Subscription Games are One-Month Trials
Since we’re on the topic of the online side of the Nintendo Switch, we may as well talk about another strange choice being made by the gaming giant. Sony and Microsoft provide ‘free’ games every month to active subscribers of their respective services. Nintendo is joining the club… sort of.
Every month, subscribers to the Nintendo Switch Online Service will receive one NES or SNES game to play. The catch is that the game is only yours to play for one month, after which you will have to pay for the game. While we’re not saying that Nintendo has to give us free games for the service to be a success, if you’re going to copy an approach that is successfully used by other platforms, do it right. Providing what is essentially a glorified demo isn’t really doing anyone any favors, and is hardly a way to reward a fan if that’s the intent of this service.
