Nintendo online serice will be $30 a YEAR or less.

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, GoodBytes said:

Sadly, emulators still lags behind.. Heck, SNES emulator are still not great. Some big title games still have issues on that system. Sure, you can boost the game graphics, but if you have performance issues, or graphical glitches, it ruins the game. Sure it might be excellent with some games, but not all.

 

2.8 inch screen on the pi looks sharp enough for me, the performance is good depending on the game.  

[AresKrieger]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

fans are not happy about it, from what I am reading. Some even says to not bother having anything.

Considering you can emulate said games on even the most basic of laptops, smartphones and tablets it really is rather pointless imo unless they allow you to keep the game, otherwise it feels like a marketing ploy to get you to buy retro games

 

I hope they reconsider but we'll see

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

I've got in i5/HD7750 build for emulation, and the emulators I use can run on a decent i5 laptop or low end desktop, with little setup, with multiplayer capability as well. So farm the Switch overall isn't for me unless they have a good selection of games that aren't just Pokémon.

 

honestly, i am just there for the first party like Mario cart and Zelda, also might go for splatoon other than that AAA games that will be ported to swich won't be worth getting for full price. 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, AresKrieger said:

Considering you can emulate said games on even the most basic of laptops, smartphones and tablets it really is rather pointless imo unless they allow you to keep the game, otherwise it feels like a marketing ploy to get you to buy retro games

 

I hope they reconsider but we'll see

 

that's the only way company like Nintendo will survive, no offense to fans but they have been doing the same thing feeding off of nostalgia. the NES classic is a ripoff in every way understocked so they would sell more. 

[Drak3]

2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Sadly, emulators still lags behind.. Heck, SNES emulator are still not great. Some big title games still have issues on that system. Sure, you can boost the game graphics, but if you have performance issues, or graphical glitches, it ruins he game.

Perhaps the cheap mimics sold in stores, but everything I've seen and done regarding Dolphin on any 'gaming' Windows machine, and boards like the Raspberry Pi, have been overwhelmingly positive experiences.

 

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

honestly, i am just there for the first party like Mario cart and Zelda, also might go for splatoon other than that AAA games that will be ported to swich won't be worth getting for full price. 

Fuck that. To me, current Nintendo First Party games are boring as all fuck, or rely on their stupid, half broken gimmicks. Unless they remake StarFox Adventures or make another RPG sequel to the StarFox IP, I only somewhat care about Pokémon at this point, and only due to some nostalgia.

[Demonking]

It should be free nobody should have to pay to play the other half of their disc content the already played $ for & that goes for PS+ & XBL Gold. 

[Syntaxvgm]

3 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I don't know why you guys are complaining about paid online to begin with.

 

In any case, not too bad.

it's the fucking principal and I blame Microsoft for making it a thing 100%. Sony was trying to keep up and I assume nintendo was as well. 

[GoodBytes]

1 hour ago, Drak3 said:

Perhaps the cheap mimics sold in stores, but everything I've seen and done regarding Dolphin on any 'gaming' Windows machine, and boards like the Raspberry Pi, have been overwhelmingly positive experiences..

Your standards are extremely low, or you have not used them.. especially Dolphin where the number of games running as the original can be counted by 1 hand, pretty much. You have their own wiki which shows the list of games that runs perfectly, and it is very thin, mostly with crap games.

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, GoodBytes said:

Your standards are extremely low, or you have not used them.. especially Dolphin where the number of games running as the original can be counted by 1 hand, pretty much. You have their own wiki which shows the list of games that runs perfectly, and it is very thin, mostly with crap games.

No, I don't hold the ridiculous standards that some other people hold on to. So far, every issue I've seen encountered is the result of trying to run settings too high for the hardware to handle, using the worse performing API available, or using a build that isn't 'stable.'

Even if the game doesn't run perfectly on Dolphin, the experience of virtualizing a good number of games on Nintendo's hardware has never been better.

[goodtofufriday]

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

fans are not happy about it, from what I am reading. Some even says to not bother having anything.

I can agree to not bother with the free game at that point. 

I get A LOT of free ps plus games that i play later on during slow release seasons. 

[GoodBytes]

36 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

How about cheaper games and no charge to play online? 

 

Oh wait the PC already does that. 

New games on PC on Steam are still $80 (Canadian). Switch games are $80 as well., Civ 6, despite being released a while ago, is still the original price. In fact, you can find on Amazon the game several times cheaper in the year. Steam is no longer as price aggressive as it used to be. It got its user base, now you wait for summer and winter sales and cross your finger that they are good games on specials, or you don't have already.

 

And why are you here? Aren't you having so much fun with your PC vast selection of games due specifically to their superior graphics, as you said in the other thread?

[That Norwegian Guy]

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Civ 6, despite being released a while ago, is still the original price.

Civ 6 was $35 on launch from GMG, which is not a grey market reseller but 100% legit partner seller.

 

There is always a deal somewhere, even when you avoid the grey market.

[suicidalfranco]

ahahah. no.

[LAwLz]

9 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Sadly, emulators still lags behind.. Heck, SNES emulator are still not great. Some big title games still have issues on that system. Sure, you can boost the game graphics, but if you have performance issues, or graphical glitches, it ruins the game. Sure it might be excellent with some games, but not all.

What emulators are you using? All games I've tried (not a SNES person, but I've played a ton of NES, N64 and Gamecube games emulated) has worked near perfectly.

 

I got a feeling you are just saying that because you are a Nintendo fanboy and don't want people using emulators.

 

 

Anyway, 30 dollars a year is about 30 dollars too much in my opinion. It's sad to see Nintendo going the greedy route of Microsoft and Sony.

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, LAwLz said:

What emulators are you using? All games I've tried (not a SNES person, but I've played a ton of NES, N64 and Gamecube games emulated) has worked near perfectly.

 

I got a feeling you are just saying that because you are a Nintendo fanboy and don't want people using emulators.

 

 

Anyway, 30 dollars a year is about 30 dollars too much in my opinion. It's sad to see Nintendo going the greedy route of Microsoft and Sony.

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-18-did-nintendo-download-a-mario-rom-and-sell-it-back-to-us

[sof006]

Thats actually a decent price I was expecting it to be the same price as Xbox LIVE and PSN.

[GoodBytes]

6 hours ago, LAwLz said:

What emulators are you using? All games I've tried (not a SNES person, but I've played a ton of NES, N64 and Gamecube games emulated) has worked near perfectly.

 

I got a feeling you are just saying that because you are a Nintendo fanboy and don't want people using emulators.

Hmm zSNES, Snes9x. I did try others as well, but don't recall. If you want an example, Snes9x can't play Yoshi's Island properly. And no, it isn't the only game. just an example that you can try, and highlighting that despite a popular game, emulators are still not there today. Gamecube/Wii, the list is on Dolphin emulator wiki page, so I don't need to provide examples, but if you want one absolutely. Let's look at GameCube launch game released on the system: Luigi's Mention. The game can't draw properly the mirror effect where Mario is held, as one of the several issues it has.

 

All these issues are normal. The only ones that can do an emulator right, is the console manufacture. They know how everything works on the back down to architecture details, so of course they can make an excellent emulator. There is no guess work.

 

Why would I not want people to use emulator? I use one myself. And yes, I do enjoy boosting graphics of games I enjoyed previously on the system. Just having AA is a HUGE step up. Heck, even today Nintendo doesn't have it on all it's games (ahem: Mario game on the Switch).

 

Anyway, my point is that there is a market for the Virtual Console Game market that Nintendo offering, especially that they are many that want the identical, 0 graphical boost, 0 performance boost experience.

[GoodBytes]

10 hours ago, That Norwegian Guy said:

Civ 6 was $35 on launch from GMG, which is not a grey market reseller but 100% legit partner seller.

 

There is always a deal somewhere, even when you avoid the grey market.

Nice. Huh....looks like consoles are coming there as well. I guess there will be deals there too.

Anyway, I am not doing PC vs Console discussion.. why do one? I have both!

 

My point is that doesn't mean that the game is on PC that it necessarily cheap, while it used to be like this, it is no longer the case, at least in Canada. And Steam, which many people praise too much, doesn't have necessarily the best deals/pricing either, you can find cheaper. I mentioned Amazon.ca as an example.