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So, it’s possible Nintendo will start to focus more on its subscription service after it has reached a certain number of Nintendo Switch sales (which is currently sitting at around 84 million units sold). Driving people into online services (such as a content-library subscription) could be better timed toward the end of the hardware generation, when it’s looking to move players online as a transitional steppingstone to what comes after Switch.” “Everything is about driving people onto the hardware foremost. “It’s currently focused on a hardware-first approach,” Bailey says. What’s fascinating is that Bailey thinks Nintendo could begin pushing the online services toward the end of the life cycle of the Nintendo Switch, once the install base is much higher.

“In general, Nintendo can afford what seems like eccentric behavior because it’s in a unique position: No one else has game IP this valuable,” says Bailey. Bailey explains why Nintendo can operate in such a seemingly erratic manner.

Fans argue that Nintendo has one of the richest libraries of games, and it should be playable (or available to purchase) on modern hardware. This sparked the age-old discussion of “if Nintendo wants to make money off its older games, why doesn’t it sell them to consumers?” Nintendo fans are vocal about their frustrations with the company’s business practices, particularly when it comes to the distribution of older classics. The community has made it clear that it would be willing to purchase fan-favorite games outright if Nintendo simply offered the ability to do so. While it is nice to be able to play some of these classics via Nintendo Switch Online, fans argue that games like Ninja JaJaMaru-kun just aren’t cutting it, especially when so many beloved titles like Earthbound or Super Mario RPG aren’t available to play on Switch. That philosophy seems evident in Nintendo’s recent update, which includes obscure games like Super Baseball Simulator 1.000, Caveman Ninja, Magical Drop2, and Spanky’s Quest for the SNES, and Ninja JaJaMaru-kun for the NES - all of which are playable on Switch through the Nintendo Switch Online service.įans weren’t happy following the announcement.

“Nintendo probably sees games in the Nintendo Online catalog as a sweetener for its Online subscription, rather than a primary monetization model for its fan-favorite titles,” Bailey tells Digital Trends.ĥ titles are coming to the #SNES & #NES – #NintendoSwitchOnline collection on 5/26! While some fans see this is the driving reason to subscribe to Nintendo Online, Bailey sees it as working the other way around. It’s the last day of Nintendo’s April Indie Sale - don’t miss these 7 great games Play this Zelda hidden gem for free with Switch Online before Tears of the Kingdom Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s controls are easier with these Switch controllers