SegaNet free. It was only initially free with a subscription service coming later.
I still don’t have much faith in this service. Nintendo has a habit of making boneheaded decisions with online gaming, and now they’re making you pay for it