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[HeisenbergFX4]

"Nintendo has made its own Discord-like chat app for the Switch 2, and it’s going to charge you for it. Once the free period is over on March 31, 2026, GameChat, and the C button that activates it, will require a Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) membership."

"But unless you have an active NSO membership, you’ll have a whole button dedicated to nothing on your Switch 2. It doesn’t even sound like you can remap it to something else. It will just be a reminder of the $19.99 you may or may not be handing to Nintendo every year."

https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/553458/switch-2-nintendo-confirms-c-button-price

Sorry if discussed already, I can never turn up good results with the search feature

 

[SweetTooth]

The hits keeps coming

 

[Rob_27]

Wow

 

[Mownoc]

$19.99 a year is wishful thinking. By the time the free game chat trial ends that sub price won't still be $20.

 

[Kikorin]

Pre-order cancelled, Nintendo Kyoto HQ burned down, doing harakiri right now.

 

[OverHeat]

Like fly’s trolls are flocking to shit news fucking pony

 

[Frexerik88]

Who will you even be chatting with if you dont pay for Nintendo Online?

 

[Topher]

Like fly’s trolls are flocking to shit news fucking pony

What?

 

[OverHeat]

What?

Look at the first poster after the OP

 

[WaterOnix]

Paywalling a controller button is beyond the pale. But people will defend it

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Like fly’s trolls are flocking to shit news fucking pony

Calling me a pony?

I couldn't care less about good news/bad news I just felt this was worth talking about

 

[OverHeat]

Calling me a pony?

I couldn't care less about good news/bad news I just felt this was worth talking about

Not you

 

[Topher]

Look at the first poster after the OP

Then quote him. And also....he ain't wrong.

 

[AlphaDump]

It should be usable regardless of a subscription, obviously online features would be from a paid online service but uhh... wtf nintendo? Let people have fun with it.

 

[Baemono]

Polygon speculates here, I'm pretty sure the trial period until next year is to figure out what to do with the button if not used for chat, not leaving it unused

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Not you

Oh ok, I was like wtf did I do??

 

[OverHeat]

Then quote him. And also....he ain't wrong.

The console will still sold out no matter what.

 

[Kilau]

Like fly’s trolls are flocking to shit news fucking pony

I'll C myself out then.

 

[Punished Miku]

I think people are taking their eye off the real problem and falling for clickbait. PS has a share button as well. You can technically use it for captures still, but it's kind of pointless without their sub.

The issue isn't the system price. The issue really isn't the controller having an "online" button. The issue is software pricing.

1) Raising the price of software
2) Sub only BC games

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Like fly’s trolls are flocking to shit news fucking pony

 

[Radical_3d]

Somewhat I’m not surprised that the first ever paid physical button is from Nintendo. The fuckers.

 

[OverHeat]

Will do sir!

 

[FireFly]

From the title, I was expecting each press of the button to cost 5 cents.

 

[Astray]

Polygon speculates here, I'm pretty sure the trial period until next year is to figure out what to do with the button if not used for chat, not leaving it unused

Why would they need a trial to figure that out?

 

[Horseganador]

Pay-to-chat button and cameras that record at 480p and 2fps, Nintendo always innovating.

 

[Topher]

The console will still sold out no matter what.

 

[Drell]

Who really thought Nintendo qas going to let anyone use it outside of NSO membership really?

 

[Baemono]

Why would they need a trial to figure that out?

Cause it's new and they don't know how to handle it. Like they had a long trial period for the online, after 18 months they came up with what they gonna offer, how it's gonna work.

 

[Filben]

Just keep your old Pro controller and you don't have that reminder and save 90 bucks on the way.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

"Nintendo has made its own Discord-like chat app for the Switch 2, and it’s going to charge you for it. Once the free period is over on March 31, 2026, GameChat, and the C button that activates it, will require a Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) membership."

"But unless you have an active NSO membership, you’ll have a whole button dedicated to nothing on your Switch 2. It doesn’t even sound like you can remap it to something else. It will just be a reminder of the $19.99 you may or may not be handing to Nintendo every year."

https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/553458/switch-2-nintendo-confirms-c-button-price

Sorry if discussed already, I can never turn up good results with the search feature

Every bit of news about the Nintendo Switch 2 scares me.

It's going to be the new Wii-U if it continues like this.

 

[Same ol G]

So the chat function won't work without NSO......
Who would've thought??? Come on man this was obvious but hey everything for the clicks.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I mean that was a given, this isn't news if you watched the direct. They made it clear this was a chat button that navigates users to the chat system and that after the trial period you'll need a subscription to use it.

All we're going to see here are people whining about how shit they believe this generation of Nintendo is going to be, much like every other Switch 2 thread.

 

[Radical_3d]

Not you

 

[Drell]

I personally take the remapable C button as the good news since I know I am never going to use their own discord.

 

[hemo memo]

I honestly expected this. No way they'll make chatting free. I mean, it's Nintendo.

 

[Punished Miku]

In other news my Xbox headset also has a mic button on it. It doesn't even do anything without online. I talk into it and no one hears me.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

In other news my Xbox headset also has a mic button on it. It doesn't even do anything without online. I talk into it and no one hears me.

I hear you

 

[MayauMiao]

I knew it, bandwidth chat video don't come free when its a service. Still dumb to have a dedicated button for it.

 

[Topher]

I think people are taking their eye off the real problem and falling for clickbait. PS has a share button as well. You can technically use it for captures still, but it's kind of pointless without their sub.

You can access your captures from the PS5 app without a sub.

 

[Astray]

Cause it's new and they don't know how to handle it. Like they had a long trial period for the online, after 18 months they came up with what they gonna offer, how it's gonna work.

Figuring out how to remap a button does not require a user trial. This is the sort of stuff engineers and marketers should think about when they are designing the machine and its value proposition.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Well that's kind of shit. I didn't expect the voice chat to be free but I thought you might be able to send voice messages or something. Not that I would use it.

 

[blacktout]

We've known this since the Direct. Nintendo stated outright that video chat would require an NSO subscription after the trial period ended. Polygon is just engagement farming, as usual.

 

[AJUMP23]

"C" is for cash.

 

[jwaxeman]

Fucking dumb decision. Like when a keyboard or a controller has a dedicated subscription button. That said Nintendo Switch Online is worth the cost.

 

[saintjules]

We've known this since the Direct. Nintendo stated outright that video chat would require an NSO subscription after the trial period ended. Polygon is just engagement farming, as usual.

My man Heisenberg is slippin'.

 

[Bond007]

I mean who thought this would be free? Surely kept behind their subscription.
The button thing is dumb if thats what the outrage is. lol

 

[Mownoc]

Unfortunate that the voice chat isn't available for free, even if it disabled the video sharing, as playstation and xbox both don't need a subcription for party chat.

 

[Schmendrick]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I just want to take screenshots and record videos or upload them to social media, I would only use that button... I don't chat online... But if I can't do that, that's a serious problem.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

No no... I dont understand.

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