Nintendo confirms you will have to pay to use the Switch 2's C button : hackernews

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not the onion?? Holy heck

[–] Comtief@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

the original Switch already had online subscription..

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

This was literally mentioned in the direct last week—the chat function is part of the Nintendo online sub. you also need to pay to be able to play online in the first place. Not defending Nintendo or anything but this stupid clickbait is stupid clickbait.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man I can't wait to theoretically buy this console, be playing a game, and accidentally click that button when in the middle of something. I'm sure it minimizing what I'm doing and auto redirecting to the store page won't get annoying at allllll.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then just remap it to something else...

[–] Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is that an option?

[–] Buffalobuffalo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

You'll need to pay to remap obviously

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, it is. It's a setting in the accessibility settings.

[+] Coreidan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Comtief@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How are you going to use the C button without paying?

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

By remapping it to a different function, as stated in the accessibility settings.

[–] Comtief@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

True, true.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Nice nice I love extra features locked behind a paywall on shit that I buy

[+] Thrife@feddit.org -8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This isn't as ragebatey as polygon tries it to be. Nintendo, like every other console publisher, is requiring for years a subscription for online features. This is just another feature in the online plan.

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yes, but... did this really need to be a totally separate button? Couldn't this be something added to a settings menu or an overlay that you can access with another button that does not just have a single paid function?

I don't mind there is a subscription to online features necessarily, but a dedicated button for something you won't want to pay for and use is just silly. Like all those Netflix buttons on TV remotes.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

It's just waiting to be accidentally hit at an important moment, which will essentially pop up an ad.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

There's a lot of arguments to be made against Nintendo, but worrying about the cost of a physical button on a several hundred dollar piece of hardware isn't it.

It probably costs under $1 worth of material to make the button. Just like on the remotes.

I'm not buying one, but not because of a button.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was there this much of a fuss around PlayStation's "Share" button?

[–] Gawdl3y@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

The share button doesn't require a subscription. It captures footage and stores it locally for you to freely do whatever you want with.

[+] bigFab@lemmy.world -6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Smart TVs have to pay homage to the sponsors. Without Amazon Prime, Netflix and Google investments we wouldn't be able to afford smart TV.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Fine, fuck all that garbage, sell me a dumb tv, and if I want the junk, ill buy a Shield, or a roku or whatever

Fuck "smart" TVs

Fwiw, I ain't mad at you, please don't take it that way. I just curse a lot

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh no.... we'd pay an extra $100 for tvs and not have spyware.

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it's not about a hundred or another. It's more like it would cost double. Not sure ppl understood my point here. I don't have a smart TV myself precisely because of these mandatory sponsors and how they collect user data.

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