At its last Nintendo Direct event, Nintendo revealed a higher-cost subscription tier forNintendo Switch Onlinedubbed the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. At the time, all Nintendo revealed about this newNintendo Switch Onlineservice was that the Expansion Pack would cost more than the currently available subscription and that it would include Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games. Nintendo has since revealed pricing and release date information for the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, and suffice to say, fans aren’t happy.
TheNintendo Switch Online Expansion Packtrailer has been flooded with dislikes, with 44 thousand dislikes versus just 15 thousand likes. Looking at the comments, the main source of contention appears to be the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack price. The base version of Nintendo Switch Online is relatively cheap at just $19.99 per year, whereas the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack bumps the price up to $49.99 per year.
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For the uninitiated, the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack will launch with nine Nintendo 64 games,14 Sega Genesis games, and access to theAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsHappy Home Paradise paid DLC. The retro games have bonuses like save states and online multiplayer support (a first for many of the included Nintendo 64 games), plus more Nintendo 64 games will be added later on at no additional cost. Still, it’s clear many fans are not happy about the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack price and think the content isn’t compelling enough to justify paying for it.
This isn’t the first time a Nintendo Switch Online trailer was flooded with dislikes. Earlier this year, aNintendo Switch Online overview trailer was hit with so many dislikesthat Nintendo took it down and re-uploaded it later on. The reupload was similarly hit with a ton of dislikes, mainly from fans who were voicing their displeasure atSuper Mario Bros. 35being removed from the service.
While fans have been asking for Nintendo 64 games to come to the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service for some time, it seems that many aren’t willing to pay the higher price to access the games. TheNintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack priceis likely set in stone at this point, but maybe fans will find it to be a more worthwhile investment once it fills out its collection of Nintendo 64 titles.
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