this nintendo switch online thing, apparently you get a bunch of NES games on VC for free with a subscription? Do you get to keep those if the subscription expires?

@Felthry basically it turns out that they have a growing library of VC games. You get ALL of them when you get the pass, and every time they get new ones, you get those added too to your account... I don't... think you get to keep them though.

@Nine bleh

@Felthry yeah it's kinda a shame :< I don't think you get to keep games you downloaded on PS+ though if your subscription expires either though... I mean if you renew your subscript you get access to them again though, even on the nintendo platform at least...

@Nine we've literally never used a subscription online service before, ever

@Felthry ahj fair enough. if it helps nay, the switch's online subscription system is.... kinda ridiculously cheap??

like it's something ridiculous like £10 for a YEAR'S subscription. It's that much for just three months on Playstation 4.

@Nine $20 a year here. I dunno if we use online stuff enough to justify even that though

@Felthry oih i stand corrected it's like... £20 almost ._.; aaand £30 for a year's family subscription. Though that covers up to 8 separate nintendo accounts at least

@Nine oh then it's cheaper here. still, sounds like £20 is cheaper than the playstation one

@Felthry ah! And if you don't have an internet connection it looks like the NES games you get can still be played for up to 7 days...

@Felthry ah yeah here we go, b asically when you're not a member you ca
n't play the nes games, but you get access to them again if you resub, automatically.

@Nine we'll just stick to retroarch then

@Felthry yeah it's probably a better idea tbqh. The library of nes games is fairly limited even now. There IS some neat features like online multiplayer, getting to use a hand cursor to help out friends who are playing, all that sorta thing, but yeah... I mean, it does seem like emulation is just... a far better idea.