This information comes from Eurogamer who state that Nintendo is reviving one of the most despised online gaming concepts from a few years ago. Apparently, the collection of NES games that Nintendo is offering alongside the Switch’s premium online service will only be available to those Switch owners who connect their consoles to the internet at least once every seven days. Here’s where things get worse. If your Nintendo Switch Online service expires, you will automatically lose all of your cloud saves. These policies represent a drastic departure from how Microsoft and Sony approach similar services. If you download a PlayStation Plus or Xbox Games With Gold title to your PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, you get to continue playing them for as long as the games are downloaded (regardless of whether you are online). Similarly, Xbox One users are able to access cloud saves free of charge and PS4 users are allowed to keep cloud saves for up to six months after they have ended their online subscription. Matthew Byrd is a staff writer for Den of Geek. He spends most of his days trying to pitch deep-dive analytical pieces about Killer Klowns From Outer Space to an increasingly perturbed series of editors. You can read more of his work here or find him on Twitter at @SilverTuna014.
