News NSO and Expansion Pack Pricing- $49.99/Individual $79.99/Family (Annually) Available in US October 25th

[LukasManak22]

wtf is that price

 

[Dark Cloud]

Dark Cloud is an insider? I never knew that

Hmm

 

[Starphanluke]

It's totally worth it for me (especially when considering the AC expansion is included), but I completely understand that not everyone will see the same value in it.

 

[Sander RX]

Is this 50/70 dollaridoos ON TOP of regular NSO or can I upgrade for a thirty?

 

[Lucifer]

Do we get the Animal Crossing DLC with this permanently?

It's 40€/70€ in Europe.

I'm shocked, for once we're not getting completely fucked over by them just changing the dollar sign to the euro sign.

 

[Josh5890]

So what else in terms of DLC could they add? Smash FP1+2 to NSO for those who haven't bought it yet? Pokemon SwSh expansion for those who haven't bought it yet? Would it piss off a great deal more of the owners of said DLC?

Past stuff? They could add

• Pokemon Sword/Shield
• Smash Fighter Pass
• Age of Calamity

Next year? I could see Splatoon 3 DLC being attached to this.

 

[Dragoncaine]

Not defending the high price, but you aren't paying 50$ just for the games.

A fair point to make, I guess. MM is my favorite game of all time, yet I could never justify a $30 increase.

 

[Dark Cloud]

wtf is that price

It’s $50 US Dollars total for Individual and $80 US Dollars total for Family.

 

[Tlozbj]

There must be other (cheaper) tiers excluding the AC expansion.
Also, they didn't clarify how much the upgrade will cost for current subscribers.

Thought the same in the initial reveal, but going to the webpage they mentioned... it's a set $49.99. Unless you are already subscribed where they will give you a discount based on the days left on your original subscription.

 

[Ryosuke]

I've never subscribed to NSO and will continue not to. This price is way too much for what they're offering.

I wish I could do that but I need the cloud saves backup.

 

[Josh5890]

Is this 50/70 dollaridoos ON TOP of regular NSO or can I upgrade for a thirty?

There should be an upgrade option I would think, but I cannot find anything on the website.

 

[Lichtsang]

Is this 50/70 dollaridoos ON TOP of regular NSO or can I upgrade for a thirty?

It's the total price.

@Josh5890 should probably word the title differently.

 

[Slash]

Unless you are already subscribed where they will give you a discount based on the days left on your original subscription.

Where did you see that?

 

[Dark Cloud]

Splatoon 3 and Pokémon Legends dlc would be good adds. I think next year a lot more people would be interested if more games dlc is added. This year it ain’t looking too good, chief.

 

[lemonfresh]

A fair point to make, I guess. MM is my favorite game of all time, yet I could never justify a $30 increase.

MM or OOT probably wont come, im guessing they will do a zelda all stars type collection for those games (hopefully not limited time only tho)

 

[Kano]

There should be an upgrade option I would think, but I cannot find anything on the website.

The overview video said so. You can upgrade at the difference price.

 

[WestEgg]

I foresee a lot of new "families" popping up.

 

[Lichtsang]

MM or OOT probably wont come, im guessing they will do a zelda all stars type collection for those games (hopefully not limited time only tho)

We already saw both games in the trailer?

 

[Skittzo]

I guess we should've known that they wouldn't "devalue" their N64 catalog by offering it for ~$10 more a month. But $30 more, which is 150% of the price of the base sub, is just strangely excessive.

It doesn't vibe with the branding of "expansion pack". Expansion pack suggests something smaller than the base product that gets added to the base product.

 

[TonyBaduy]

I found it interesting they are including paid DLC with this, but they need to include more for this price, I wonder what else they are planning to include? They better say it soon to drive up demand.

 

[Moltres006]

Yeah.....I'm good with the $20 a year plan. I'll consider upgrading if they more legacy consoles.

 

[Anatole]

AC really is not a game you bring to TGA.

¯\(ツ)/¯ What can I say — Keighley seems to pretty much take anything a AAA dev will offer him, AC was the game of 2020, and it was about 9 months old at that point with a year of free updates. I had just figured “year 2” would be paid and that the timing worked out.

It seems like this will be Nintendo’s general subscription for season passes in the future, but I wonder how it bodes as an experiment in Game Pass model. Will we eventually see a $120 tier that includes all new AAA games?

 

[Dark Cloud]

I found it interesting they are including paid DLC with this, but they need to include more for this price, I wonder what else they are planning to include? They better say it soon to drive up demand.

I think Splatoon 3 dlc will be included like some others mentioned, but that probably won’t be announced for a while if it happens.

 

[Lichtsang]

Will we eventually see a $120 tier that includes all new AAA games?

0% in my opinion. Nintendo sells too much software with first-party to do that anytime toon.

 

[lemonfresh]

I foresee a lot of new "families" popping up.

My internet family

 

[evilmonkey]

I can't believe I braced myself for 40 USD and still ended up disappointed.

 

[randomengine]

I feel like Nintendo wouldn't give bad value, so there are probably definitely other features or content that will be released for the expansion pass that we aren't aware of yet. I also feel like the expansion pass can help bring more NES and SNES games more often than they have in the past. I am all for supporting Nintendo to help them provide a better service. I am in!

 

[Shadow14]

It could be a good deal if Nintendo adds future dlc to the expansion pack but... this is Nintendo, so who knows?
I guess i need to find a "family", 40€ it's too much for what they offer at the moment.

 

[Josh5890]

It's the total price.

@Josh5890 should probably word the title differently.

Threw an And in there. Trying to make the title not super wordy.

 

[randomengine]

I foresee a lot of new "families" popping up.

I have my mother-in-law, and my 2 closest friends in addition to my my wife and son on the current family plan. My friends chip in whatever they can, which helps defray the cost.

 

[Lichtsang]

Threw an And in there. Trying to make the title not super wordy.

Much better now! Thank you!

 

[Abzeronow]

Is this 50/70 dollaridoos ON TOP of regular NSO or can I upgrade for a thirty?

The latter I believe.

 

[Dark Cloud]

They better announce Mario Party Superstars dlc will be part of the expansion pass with new boards and characters

 

[Skittzo]

Not gonna lie, Starfox 64 and Mario Tennis online with friends is tempting... Even $45 more tempting.

 

[Hocot8]

I'm already contacting people to do a family account lmfao. There is no way in my world can I pay 50 bucks for NSO lmao. If they improved the online gaming aspect then I'm okay with it like with PSN and Xbox Live.

I found it interesting they are including paid DLC with this, but they need to include more for this price, I wonder what else they are planning to include? They better say it soon to drive up demand.

This too. The precedent is set for more paid DLC. But what? Splatoon 3 I can see very easily. Next Xenoblade. But like that is so far away and based on their previous games having DLC haha.

Maybe they can throw previous paid DLC like Three Houses Xenoblade's in. I think that's fair.

 

[lemonfresh]

We already saw both games in the trailer?

Oh i didnt see the trailer

 

[Apopheniac]

I foresee a lot of new "families" popping up.

Maybe at some point down the line this forum could facilitate some happy polycules?

 

[UncleAlbert]

I hope that they release monthly NES/SNES/N64/Megadrive games (they won't).

 

[totofogo]

N64 games are rendered at a higher resolution? The NSO trailer mentions that, nice

This price is totally fair. $10/year on family plan when the AC DLC is $25 alone lol

 

[Hocot8]

They better announce Mario Party Superstars dlc will be part of the expansion pass with new boards and characters

Ehhhh. I think after what Mario Golf and Tennis have done those things should be free haha.

 

[Ramune]

Um, was expecting an extra 10 to 20 bucks. What the hell. I hope they do an expansion direct to show more things. Me, my wife and my daughter all have Animal Crossing and would use the expansion pack, which would come to 75 dollars. But I would rather buy the expansions for us and pay for the NSO expansion at a lower price.

Yep, same here. I would much rather get the DLC separately and then pay less for NSO, but this is clearly an extra hook to make you a) feel like a sucker for buying the DLC rather than going for the 'added value' NSO expansion, and b) keep you subscribed to NSO because presumably if you unsub you'll lose access to a hefty slice of ACNH content.

One day I will break away from feeling like I need PS+ and NSO. One day the online games I play will die and I'll be free.

 

[ptinam7701]

One thing I thought of that is good.... If you are family with multiple copies of Animal Crossing I am assuming the family plan essentially purchases the DLC for everyone in your family. That's not bad.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Are they gonna give us Earthbound then? Makes sense for a $30 price increase

 

[Skittzo]

Oh i didnt see the trailer

They were both in the Direct in which this NSO tier was announced too.

 

[RailWays]

I foresee a lot of new "families" popping up.

Families was always the better way to go about it. I've been including friends since NSO launch, and we would just split the pricing. 5 bucks per person was a lot simpler of a split than ~11 though.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Ehhhh. I think after what Mario Golf and Tennis have done those things should be free haha.

I know I’d rather have it free, but who knows with Nintendo lol. They can be so random.

 

[Kano]

Upgrading is cheaper for me than buying the ACNH DLC separately, but I need infos on what happens when the sub runs out.

 

[Mandos]

Ugh and I just bumped up to a family plan to help my sis… if I was still individual I wouldn’t be as bugged but I’m not an AC fan so it hurts. So I have some open NA slots if anyone’s interested

I hope that they release monthly NES/SNES/N64/Megadrive games (they won't).

N64/Genesis will probably be monthly. It’s the start of a new tier and base tier had monthly at launch

 

[Waluigilicious]

Prediction: Mario Party Superstars will be the next big DLC given free with the expansion pass. Makes perfect sense especially with the family pack.

 

[Clov]

I say Nintendo ought to "sweeten the deal" by adding some more Jaleco games to NSO