god dammit nintendo why are you switching to paid online i thought you were better than this
Playstation is Paid Online.
Xbox is Paid Online.
SOMEONE has to pay for the server bandwidth.
Someone has to pay for the content.
Someone has to pay for the continued matienance.
Complaining about these online services being paid is like complaining that Jim's Mowing costs you $20 a pop
Rockstar and Valve are able to get around it by using a P2P/Dedicated Server Model and making HELLA cash off of all of the microtransactions.
Hell, Valve takes a percentage cut from every single sale through their service.
Both EA and Ubisoft sell DLC and have their own marketplaces so they too can cover server costs.
It's such an immature perspective to just anticipate that things should "just work" because that's how they used to be, especially when there was actually a lot of complexity behind the scenes.
I'm so loving tired of handicaps crying about the prices of things increasing because they aren't intelligent enough to factor in things like inflation, minimum wage or just the general cost of services that console manufacturers rely on being raised.
I've not seen a single valid criticism towards the Switch yet. It's absolutely incredible how people will just find any reason to bitch and moan. Guess it's going to be tough titties for you when I'm enjoying Legend of Zelda on my 6.2-inch screen on the way to/from work and you'll be stuck with the pathetic line up on the old 3DS.
