Future-owners can open the game chat function with the help of the C button. They enable you to chat with other people as you play - you can also stream your screen. But all of this is only possible if you have a paid online subscription.
Nintendo hides the function of a whole button behind a thick, fat paywall
It already looks a bit strange:We felt like ages in advanceand means. And now that we know, we have to find that a fairly large part of the players will probably not be able to do anything with it.
Here you get againAll information about Nintendos Game Chat in the video:
If you want to use the C-button, you have to pay:DieComplete game chat feature paletteis linked to a Nintendo Switch online subscription. Of course you have to pay for that.
The fact that there is a button for such a paid offer seems almost absurd.
Especially compared to free alternativesLike the chat functions on Sony's PlayStation consoles or on the Xbox, the whole thing looks quite expensive.
A discord integration(which also existed with the competition) would of course have been much more customer -friendly.
On the other hand, you have to have such a subscription anyway,If you want to play online on the Switch (2). With the exception of some Free2Play titles likeis required for most online titles.
If you want to chat when playing online, you might pay the service anyway.
But at least for free:But there are also good news. As part of a so-called Game Chat Will-Course campaign, the use of the new possibilities remainsFree until March 31, 2026.Only then is the Nintendo Switch online membership required.
More Switch 2-News can be found here:
Other questions remain open:Among other things, it should also be interesting how well streaming, video transmission and, above all, the background noise suppression with the Nintendo Switch 2 microphone works.
Anyone who has already gambled online and chatted online knows that this can be problematic-even with high end equipment.
It remains to be seen whether this really works from a further distance, as was shown in the trailer.
How do you think that the Nintendo Switch online subscription is required to be able to use the C-button correctly?
