The online function of "Nintendo Switch" charges fee, but it is expected to be about half of competing service

PS4's "PlayStation Plus", Xbox One's"Xbox Live Gold"Paid services for using the online function of the game are offered by major game players, but they will be released on March 3, 2017 (Friday)Nintendo Switch"Paid online service is also expected to be offered and pricing is expected to be cheaper than PS4 and Xbox One.

Nintendo President, New Game Machine "Online Enrichment": Nihon Keizai Shimbun
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Takeshi Kimishima, president of Nintendo, showed a policy to strengthen the online service of Nintendo Switch by coverage of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The online function of the game was offered for free at Wii U, but Nintendo Switch said that it will charge for 2,000 yen to 3,000 yen per year. About this policy President Kimishima said that "paying customers can commit to the customer properly."

To play games with online functions on PS4 or Xbox One, you need to register for each paid online service. PS4's "PlayStation Plus" annual usage right price is 5143 yen including tax, Xbox Live's "Xbox Live Gold" is 5378 yen per year. Besides being able to use online matchup function, it is content that you can regularly use past titles for free, and get new titles at discounted prices. Nintendo Switch is expected to offer similar online service, but it will be about half price of rival as price.

On the Nintendo Switch websiteOnline service pageThere is also formal service scheduled to start from the autumn of 2017. Since it is provided free of charge until the official start of the service, anyone can experience online play for a while after release. In addition to the online play function, Nintendo Switch's online service includes "Online lobby & voice chat application for smartphone", "Nintendo Switch software for Nintendo Switch software only for service users", "Family Computer & Multi Frame Compliant Nintendo Switch Software for Monthly & Super Nintendo" It is a service that you can use benefits.