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RE: Nintendo Switch Online Service details revealed - free games, cloud saves, prices announced and more
Enabling online play via a subscription service may not be consumer-friendly but it’s a smart move to dissuade people wanting to play online to hack their Switch. What’s not so smart though is forcing players to use a separate smartphone app to do online chat. I guess Nintendo just assumes parents will trust their kids enough to let them use their phone, let alone let them hog it for hours.
As much as I love the Switch, they were massively short sighted by not building this with voice chat in mind. As its designed, the Switch would require a bluetooth headphones/mic to support voice chat and I guess they still don't think people want to do that, or they don't feel that its an option that's good for kids.