Not trying to debate or anything, just throwing in my 2 cents, but I think the main problem i how Nintendo
s network works. For example Playstation and Xbox have servers to run so you can connect to others to play online, hence why they need the money. But nintendo, the system connects players via your own internet connection. So in other words, Nintendo is charging you to use your own internet to play games online, and not to pay for servers. Yes, it is not much, but still that seems a lil messed up.

Well, perhaps with this paid subscription, they'll be able to implement servers?

maybe but it was never said, so chances are probably not which would mean they get $20 a person for doing nothing, and thats a big reason why everyones ticked. the other big reason is with how they handle Cloud storage. See some Nintendo games on Switch allow you to back up your ave Data through the cloud. SOME games, but its been said not all games will support that, and not just obscure indie games, it was said NOT even the Pokemon let's go pikachu & evee does cloud back up. So imagine this: u spend 200+ hours cathcing all pokemon and suddenly your save dat gets erased some how, and you dont get a back up, which is a dumb thing to do, and from what I hear the same goes for the new animal crossing game on Switch. So to spend $20 to use your internet, and not even get complete cloud backups for every Switch game you buy seems like a tootal rip.

and this last bit is just my own personal opinion, but I am a nintendo fanboy for Pokemon and Kirby, but even I can't see nintendo as a 100% nice company because they've charged us $60 for friggin cardboard(aka the labo) soo if they'll charge us for cardboard I wouldnt put it past them to charge us an extra$20 just because they feel like making as much if not more than their 3 main competitors.

Again though this is just my 2 cents, I got nothing to complain about yet, I don't have a Switch but I'll get one at launch of the new pokemon game

Actually, you did make some good points. Especially the Labo stuff. I can see why some people might be interested in that but to most it'd be a waste. And your'e right about the Cloud storage. I have Splatoon 2 and it also has no cloud backup capabilities.

Maybe you're right, but I guess we'll see how it goes.

See everyone? You can discuss opposing views with someone without having to lash out at them and start an angry argument. XD

Lol XD yeah, I think 50-75% dont even know those details and they just freak out because others are freaking out

I have a Nintendo Switch, and I'm also among those that are disappointed with the online stuff. See, it isn't the price everyone is mad about. It's the principle of Nintendo trying to charge us money for a service that delivers very, VERY much half baked features and essentially put what used to be free behind a pay wall and make games like Spla2n unplayable.

Many of Nintendo's games like Mario Kart 8 are peer-to-peer and don't have dedicated servers, which Nintendo can easily afford because they're a multi-billion dollar company. We are paying money to just connect to other people's internet.

Cloud Saves are for some reason optional for developers, and with Splatoon and Pokémon not being supported, that just adds insult to injury. Their stance on this is because they want to prevent cheating via changing files, but there are preventative ways to go about this, such as saving your online rank, well... Online. Your rating in Splatoon for example is locally stored. Not to mention, Nintendo has not so far told us about any sort of grace period for our cloud saves should we be unable/forget to renew our subscription, so in essence, if you've got things in life that are more important and you don't renew your service the day it's due, all of your hard work is tossed out the window.

The NES games are just being milked at this point. It's perfect if you love the classics, but emulators like Dolphin and even Virtual Console on previous hardware like Wii U and 3DS already HAD the games Nintendo is once again giving us when the Switch is more than capable of handling N64 and GC games. We've already seen enough releases of Ice Climbers and the OG Mario Bros across multiple consoles.

The Nintendo Online Chat App is something that should have already been integrated with the system itself. A good majority of the app itself is made obsolete by Discord and Skype.

As for special offers... Well, Nintendo just wasn't prepared at all. They had a year and a half to figure out at the very least what those special offers contained.

All in all, we just don't want to enable this behavior, and we don't want to spend money on something that should have already been improved upon since the two delays Nintendo has put out. I'd much rather pay $3 for an excellent tomato than pay 5¢ for a rotten tomato.

Yeah I'm starting to see what everyone is talking about who is unhappy with it. I guess I didn't realize exactly what the uproar was about.

And that's perfectly okay! We're both Nintendo fans and want to see Nintendo succeed and make some great games. They just have a lot of ways to go before the service becomes decent is all.

In the meantime, we just gotta speak with our wallets so Nintendo gets the idea.