Summary
- Nintendo has confirmed that you'll need to have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription if you want to use the Switch 2's C button and open Game Chat.
- Without the subscription, the button is essentially useless, and will only let you "find out about the NSO subscription" there.
- When asked why Nintendo is charging for the feature, it says that Game Chat and Nintendo Switch Online are "part of the overall platform experience".
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch 2's big reveal has been a bit of a disaster so far, with the conversation surrounding the system 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:all about how pricey it is, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:how expensive the games are, and why t൩he heck Nintendo Switch 2: Welcome Tour costs actual money, despite not being a game and when 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Astro's Playroom came free with every PS5.
I Was On Board With The Nintendo Switch 2 Discord Knock-Off Until The V♚ery Last Reveal 🔴
Paying for parties? I'll stick with Discord.
It seems like Nintendo can't do anything right with the Switch 2 at the moment, and n🐼ow it's very proud Game Chat feature is in the spotlight. Nintendo gave us a basic demonstration of Game Chat during the big Direct, revealing that it kinds almost exactly like Discord, allowing you to chat with your friends and stream your games t𒈔o them directly.
Nintendo is so proud of the feature that it even included a little C button right on your Joy-Con (whiඣch was a poinꦉt of excited speculation before the reveal) so you can ju♊mp into Game Chat whenever you like. Unfortunately, it also tried to bury the fact that this Game Chat feature will actually require a Nintജendo Switch Online subscription once the free trial period ends on March 31, 2026.
Nintendo Confirms You'll Have To Pay To Press The C Button
That means that when March 31 rolls around next year, there will be a b♛utton on your Joy-Cons that is functionally useless, unless you're willing to pay for a subscription. Say what ♈you want about PlayStation and Xbox - at least I can push all the buttons on my controllers without having to pay an additional fee.
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, on that very same topic. Trinen exp✃lains 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.
When asked exactly why Nintendo is asking users to cough up cash for a paid version of Discord, Trinen explains it's because Game Chat itself is "part of the overall platform experience", and that Nintendo Switch Online is also "a critical piece of the Nintendo Switch 2 experience." Hey, at least we're ge🧸tting GameCub♊e games at the same time, right?
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- Nintendo
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- 256GB internal / MicroSD ♒ ꦆ
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