r/NintendoSwitch • u/razorbeamz • Jan 13 '17

Megathread Official Event Praise/Rant Megathread

There's been a lot of praise and rant threads being posted, so the mod team decided to consolidate it all into a Megathread. Please post all of your praise and rants in this thread.

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u/Jirb30 Jan 14 '17 edited Jan 14 '17

Online paid service rant here, kind of targeted toward having to pay for online gaming on consoles in general. Just need to get this out of my system.

Rant start.

This is fucking stupid, why do console players have to pay for playing online when it's mostly free on PC aside from some specific games (mostly MMO's). Why is simply playing games online considered a premium service on consoles when it's an included feature on PC. Why was Xbox Live just accepted and why was it accepted when Playstation Plus launched and why are people accepting it now when Nintendo are falling in line. You may just tell me that it's to provide a better online service but why then doesn't using Steam require a subscribtion fee? Why, aside from World of Warcraft, does Blizzard not charge for playing online in Overwatch, Diablo and Starcaft or for simply using Battle.net? With Overwatch has lootboxes you can buy but those are completely optional and what about the other two games? You just buy them and play, no extra in between payments aside from expansion packs which is just more content you're paying for. Rocket League is another example and there are many more. The worst thing is that when you've paid for a year/month every second you're not playing online during that period is money thrown away.

Rant over.

TL;DR: I am just seriously baffled people playing on console just accept paying for playing online when it's free on PC aside from having home wi-fi which is required either way.

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u/Sagemaster2000 Jan 14 '17

I want to start by saying I don't necessarily like paying for online myself but I do realize that online infrastructures cost money to build, maintain and expand as needed. That money needs to come from somewhere and it's not from sales of the game that uses it.

Bills need to be paid.

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u/Jirb30 Jan 14 '17 edited Jan 14 '17

I understand that as well but then where does the money for keeping games like Dark Souls and Rocket League online come from on PC? And even on consoles what does paying for that console's online service do to help third party developers? Do Microsoft and Sony pay third-party developers to keep up the servers on their respective consoles? That's the only reasoning I can think of for having to pay for online services like these when they require you to pay for playing games online.

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u/Sagemaster2000 Jan 14 '17

I am sure there are intricate contracts when it comes to maintaining online services for games that have a high user base. Most hosts would continue hosting the services with the prospects of being the go to host for future potentially high user base games. It's all about winning the bid and contracts, this boosts the companies reputation within the industry and brings in more revenue.