Well that got me all worked up for no reason, didn’t it.
Thanks for the clarification.
COME ON, OP!
Comment on Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console
can@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Initially. Still annoying but title is misleading.
victorz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
catloaf@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Yes, it’s the same for their other classic controllers.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 11 months ago
A controller that is useful only when you have that online subscription to play the back catalogue, yes.
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
The new switch has a whole button that doesn’t work without a paid online subscription 🤪
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Lemmy 24/7: “if its free, you’re the product”
Lemmy on Nintendo: “Why should I pay for online play?! It needs to be free, moderated, and exist indefinitely even after the obsolescence of the product. Otherwise, I’m entirely justified in pirating everything.”
Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
At least it gives people who are using their switches a chance to buy one, instead of them selling out in seconds to a network of bot accounts before winding up on eBay for $300+ the following week.
It’s not the perfect system, but I can understand why they are doing it.
catloaf@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I am using my Switch just fine without an online subscription. I guess Nintendo thinks I am using it wrong.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Can you think of a better way to keep it mostly out of the hands of scalpers?
ABCDE@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Right, but he sub is shareable and a pretty cheap barrier for entry… and required to play those GameCube games anyway.
TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I mean, there’s plenty of reasons to not like Nintendo, but this whole thing is because the GameCube coming to their Online subscription. So I mean… it makes sense.
can@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
That’s been standard for the switch retro controller releases. And yes it’s been bullshit the entire time. I would have liked an N64 one.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But you don’t have the sub (cheap when sharing a family pack) so you can’t play the N64 games anyway.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How I can’t play N64 games without a subscription? 🏴☠️
doctortofu@reddthat.com 11 months ago
I mean, it’s Nintendo - if there was a way to somehow automatically charge your card every time you say, hear or think the words “Nintendo”, “Mario” and such, they’d do it without hesitation…
Copernican@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lol yeah. It makes sense. You don’t want your peripheral for the console to sell out to buyers that just want to use it for emulation.
Abnorc@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Does it make sense? Emulation is going to happen one way or another. If Nintendo sold a GC controller that is PC compatible, they’d at least make some money from those buyers.
Copernican@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It will. But for the first run you don’t want people buying the console and paying for the switch GameCube access to have to ability to buy a GC controller. It’s like how for sports teams season ticket holders usually get some first access to buy playoff tickets.
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 11 months ago
But… I want it for emulation… Any good reliable 3rd party out there?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
NYXI Wizard maybe
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
PowerA did a good wireless one that also had a second Z button on the other side