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Nintendo confirms you will have to pay to use the Switch 2's C button
(www.polygon.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
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It's just waiting to be accidentally hit at an important moment, which will essentially pop up an ad.
There's a lot of arguments to be made against Nintendo, but worrying about the cost of a physical button on a several hundred dollar piece of hardware isn't it.
It probably costs under $1 worth of material to make the button. Just like on the remotes.
I'm not buying one, but not because of a button.
Was there this much of a fuss around PlayStation's "Share" button?
The share button doesn't require a subscription. It captures footage and stores it locally for you to freely do whatever you want with.
Smart TVs have to pay homage to the sponsors. Without Amazon Prime, Netflix and Google investments we wouldn't be able to afford smart TV.
Fine, fuck all that garbage, sell me a dumb tv, and if I want the junk, ill buy a Shield, or a roku or whatever
Fuck "smart" TVs
Fwiw, I ain't mad at you, please don't take it that way. I just curse a lot
Oh no.... we'd pay an extra $100 for tvs and not have spyware.
Yeah, it's not about a hundred or another. It's more like it would cost double. Not sure ppl understood my point here. I don't have a smart TV myself precisely because of these mandatory sponsors and how they collect user data.
Why is adding a button a problem for those who don’t want to pay for it? It’s not like the button is in the way or used in any game for anything else… why do we have to complain about a harmless button that isn’t even branded??
Because it adds cost to the console. If I paid for it, then it's my button, not theirs. You can remap those dumb tv remote buttons.
Don’t pay for it then. In fact giving any of your money to Nintendo is just another way of you saying you’re OK with the bullshit they are pulling, and they are just going to lean into that knowing you’re willing to put up with it.
I feel sorry for absolutely no one buying into this shit show.
Because it's dumb?