So what happens if you aren’t a subscriber and press the C button? [...] “You would be able to find out about the NSO subscription there and get a sense of some of the functionality,” he said.

Oh that's awesome. Everybody loves when they accidentally press an in-game button that hijacks what you're doing and loads a store page. Now you have a physical button that does the same!

having a permanent ad on the controller is some real capitalist innovation lmao

Having to pay for basic online services for games you've already purchased for a current gen console is exploitative to begin with

And people will still pay for it and find a way to defend it

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Oh boy. Will this be the console that tops the Virtual Boy in lowest sales for a Nintendo console? Has the video game Antichrist made its appearance?

So hyped to get griefed by my console.

Is that the button that does online shit?

If they’re charging for online shit then the button that does online shit is t gonna work unless you paid to have online shit.

I don’t think online shit should be $40 a month like psn is but having a button that does online shit require that you have the online shit subscription to work is a nothingburger.

haha what the fuck

I hope modders crack this one open and do their best

Even Xbox doesn't require a subscription for voice chat. And why can't I just use Discord like I can everywhere else?

lmao looks like the Swtich will remain the only Nintendo console I've ever bought.

Not really that surprising that an online feature requires an online membership. As far as online memberships go $1.67 per month is negligible to most people.

It should be remappable if it has no use but Nintendo are weird like that.