Nintendo Switch Online made nearly $1 billion in 2021
Nintendo Switch Online made nearly $1 billion in 2021
by Turbostrider27
39 Comments
Getupkid1284
Congrats…?
Bl4ckb100d
Nintendo now understands Microsoft
mrmivo
NSO has always felt somewhat mandatory to me because there is no other way to back up save files. This is the feature I got NSO for. I do use NSO for playing some games online (mostly Splatoon and Mario Kart) and I enjoy Tetris 99, but for the most part I pay for a feature that I feel should be baseline.
Compared to the new PS+ tiers and GamePass, I feel that NSO is the weakest subscription service among the three main consoles, but to be fair, it also costs less.
Here in Europe we still have NSO vouchers (I never understood why they were discontinued in the Americas), so as long as I buy a couple digital first party games per year the subscription pays for itself. This is definitely a stronger point, but it’s not offered in all regions equally.
jbuggydroid
Ok Nintendo now take that money and hire people who can build a better online system for you
Michael-the-Great
Nintendo gives a lot of info in their financial reports. If the info is coming from Microsoft, I would think that’s the only place Microsoft can get it’s info. See page 13 here:
It sounds like they’re basically saying all of the yellow section in the graph on page 13 is what they’re counting as the total.
Chillionaire-NW
Sad it sucks as a service
[deleted]
Rip virtual console, Rip any decent nes, snes, gba or ds collection bundle.
We’ve voted with our wallets, and we voted for garbage.
[deleted]
And that was just from me
LukeAnders0n
They’d make 2 billion if they could keep the goddamn N64 controller in stock
sportspadawan13
The online itself is still really iffy, but they do offer a crazy number of retro games. Technically, it is worth it for those compared to VC. It’s gradually improving, but just so so slowly. The app is getting better, and they slowly add random benefits like icons, but it’s too little too slowly.
DigitalBox_
Maybe they can use that money and actually build a better online ecosystem
TheShipEliza
“i hate it. it sucks. i pay for it” – everyone here
UsualCut6497
The main problem I have with NSO is that it’s the only way to play Classic games on the Switch (without modding).
Why can’t they release the games separately in the E shop so I actually own and play the games when the app inevitably shuts down in 10 years?
Also not improving the quality of online multi-player made it feel a lot worse when they launched it.
I think rebranding NSO into a “Game Pass” for Classic Games rather than a pay wall for online that throws in useless bonuses to try to justify the price would be a lot better.
KingGorbak
For anyone who’s into puzzle games, I found all of them on NSO:
*NES*
– Adventures of Lolo
– Adventures of Lolo 2
– Clu Clu Land
– Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Cluclu Land
– Dig Dug 2
– Dr. Mario
– Fire n’ Ice
– Solomon’s Key
– Wario’s Woods
– Wrecking Crew
– Yoshi
*SNES*
– Bombuzal
– Kirby’s Avalanche
– Magical Drop 2
– Mario’s Super Picross
– Panel De Pon
– Super Puyo Puyo 2
*N64*
– Dr. Mario 64
– Pokemon Puzzle League
*SEGA*
– Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
– Puyo Puyo
iWentRogue
Thanks, Microsoft
kapnkruncher
In case anyone was confused as to why they dropped the Virtual Console model, this is why.
ChuyMasta
Can we get online that is worth a damn then?
JayZsAdoptedSon
You know what, the N64 games run pretty well rn. I’m okay with that.
But Smash Bros sold 25 million copies. Please improve the netcode. Mario Strikers is online based. The netcode is shit.
So its like if you see value in this… why is it so bad?
LJlol270
🖕🏿
Nido_King_
If Splatoon didn’t exist…. I would not have purchased it.
Fitherwinkle
Still holding my ground there. The price jump for 64 games was too severe.
alygraphy
as a new splatoon player, i was surprised i needed a membership just to play competitive modes. it’s working for them.
NicoTheBear64
Nintendos laughing to the bank while drip feeding us roms and re-releases and we keep biting lol
ConversationNew7107
And you all are suckers for paying for it 😂
Halos-117
Damn that’s fucked
ChocoFud
Bruh they making 1 billion while I sit here praying that my Splatoon 3 matchmaking will not turn into communication error.
DeezMFNutsLOL
considering how shit NSO is, you hate to see it.
Cleveland_Guardians
Tons of people here: “Now use that to make the experience better.”
Why would they? You gave them a billion dollars with it the way it is. You’ll probably give it to them even if they don’t.
MidichlorianJunkie
Yeah, BUT they had to pay $59 for the hosting through GoDaddy, so it wasn’t all profit,
linuxhanja
Wow, its like charging people to use their ISP, while not actually having to service lines/internet connectivity, is profitable. Im waiting for Nestle to make their own corners in walmarts that you have to pay extra to get into to shop for nestle products.
Edit: yeah they stream about 100 titles. Imagine if you sub to netflix for and get a catalog of 100 films. Thats what they do. What steam does for free, and the wii U did for free, while paying minimum royalties to stream mostly not great games and a few great ones
Mei_iz_my_bae
Such a joke paying for online.
JSC843
Yeah, because I keep forgetting to cancel it.
archy2000
Guess my boycott isn’t working
EsrailCazar
That’s because **Local Play** *just won’t work for some odd reason no matter what steps I take to try and fix it*, but **Nintendo Online** has no issues at all. #ProblemSolved
KindaHODL
Crazy to think Pokemon Go made over 6 billion since it’s been out. From selling nothing tangible.
SteadiestShark
Undeserved to be honest. It’s such a poor and bare bones service.
(NES/SNES stuff aside)
schiav0wn3d
And they’re gonna sell us a 30 year old poorly functioning controller and we’re gonna love it
Roder777
Yet the online is barely functional. Awesome that the expansion pack is overpriced and people still support it. Awesome.
39 Comments
Congrats…?
Nintendo now understands Microsoft
NSO has always felt somewhat mandatory to me because there is no other way to back up save files. This is the feature I got NSO for. I do use NSO for playing some games online (mostly Splatoon and Mario Kart) and I enjoy Tetris 99, but for the most part I pay for a feature that I feel should be baseline.
Compared to the new PS+ tiers and GamePass, I feel that NSO is the weakest subscription service among the three main consoles, but to be fair, it also costs less.
Here in Europe we still have NSO vouchers (I never understood why they were discontinued in the Americas), so as long as I buy a couple digital first party games per year the subscription pays for itself. This is definitely a stronger point, but it’s not offered in all regions equally.
Ok Nintendo now take that money and hire people who can build a better online system for you
Nintendo gives a lot of info in their financial reports. If the info is coming from Microsoft, I would think that’s the only place Microsoft can get it’s info. See page 13 here:
[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2022/220510_6e.pdf](https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2022/220510_6e.pdf)
It sounds like they’re basically saying all of the yellow section in the graph on page 13 is what they’re counting as the total.
Sad it sucks as a service
Rip virtual console, Rip any decent nes, snes, gba or ds collection bundle.
We’ve voted with our wallets, and we voted for garbage.
And that was just from me
They’d make 2 billion if they could keep the goddamn N64 controller in stock
The online itself is still really iffy, but they do offer a crazy number of retro games. Technically, it is worth it for those compared to VC. It’s gradually improving, but just so so slowly. The app is getting better, and they slowly add random benefits like icons, but it’s too little too slowly.
Maybe they can use that money and actually build a better online ecosystem
“i hate it. it sucks. i pay for it” – everyone here
The main problem I have with NSO is that it’s the only way to play Classic games on the Switch (without modding).
Why can’t they release the games separately in the E shop so I actually own and play the games when the app inevitably shuts down in 10 years?
Also not improving the quality of online multi-player made it feel a lot worse when they launched it.
I think rebranding NSO into a “Game Pass” for Classic Games rather than a pay wall for online that throws in useless bonuses to try to justify the price would be a lot better.
For anyone who’s into puzzle games, I found all of them on NSO:
*NES*
– Adventures of Lolo
– Adventures of Lolo 2
– Clu Clu Land
– Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Cluclu Land
– Dig Dug 2
– Dr. Mario
– Fire n’ Ice
– Solomon’s Key
– Wario’s Woods
– Wrecking Crew
– Yoshi
*SNES*
– Bombuzal
– Kirby’s Avalanche
– Magical Drop 2
– Mario’s Super Picross
– Panel De Pon
– Super Puyo Puyo 2
*N64*
– Dr. Mario 64
– Pokemon Puzzle League
*SEGA*
– Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
– Puyo Puyo
Thanks, Microsoft
In case anyone was confused as to why they dropped the Virtual Console model, this is why.
Can we get online that is worth a damn then?
You know what, the N64 games run pretty well rn. I’m okay with that.
But Smash Bros sold 25 million copies. Please improve the netcode. Mario Strikers is online based. The netcode is shit.
So its like if you see value in this… why is it so bad?
🖕🏿
If Splatoon didn’t exist…. I would not have purchased it.
Still holding my ground there. The price jump for 64 games was too severe.
as a new splatoon player, i was surprised i needed a membership just to play competitive modes. it’s working for them.
Nintendos laughing to the bank while drip feeding us roms and re-releases and we keep biting lol
And you all are suckers for paying for it 😂
Damn that’s fucked
Bruh they making 1 billion while I sit here praying that my Splatoon 3 matchmaking will not turn into communication error.
considering how shit NSO is, you hate to see it.
Tons of people here: “Now use that to make the experience better.”
Why would they? You gave them a billion dollars with it the way it is. You’ll probably give it to them even if they don’t.
Yeah, BUT they had to pay $59 for the hosting through GoDaddy, so it wasn’t all profit,
Wow, its like charging people to use their ISP, while not actually having to service lines/internet connectivity, is profitable. Im waiting for Nestle to make their own corners in walmarts that you have to pay extra to get into to shop for nestle products.
Edit: yeah they stream about 100 titles. Imagine if you sub to netflix for and get a catalog of 100 films. Thats what they do. What steam does for free, and the wii U did for free, while paying minimum royalties to stream mostly not great games and a few great ones
Such a joke paying for online.
Yeah, because I keep forgetting to cancel it.
Guess my boycott isn’t working
That’s because **Local Play** *just won’t work for some odd reason no matter what steps I take to try and fix it*, but **Nintendo Online** has no issues at all. #ProblemSolved
Crazy to think Pokemon Go made over 6 billion since it’s been out. From selling nothing tangible.
Undeserved to be honest. It’s such a poor and bare bones service.
(NES/SNES stuff aside)
And they’re gonna sell us a 30 year old poorly functioning controller and we’re gonna love it
Yet the online is barely functional. Awesome that the expansion pack is overpriced and people still support it. Awesome.
overcharging for poor servers is why