If you are getting the DLC, what payment method will you be using?

[Pig-Pen]

I'm just going to but the Dlc outright for 24.99 so it's mine permanantly.

 

[Holla]

Since I use 5 accounts in Animal Crossing it's an easy answer for me. I have a family plan so all 5 accounts are online capable for $45 a year. It would cost me $100 a year to upgrade to the expansion pack plan. A big oof especially since the N64/Genesis games have little interest to me. I'll just keep my existing plan and pay the $30ish* one time fee to have the AC DLC permanently for all my characters.

*I don't believe official pricing has been released for my country in terms of the DLC yet but I'm estimating $30ish based on the US price.

 

[kayleee]

I'm kinda confused about the membership plan - from what I understand, you can pay $50 to get access to AC DLC and N64 Genesis games, or pay $25 to own the AC DLC and still pay... $50 for access to the AC DLC and N64/Genesis games? Is there an option for people that don't necessarily care about AC but want to play N64 games? Or for people who want to buy and own the DLC, but also at some point upgrade their online membership to include N64 games? Is it $50 no matter what? Idk why that seems so weird to me but it does haha, especially since the DLC itself is only $25. It sounds like an okay deal to people who actually play AC, but a terrible deal for people who just want to play N64 games. The price increase for the online membership just seems so huge.

Initially I was just going to upgrade my online membership and pay $50 per year, but the truth is I don't play online much and I really don't play the NES/SNES games that are available that often, so I'm wondering if it would be smarter for me to buy the DLC to own and then upgrade my online membership later... but if I end up upgrading my membership anyway, it's like I'm double-dipping on the price of the DLC I don't know what I'm going to do honestly, neither options seems significantly better than the other.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, there should be some sort of middle tier online subscription for, say, $35ish for people who just want access to N64 games and don't want to pay for the animal crossing content. Then I would have no problem buying the DLC to own, and just increasing my subscription price a bit when I decide I want to play N64 games.

 

[SirOctopie]

Pay it outright to own it! Even though I plan on getting the expanded switch online in the future (very tempted with those N64 titles), I want to have access to HHP at all times. That way if I for some reason need to cancel my online subscription, I can still play it whenever I want.

 

[Livia]

I'm buying it to own permanently. I have no use for the new switch online. I already let my nintendo online subscription expire and I haven't renewed it because I don't use it anymore.

 

[Biancasbotique]

I'll hit on send payment and once the I see the lights go circle 3/4 of the way, I shut down the Switch..easy glitch

 

[Lanstar]

Wow... Only 5 People here going for the Switch Online route. Sometimes I wonder what Nintendo is trying to pull with that payment method - Or where on earth the AC fans are that would actually go for it. Not many around here at least!

 

[GothiqueBat]

that sub is expensive b r u h
i'm poor either way but hopefully one day will just outright buy it

 

[Wickel]

I don't care about any of the NSO+ features so I'll be buying it seperately.

 

[Meadows]

I have no intention on buying the switch online expansion. $80 is too much. Them saying acnh update is "free" with the expansion is just an excuse to upcharge the nostalgia of older titles.

I will buy the dlc separately though!

 

[Variety.Gamer 4438]

Since I use 5 accounts in Animal Crossing it's an easy answer for me. I have a family plan so all 5 accounts are online capable for $45 a year. It would cost me $100 a year to upgrade to the expansion pack plan. A big oof especially since the N64/Genesis games have little interest to me. I'll just keep my existing plan and pay the $30ish* one time fee to have the AC DLC permanently for all my characters.

*I don't believe official pricing has been released for my country in terms of the DLC yet but I'm estimating $30ish based on the US price.

I was under the impression that you had to buy the DLC separately for each account you are planning to use it for. If this is true and you only have to buy the DLC once to have access to it across all account than buying the DLC separately just seems like a better family plan minus the two additional libraries of games. I was already on the fence about paying for an upgraded online plan as I already have Playstation Plus, Playstation Now, EA Play, and regular NSO and I have barely even scraped the surface of these subscriptions XD.

 

[Holla]

I was under the impression that you had to buy the DLC separately for each account you are planning to use it for. If this is true and you only have to buy the DLC once to have access to it across all account than buying the DLC separately just seems like a better family plan minus the two additional libraries of games. I was already on the fence about paying for an upgraded online plan as I already have Playstation Plus, Playstation Now, EA Play, and regular NSO and I have barely even scraped the surface of these subscriptions XD.

MayorofMapleton talked to customer service. I'll just quote their post below:

Talked to customer service about the DLC.

Here is more information: Can other users on the same island play Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise if I’m the only Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack member? For a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Individual Membership, only the account with the active membership can play it. An internet connection is required when launching the game.

With a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Family Membership, all accounts that are part of the Family Group can play Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise for the duration of their membership. An internet connection is required when launching the game.

If the DLC is purchased separately, other users on the same island can also play Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise if the console on which the contents are played is set as the Primary Console of the account that purchased it. On any other console, it can only be played on the account that purchased it.

So basically each account needs to be on an expansion pack subscription via family or individual subscription in order to access the DLC.

Or if you just buy the DLC separately on your main account as long as it's on your primary console and all accounts are on the same console then all accounts will have access.

 

[Ace Marvel]

My online sub is about to run out, so I was going to buy the expansion, but after thinking about it, I will buy the normal one and the DLC.

Why? Because I barely touch my switch and even though I would want to play the 64 games again, I have ocarina on the 3ds and Mario in the special edition they released, so I would not get anything that I don't already have, and also I would rather have the DLC permanently, I really don't want to feel pressured to turbo the content because I have a time limit, even if it's a year.

 

[Sid]

Something to remember is that they will be adding more content to NSO. Gameboy will be included at some point as well as a larger library of 64 games. I'm hoping for GameCube as well, but I'm not sure about that one yet.

For me, I'm going to pay for the online expansion. my regular fee for NSO is coming up for renewal, so if I pay for that plus the DLC it's going to be $50 anyway. I don't mind paying it again after 12 months, that is still SO much cheaper than the online service for Xbox and PlayStation.

 

[justalittlemad]

I'm buying the expansion pack for the NSO. Not for the DLC as I had no desire to purchase that. I just am one of the few who thinks an extra $30 a year to play some of the N64 games is reasonable. The DLC just ended up being a promotional bonus.

 

[justalittlemad]

I'm kinda confused about the membership plan - from what I understand, you can pay $50 to get access to AC DLC and N64 Genesis games, or pay $25 to own the AC DLC and still pay... $50 for access to the AC DLC and N64/Genesis games? Is there an option for people that don't necessarily care about AC but want to play N64 games? Or for people who want to buy and own the DLC, but also at some point upgrade their online membership to include N64 games? Is it $50 no matter what? Idk why that seems so weird to me but it does haha, especially since the DLC itself is only $25. It sounds like an okay deal to people who actually play AC, but a terrible deal for people who just want to play N64 games. The price increase for the online membership just seems so huge.

Initially I was just going to upgrade my online membership and pay $50 per year, but the truth is I don't play online much and I really don't play the NES/SNES games that are available that often, so I'm wondering if it would be smarter for me to buy the DLC to own and then upgrade my online membership later... but if I end up upgrading my membership anyway, it's like I'm double-dipping on the price of the DLC I don't know what I'm going to do honestly, neither options seems significantly better than the other.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, there should be some sort of middle tier online subscription for, say, $35ish for people who just want access to N64 games and don't want to pay for the animal crossing content. Then I would have no problem buying the DLC to own, and just increasing my subscription price a bit when I decide I want to play N64 games.

The $50 is just $50 a year or $4.17 a month to be able to access the N64 and Sega games. Considering that the cheapest you can legally get the Zelda games is $10 each, and that's if you even own the system for it, the cost increase makes sense.

The DLC is a separate entity and I think Nintendo shot themselves in the foot including it with the NSO because people seem to be confused. The $30 increase is not because of the DLC. Folks said they'd pay more to access N64 games and now that option is here. But adding the DLC has people thinking that's the reason for the price rather than it being what it is: A promotional item.

It's like going to a store and buying a pair of really cute boots but they throw in an equally cute scarf as a promotional item. I could just buy the scarf if I don't want the boots. I could buy the boots, get the scarf, and never use the scarf. Or I can be happy to get a promotional scarf included with an item I was buying already.

So the DLC and NSO should be considered separate items at the costs they are. You have a buy one get one free situation and nothing more. If you're planning to upgrade the NSO plan then do so but understand that price is set based off of the games and the like rather than the DLC inclusion. If you're not planning on upgrading the NSO plan then just do the DLC.

 

[DJStarstryker]

The DLC is a separate entity and I think Nintendo shot themselves in the foot including it with the NSO because people seem to be confused. The $30 increase is not because of the DLC. Folks said they'd pay more to access N64 games and now that option is here. But adding the DLC has people thinking that's the reason for the price rather than it being what it is: A promotional item.

Because it's a promotional thing too, something I'd be concerned about is the availability of the DLC as part of that service long term. Even if you're the kind of person who just pays for NSO every single year because you want to play the retro games, if they take access to the DLC off of the service because they decide not to offer it as a feature anymore for whatever reason, then you also lose access to the DLC even if you're still paying for NSO expanded.

Nintendo doesn't have something comparable, but compare it to Microsoft and their Xbox Game Pass. Games come and go from availability from Xbox Game Pass. Since this site has a lot of Nintendo fans that don't necessarily pay attention to Microsoft, Xbox Game Pass is kind of comparable to the NES/SNES games that are on NSO, where you can only access them if you're paying for the online service. But with Xbox Game Pass, these are not retro games - they are current, modern games. Like I said earlier, each month new games come onto the service, but some games also leave. So you don't get access to a particular game forever, even if you keep up a subscription.

Nintendo has not promised either way that access to the HHP will be forever or not. But that is another advantage of the standalone DLC: they won't take it away from you.

 

[justalittlemad]

Because it's a promotional thing too, something I'd be concerned about is the availability of the DLC as part of that service long term. Even if you're the kind of person who just pays for NSO every single year because you want to play the retro games, if they take access to the DLC off of the service because they decide not to offer it as a feature anymore for whatever reason, then you also lose access to the DLC even if you're still paying for NSO expanded.

Nintendo doesn't have something comparable, but compare it to Microsoft and their Xbox Game Pass. Games come and go from availability from Xbox Game Pass. Since this site has a lot of Nintendo fans that don't necessarily pay attention to Microsoft, Xbox Game Pass is kind of comparable to the NES/SNES games that are on NSO, where you can only access them if you're paying for the online service. But with Xbox Game Pass, these are not retro games - they are current, modern games. Like I said earlier, each month new games come onto the service, but some games also leave. So you don't get access to a particular game forever, even if you keep up a subscription.

Nintendo has not promised either way that access to the HHP will be forever or not. But that is another advantage of the standalone DLC: they won't take it away from you.

This is true. They've also stated that if you lose the NSO account, you still get to keep the things like furniture or partitions that you earn in the DLC. You just don't get to keep going to the archipelago. Also, while Xbox Game Pass has modern games, I believe a 6 month subscription costs $60 and PS Now is $60.

It makes sense to buy the DLC outright if you want to own it. My point was simply to not look at the DLC as part of the NSO plan. It's a promotional item included with something that is priced in a way that makes sense and nothing more. Kayleee's original comment included a point about concern over double dipping on the DLC price. I was simply breaking down how this isn't the case.

 

[Pig-Pen]

I'm just going to buy the DLC outright, In my opinion Nintendo is asking too much for they offer on their sub packages.

 

[budewarmin]

Sorry if this is a wrong thread for a question like mine! I just got a switch and acnh yesterday and don't know much yet(played acnl though).
I have a physical disc for acnh and also already have nintendo online: can I just buy the acnh dlc from eshop and have it work just fine with a physical copy or must I do other things to make it work? Is physical copy and eshop dlc intended to work together?