Nintendo Switch Online launches in the second half of September

Nintendo still doesn’t have a solid launch date for the Switch Online service, but the company has narrowed it down a bit.

Nintendo announced today that Nintendo Switch Online, the paid subscription service coming to Switch this year, will launch in the second half of September.

Fans have been anticipating a real date ever since the company confirmed the service will be going live in September. Today’s announcement sadly doesn’t bring any other new information.

In case you missed it, Nintendo Switch Online will finally allow users to back up save files in the cloud. When the service launches, online multiplayer in games will be locked behind the subscription.

Subscribers also get other benefits like a collection of online-enabled NES games such as Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda, Dr. Mario and several others – 20 in total at launch.

Nintendo Switch Online is cheaper than PlayStation Plus, and Xbox Live Gold. The service costs $3.99 per month, $7.99 for three months, and $19.99 for a year.

It was recently discovered that free-to-play games like Fortnite and Paladin may not require Switch Online subscription to play online. Nintendo has not explicitly confirmed this, and wouldn’t comment on the news when contacted.

Posted: Aug 12, 2018 6:02 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: https://www.vg247.com/2018/08/10/nintendo-switch-online-second-half-of-september-launch/

Comments

36Posted: Sat. Sep 08, 2018

The updates that are coming out for this is actually amazing to see

TuskPosted: Tue. Aug 14, 2018

Orca I'm still not overly convinced on getting a switch and with this online feature it might just about tempt me to get one

um isn't Zelda good enough do I to buy it? It's the best game to come out this year.

TTGPosted: Mon. Aug 13, 2018

Not that bad of a price for games, $20 a year is cheap.

coolbunny1234Posted: Mon. Aug 13, 2018

The Switch is still the best investment I've made to date with a console device. Portable with an extremely large library of content that's growing daily. I'm interested to see how this online service will work for Nintendo!

GodzookyPosted: Mon. Aug 13, 2018

I'm still not overly convinced on getting a switch and with this online feature it might just about tempt me to get one

MikePosted: Sun. Aug 12, 2018

Not too excited for this but it's whatever

TOXICPosted: Sun. Aug 12, 2018

Looks like it was a shout to not get a Switch yet then, havent missed on all the online hype yet. Still looking to get one either this month or next month. Me already got my games list already sorted lol, SMASH is at the top of the list :p

JOEYKMODSPosted: Sun. Aug 12, 2018

It would be amazing if you didn't need switch online to play games like fortnight and other free to play game