Games for Breakfast: Nintendo Switch Online Services

<p>Welcome to Games for Breakfast&comma; a new feature series here on BagoGames&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Games for Breakfast&comma; written by features editor Angelo De Bellis&comma; is a daily opinion piece of about 250-500 words—I gotta keep it brief—that engages topical game news&period; Every new post will go live at 9am EST so that you can grab your cup of coffee and read a brief account of a particular gamer’s take on the latest goings-on in the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p>With this first ever Games for Breakfast post&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s discuss the recently explored pricing structure for Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s online services for the Switch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Head of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima told The Nikkei on Wednesday that the services will cost somewhere between &dollar;17&period;60-&dollar;26&period;40&period; When I first heard that Nintendo was going to start charging for their online services&comma; I was worried that their lack of transparency in what they would offer coupled with the fact that typical online services cost around &dollar;60&comma; would spell trouble for their approach&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-118761" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;20111255&sol;nintendo-switch-online-services-prices-bagogames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"nintendo-switch-online-services-prices-bagogames" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"447" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&&num;8217&semi;ve changed my mind just a little with this new pricing model&comma; as it seems like a mild asking price&comma; though I do wonder why there exists a range in price&period; Could Nintendo have something special in mind for the higher tier&quest;  Perhaps&comma; but from what they revealed at the Switch event&comma; the month-to-month offering of NES and SNES games that disappear after 30 days is not all that exciting&comma; even if they will receive an online multiplayer component&period; If Nintendo does have additional features that are exciting enough to get people hungry for the launch&comma; then why wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t they have just announced it already&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though Nintendo has surprised me with a lower-than-expected price&comma; which certainly makes sense since I can&&num;8217&semi;t imagine how their online services will compare to the mature services offered by their competitors&comma; I remain guarded about just what to expect from this first-time foray into a paid online service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Do you think the proposed pricing is too high&comma; too low&comma; or just right&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;