...this might be cliche, but now how much would you pay?
It's not just going to be WinBack and M.U.S.H.A. in the Expansion Pack for Nintendo Switch Online.
During the Animal Crossing: New Horizons presentation, it was announced that the Expansion Pack would grant access to the "Happy Home Paradise" DLC. This would be included along with the previously announced Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis libraries.
The pricing for the Expansion Pack with included Nintendo Switch Online was also revealed to be $49.99 US for an individual plan or $79.99 for a family plan, and it will be available October 25. No other information was provided for other DLC offers.
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Yeah no. I'm not paying an extra $30 a year for a bunch of random N64 & Genesis ROMs for games I probably already own.
The balls on this fucking company sometimes. Jeez....
The balls on this fucking company sometimes. Jeez....
Yeah, because $4 a month for online service and hundreds of free games to play is a terrible deal. :rolleyes:
Has Nintendo confirmed if other paid DLC would be coming to NSO? The video made it sound like Animal Crossing was specifically included in the "+ Expansion Pack".
My biggest issue with that, even if they do include future DLC, is that I don't think Nintendo does nearly enough to DLC to justify the extra $30. I'd imagine Smash Bros would be exempt because of 3rd Party licensing issues, and Pokemon would be exempt because it's Pokemon. That doesn't leave a lot of titles that Nintendo puts out paid DLC for. On Switch, there's been BotW, Luigi's Mansion 3, Splatoon 2, FE Three Houses, and Age of Calamity. I may be forgetting some things but for that money, I wouldn't really feel like I'm getting my money's worth unless there was DLC for a game I was particularly interested in.
Has Nintendo confirmed if other paid DLC would be coming to NSO? The video made it sound like Animal Crossing was specifically included in the "+ Expansion Pack".
My biggest issue with that, even if they do include future DLC, is that I don't think Nintendo does nearly enough to DLC to justify the extra $30. I'd imagine Smash Bros would be exempt because of 3rd Party licensing issues, and Pokemon would be exempt because it's Pokemon. That doesn't leave a lot of titles that Nintendo puts out paid DLC for. On Switch, there's been BotW, Luigi's Mansion 3, Splatoon 2, FE Three Houses, and Age of Calamity. I may be forgetting some things but for that money, I wouldn't really feel like I'm getting my money's worth unless there was DLC for a game I was particularly interested in.
You forgot Xenoblade 2 (though in that case, you're pretty much buying an entire other game with that expansion DLC), but yeah. I have absolutely no interest in Animal Crossing, so that "expansion" DLC is completely worthless to me.
Pure bonkers.
The balls on this fucking company sometimes. Jeez....
Yeah, because $4 a month for online service and hundreds of free games to play is a terrible deal. :rolleyes:
If they plan to add things like more systems or DLC in the future then I think they should be more forthcoming about their plans. As it sits, it doesn't seem like a good value.It isn't and even if Nintendo was more forthcoming, the Expansion Pack still wouldn't be a good value at launch. There isn't even an incentive like Disney+ in which you can get special pricing for being an early adopter (albeit with a three year commitment).
Per Emily Rogers (https://twitter.com/EmilyRogersBlog/status/1449039107636740105?s=20), "Licensing costs are likely main culprit behind NSO expansion's bold price. I heard Sega were paid very, very well."If this is indeed true, it makes me wonder even more why Nintendo chose to offer Genesis games (many which are already widely available) instead of another one of their own systems like Game Boy.
I have a question. Suppose I get the expansion pack for a year and then let it lapse. Do I still have access to the AC DLC?