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Unlock rewards for starting GameChat—only with Nintendo Switch Online - News - Nintendo Official Site

Fire up GameChat for rewards A new mission is buzzing in! Until April 22 at 5:59 p.m. PT, Nintendo Switch Online members* can earn 100 My Nintendo™ Platinum Points** by hopping into GameChat***, an exclusive feature for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system…
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"Please use this feature." lol

I'm one of the few people who has actually used game chat a bunch of times, but I still think it's absolutely ridiculous that it requires a paid online account, and that it has its own dedicated button on every controller.

I wonder who from 2008 told them it would be a good idea.
 
I don't use it but I don't feel like I'm the audience for it either. I'm sure other Switch 2 users aren't using it but are more likely to have reason to at least use it here and there.
 
I don't play online multiplayer games. So no thank you.

But also does anyone use any built in game chat anymore? My kids use iPads and kids messenger with all their friends.
 
They offer platinum points all the time for using features (cloud backups, online play, etc.), trying trial software, or revisiting older games.
 
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bender said:
The offer platinum points all the time for using features (cloud backups, online play, etc.), trying trial software, or revisiting older games.
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Yeah I'm not sure what's special about this one. It's a reward system for playing games and using services.
 
Sgt.Asher said:
They give out platinum points for all sorts of shit. I literally just pushed the button and got the points.
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The Simpsons Computer GIF
 
They have these missions for all their games, as well as their emulators. They have different missions every month.

Standard stuff.
 
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Who the hell plays enough online games on a Nintendo system to even use game chat? What online games on the Switch 2 even use game chat?
 
bender said:
They offer platinum points all the time for using features (cloud backups, online play, etc.), trying trial software, or revisiting older games.
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Just let me ragebait people, it's been a rough week.
 
REMAINSILLY said:
Who the hell plays enough online games on a Nintendo system to even use game chat? What online games on the Switch 2 even use game chat?
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Game chat isn't restricted to online only games. It's like Discord. There's also plenty of online games to play on Switch - first and third party
 
Not shocked, it's a gimped version of Discord with no standout feature, and requires a subscription.

They should've just added actual Discord integration, with restrictions for kids.
 
Classic Nintendo, adding something from the stone age that every one takes for granted and trying to pitch it as a key system feature 😂

Gotta love em.
 
Nintendo awards Platinum Points for all sorts of activities, including playing games at specific times. That's primarily how you earn them.
 
Nintendo always does the most obtuse ways of chat. Remember the fiasco that was gobbling together Switch and a mobile phone to do ingame chat. It's a miracle they have something on device now.
 
They should port Halo MCC and include open mic lobby's like it's 2007 again that will get people using the thing for that authentic experience.
 
using game chat when this is behind Paywall? LOL
Even the Party Chat on PlayStation (and Xbox ?) and Discord integration is Free.
 
First thing I did was to re-map the C-Button so that it functions as another HOME-button instead.
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GameChat was nothing but a waste of R&D.
 
Impotaku said:
Ironic since psn shits the bed way more often than Nintendo's servers.
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Pls.. Nintendo servers is pils of shit... There is no ambition behind it
PlayStation servers are many more millions of players, and much more technology (streaming, remote play, shared controllers, personalized streaming in chat).

Nintendo's servers aren't exactly known for their quality (everyone's on Wi-Fi). If their servers also crash frequently...
 
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Cert.in.Death said:
Nintendo makes games. If you're asking for anything more than that, keep your expectations extremely low.
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To be fair, this can be extended to Microsoft and Sony as well. None of the "big three" have figured out how to make their ecosystems, and how the consumer interacts with them, not absolute garbage. But I admire them for having successfully conned their customers into paying for that shit.
 
squidilix said:
Pls.. Nintendo servers is pils of shit... There is no ambition behind it
PlayStation servers are many more millions of players, and much more technology (streaming, remote play, shared controllers, personalized streaming in chat).

Nintendo's servers aren't exactly known for their quality (everyone's on Wi-Fi). If their servers also crash frequently...
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You can criticize them for a lot of reason but when their online games lag a lot it's not about servers but bad net code. And in this case it's about a basic function being locked behind a paywall and that paywall isn't worth the price in an age where most people just use discord.
 
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I used it once but got called a " British nonce " and that they are coming to mine to fuck my mum. I didnt use it anymore, you Nintenbots are nasty creatures.
 
DAHGAMING said:
I used it once but got called a " British nonce " and that they are coming to mine to fuck my mum. I didnt use it anymore, you Nintenbots are nasty creatures.
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Must be one of those pesky kids that are he only ones buying Nintendo games and consoles lol..
 
Pretty nice having when playing NSO games with my brother, we used Discord previously. Now Nintendo make GBA single players be playable online.
 
I haven't used this feature once and all of my friends have a Switch 2 lol

We just don't associate Nintendo with online stuff 🤷‍♂️
 
Cert.in.Death said:
Nintendo makes games. If you're asking for anything more than that, keep your expectations extremely low.
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Wii U had exceptional communication features. Messaging (text and handwritten), attachments, video chat, Miiverse etc

Then the pedos went and ruined it for everyone
 
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